Assessment & Learning Design Manager (48863)

· Collaborates with Research and Impact, Proposition, Portfolio and Product and Content Creation leads to design and develop curricula and assessments that align with global (and national) standards and best practices. Ensures that products are valid, reliable, and capable of producing accurate and actionable results for learners.

· Deploys agreed quality assurance frameworks and templates for content creation and assessment item development, ensuring adherence to established standards for accuracy, relevance, and efficacy.

· Designs and/or deploys accommodations policies and processes for assessment and learning products, as appropriate. Communicates policies with internal and external stakeholders as needed.

· Deploys agreed systems and frameworks to assure product quality and regulatory compliance in alignment with British Council brand standards, EDI and accessibility guidelines, AI policies, safeguarding.

· Supports and provides expert advice into British Council initiatives in the use of automation tools to generate, calibrate, archive and reuse content and items for use across the portfolio

· Contributes to preparation of project and product guidelines, style guides, specifications and scoring frameworks to brief internal and external suppliers and stakeholders

· Prepares clear and detailed documentation on learning and assessment content designs to ensure effective handover to Content Creation teams.

· Ensures a unified approach to close collaboration across the organisation and specifically with Marketing, Proposition, Product, Research & Impact, Content Creation and Content Management teams to design assessment and learning content which aligns to customer, market and business needs.

· Utilises feedback loops with end-users, educators, ROs, consultants and other stakeholders to continuously improve content and assessments based on real-world insights.

· Commissions and/or implements ongoing research into best practices in assessment design, psychometrics, and learning design, ensuring that content and assessments remain innovative and effective.

· Plans and prioritises own work activities to ensure the effective design and delivery of projects and programmes.

· Balances quality assurance and compliance requirements with cost and time factors in effective project delivery.

· Works within the agreed budget for learning and assessment design stages, ensuring resources are allocated efficiently and within the allocated financial framework.

· Supports internal monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to maintain compliance across content design and use.

· Resolves challenges in content and assessment design, such as ensuring consistency in quality, meeting compliance requirements, and resolving issues with third-party vendors or content teams.

· Confirms that learning and assessment designs are valid and pedagogically effective through the appropriate use of pre-test/pilot/user testing/sampling initiatives with users and reviews with appropriate consultants.

· With support from Research and Impact colleagues, designs assessment and learning solutions which minimise and/or eliminate bias through scrutiny and careful selection of data collection approaches and data set application.

· Utilises data and analytics to assess the effectiveness of content and assessments across the product lifecycle, making recommendations for improvements based on performance data and learner outcomes.

· Understanding of Accessibility and EDI as applied to learning and assessment

· Experience of using Agile product development and management approaches

· Deeper knowledge in one or more specialised areas of learning/assessment e.g. AI, young learners, employment, etc.

· Written and verbal fluency in English

· Higher English Language Teaching or Assessment or Applied Linguistics qualification or in a related field (PhD, Masters, DELTA, Dip TESOL or equivalent)

British council values and behaviours are applicable across our organisation, in all roles and at all levels. They are important because they say what we stand for at the British Council and help us to deliver our strategy. We use them to guide our decision making, as well as guiding how we treat one another and the people we work with. These will be assessed in the selection process. Our values are:

Open and Committed; Expert and Inclusive; Optimistic and Bold.

Unit: English & Exams / Product / Content Strategy

Pay band: 8

Work style: Hybrid

Annual salary range:

PLN 192,000 - 252,000 (Poland) £38,000 - £46,000 (UK)