Assessment Manager - Electrical

Job Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Auckland

Job Category: Specialist Trades

About The Role

At Skills Group, we’re on a mission to build talent and prepare a future-fit workforce. We’re looking for an experienced Assessment Manager - Electrical to lead and continuously improve assessment practice across our organisation.

This is a permanent, full-time position, open to applicants across New Zealand. Auckland-based candidates would be based at our Highbrook campus. This role requires strong collaboration and relationship-building across teams, so confidence working closely with stakeholders in a highly connected environment is essential.

You’ll provide leadership across both on-job and off-job assessment, supporting assessors, tutors, and verifiers to deliver a consistent, high-quality learner experience. We’re looking for someone who can take a practical, people-focused approach and work effectively across diverse teams and delivery environments.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead and support assessors and contracted assessors across on-job and off-job assessment delivery
• Build strong working relationships across teams to improve assessment practice, consistency, and learner outcomes
• Facilitate workshops, moderation discussions, and collaborative conversations across stakeholders with differing perspectives
• Drive improvements across assessment systems, processes, moderation, and quality assurance practices
• Monitor assessment quality, reporting, turnaround times, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Support innovation in assessment practice, including online assessment approaches and emerging technologies

Desired Skills And Experience

What you’ll bring

• Strong experience in vocational assessment, moderation, quality assurance, or education operations
• Excellent relationship-building and communication skills, with the ability to work flexibly and collaboratively across teams
• Confidence facilitating workshops, leading discussions, and bringing people together to achieve practical outcomes
• Strong understanding of on-job, online, and provider-based assessment practices
• Experience leading or supporting continuous improvement initiatives across systems or processes
• Understanding of assessor/verifier requirements and moderation frameworks within vocational education is highly desirable

Why join us?

At Skills, we’re more than a team - we’re a community. Our culture is built on our vital signs of Joy, Manaakitanga, Grow and Bold. We’re passionate about creating an environment where people feel supported to succeed, grow, and make a real impact.

You’ll Enjoy

• Health & wellbeing: Southern Cross health insurance, EAP support services, annual flu vaccinations
• Flexible work & leave: Flexible working options, birthday leave, extended bereavement leave, long service leave
• Financial benefits: 3.5% KiwiSaver contribution, 2% SuperLife contribution, $500 employee referral bonus
• Learning & development: Love Yr Skills development programme, LinkedIn Learning access, ongoing workshops and training