Assessment & Learning Design Manager

Assessment & Learning Design Manager | Hybrid ( London) | Up to £46,000 + great benefits

We're partnering with a globally respected cultural relations and education organisation, delivering English language learning and assessment products used by millions of learners worldwide. With a major focus on the quality and effectiveness of their Schools, Higher Education and Work product lines, this is a genuinely varied role at the heart of how learning and assessment content gets designed and proven to work.

The Role

As Assessment & Learning Design Manager, you'll lead the design and quality assurance of learning and assessment products from early curriculum development through to prototyping and pre-testing. You'll work closely with Subject Matter Experts, Product and Research & Impact teams to make sure what gets built is pedagogically sound, valid and genuinely effective for learners - backed by your own hands-on data analysis.

This is a role for someone who wants to shape both the "what" and the "does it actually work" of assessment and learning design.

What You'll Be Doing

• Support curriculum development across Schools, Higher Education and Work products
• Collaborate with and brief Subject Matter Experts on content and assessment design
• Lead prototyping of new learning and assessment approaches
• Own pre-testing and pilot data analysis to validate design decisions
• Deploy quality assurance frameworks across content and assessment development
• Prepare clear documentation and specifications to brief internal and external teams

What We're Looking For

• Extensive experience in English language learning design and/or assessment development
• Experience using data analytics and test statistical analysis to assess and improve product effectiveness
• Experience managing test seeding, pre-testing or piloting processes
• Higher qualification in ELT, Assessment or Applied Linguistics (PhD, Masters, DELTA, Dip TESOL or equivalent)
• Comfortable working across a global business with multiple stakeholders
• UK based with unlimited right to work - this role cannot support visa sponsorship or relocation

What's on Offer

• Up to £46,000
• Civil service-style pension, up to c.20%+
• 39 days holiday per year
• Hybrid working - 2-3 days per week onsite

*Rates depend on experience and client requirements