Moderators - Food and Cookery

Moderator RoleWe're looking for Moderators to join our External Quality Assurance team on a flexible worker contract for the following qualification: Level 1/2 Technical Award in Food and Cookery. As a Moderator, you'll play a key role in ensuring that centres assess learners fairly, accurately and consistently. You'll review centre-marked work, apply quality assurance principles, and provide clear, constructive feedback to ensure national standards are maintained. We're keen to hear from individuals with a strong background in food and cookery, with experience of teaching and/or assessing learners in this subject area. You may currently work, or have previously worked, as a Food Technology Teacher, Catering Lecturer, Hospitality Lecturer or Culinary Trainer. Whilst this is a flexible worker role, we require a reasonable level of commitment throughout the moderation window. Moderation activities begin in March 2027 where you will be expected to attend one of our Annual Training sessions. The primary moderation period will be between April and August 2027, during which your engagement will be most critical.

Shape real change with an NCFE career. Imagine a career where your contributions affect not only what people learn, but the way that learning is developed and delivered. With over 170 years of education experience our core purpose remains at the heart of the organisation – to promote and advance learning to create a fairer, more inclusive society, making sure no learner is left behind. Ready to join us and shape real change? Apply with your CV and answer the associated application questions.

Interview Details: Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. If your application is shortlisted, we'll contact you to complete a short task. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) statement We're committed to building rich diversity into our workforce at all levels, to ensure that we understand and are representative of the communities and customers we serve. We do not discriminate against anyone due to their gender, sexuality, race, age, religion, beliefs, identity, social background, visible or hidden disability, or neurodiversity. Instead, we pride ourselves on our collaborative, vibrant and high-performance culture which embraces everyone, celebrates uniqueness, and enables everyone's voice to be heard.