External Quality Assurer for Sports, Exercise and Fitness (Flexible)

Flexible Worker Contract 

Location: Remote

About the role

We're excited to be looking for an External Quality Assurer for Sports, Exercise and Fitness to join our Quality Assurance team at Active IQ on a flextible worker contract.

The role will cover the following geographic locations East Midlands, South East England and East Anglia.

The successful candidate will be working alongside an experienced team of quality assurance experts who all have extensive backgrounds within educational based roles as well as their invaluable industry experience working within the Active Leisure sector.

This role will give you the opportunity to utilise your experience and expertise within the education field and support centres in the effective delivery of Active IQ qualifications. You will be required to evaluate centre performance based upon clear objective criteria, and to work collaboratively with our customers to address any risks that are identified, sharing best practice recommendations to further improve their delivery and performance.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Act as EQA on behalf of Active IQ, visiting approved centres to carry out this role
• Support centres through the approval process and provide ongoing technical support as required
• Advise centres on internal quality assurance, programme delivery and assessment best practice.
• Prepare accurate and timely QA reports in accordance with the QA strategy and established operating procedures

We'd love to hear from you if you offer the following:

• Extensive qualifications within the active leisure sector (including Level 2 Gym, Level 3 Personal Trainer and Level 3 Mat Pilates as a minimum. *Qualifications in Level 2 Group Exercise in addition would be advantageous)
• Extensive experience working within delivery, assessment and internal quality assurance within the active leisure sector
• High levels of both spoken and written communication skills
• IV/IQA qualification (D34/V1 or equivalent)
• Assessor qualification (D32/33/A1 or equivalent)

Feeling inspired? Read the full Job Description 

Why work as a flexible worker for NCFE?

Our flexible workforce provides supportive quality assurance to ensure that learners taking NCFE qualifications are getting the best education possible. If you become a flexible worker with us, you’ll choose how to fit your work around your other personal and professional commitments – making this a great opportunity to make a difference in a way that suits you.

You’ll receive full training and the materials, tools or equipment needed to ensure you’re able to complete your duties in line with NCFE requirements, with the ability to take on flexible worker contract alongside other work, without the need to be registered as self-employed.

All applicants will be expected to adhere to NCFE’s behavioural framework and to uphold our core values.

You can find out more about how our flexible arrangements work, the flexible worker roles we recruit, and frequently asked questions around the application, induction and training process, and your rights and protections by visiting our Flexible worker opportunities page.

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.   

Want to know more? Take a look at our website https://www.ncfe.org.uk/  

How to apply 

Before applying, please note that we require all candidates to be able to demonstrate proof of Right to Work in the UK.

Ready to join us and shape real change? Apply with your CV and answer the associated application questions.  

Closing Date: Thursday 28 May 2026

Interview Date: TBC

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.