Awarding and Assessment Organisation Recruitment
Finding ambitious and results-driven professionals who can transform leadership and inspire change in awarding and assessment organisations.
Recruiting specialists and leaders to support ambition and change within your awarding or assessment organisation.
Contact our team to learn moreAwarding organisation recruitment: Peridot’s expert recruitment for the assessment sector
Our awarding recruitment team believes in the work done by awarding organisations, AAOs, examination boards, professional institutes and membership organisations across the UK.
In the face of changing policies and politics, awarding and assessment organisations inspire thousands of people to see a different future for themselves, gaining the skills and qualifications they need to reach their aspirations and achieve social mobility through education.
You’re fighting for fairer access to high-quality education, skills and employment opportunities on a global scale.
We believe your organisation should represent the communities you serve. Your colleagues, from those in leadership roles to operational specialists, need to support your ambitions and help you overcome the challenges you face.
That’s why we exist—to support ambitious and strategic awarding and assessment organisations in recruiting the specialists and leaders needed to inspire change and development internally and externally.
As Platinum Suppliers of the Federation of Awarding Bodies and proud Patrons of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers, we believe in giving back to the sector through supporting events and hosting webinars for awarding professionals.
View our open roles here“I really rate Peridot Partners as ‘the’ recruitment agency for anyone hiring for key positions in the skills and awarding sector. The Head of Skills and Awarding, Kristina Preston, at Peridot really understands the sector and what is needed in terms of knowledge, skills and background to fill those roles. Always helpful and going above and beyond to match candidates to roles that suit.”
CEO, Trustee and Responsible Officer of an awarding organisation.
Our speciality awarding and assessment recruitment
We can support you with the appointment of:
- Non-Executive Directors, Trustees, Board or Committee Members
- CEOs and Executive Directors
- Responsible Officers
- Senior leaders and specialist operational managers
- Consultants
We can also offer salary benchmarking and job description reviews.
We recruit specialists in areas such as:
- Qualification, assessment and product development
- Assessment and examination delivery
- Quality assurance, compliance, accreditation and standards
- Apprenticeships assessment
- CPD, curriculum and resource development
- Business and partnership development, account management
- Project and programme management
Specifically for your board, we can also support:
- Skills audits and reviews
- Board performance reviews
- Board development reviews
Organisations we work with include:
- Accreditation Bodies
- Apprenticeship Assessment Organisations (AAOs)
- Awarding Organisations
- EdTech companies
- Exam Boards
- Industry Boards and Bodies
- Membership Organisations
- Professional Institutes
- Regulatory Organisations
- Royal Colleges
- Skills Councils
We proudly support
“Peridot Partners were excellent to work with in recruiting at a senior level and their depth of knowledge and expertise of the awarding sector gave us confidence to appoint the Federation’s CEO through them. This is the second senior appointment that we have made through Peridot, and we have again been impressed by their professionalism and responsiveness demonstrating why they are a key platinum supplier for recruitment within the industry.”
Alan Woods and Kirstie Donnelly, Co-Chairs of the Federation of Awarding Bodies.
Our selected track record in recruiting for awarding and assessment organisations
Senior Leaders
ASDAN | Chief Executive Officer
Certsure | Head of Product Development
Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) | Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Chartered Management Institute (CMI) | Head of Product Development and Innovation
Energy & Utility Skills | Head of EUSR
Gateway Qualifications | Chief Executive Officer
National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) | Head of Awarding
VTCT | Director of Qualifications and Standards
Specialist management roles
Energy & Utility Skills | Skills and Standards Manager
Federation of Awarding Bodies (FAB) | Senior Policy Manager
Qualsafe | Service Operations Manager, Qualifications Development Manager
Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) | Quality and Compliance Manager
Board members
Gateway Qualifications | Trustees
NCFE | Trustees
National Examining Board for Dental Nurses (NEBDN) | Chair – Finance and Business Effectiveness Committee, Lay Trustees
OCN London | Trustees
We work with an array of innovative clients
“As a small AO, operating in a fairly niche part of the market, it can be challenging to find candidates to fit some specific profiles for roles which are key to the ongoing success of our business. With difficult-to-fill roles, we turn to Peridot for advice on positioning the roles and sourcing suitable candidates. In the case of this particular vacancy, we were looking for a skillset that was not currently available within our business. We have a strong commitment to internal promotion and development, and wanted to bring in a skillset that would be required in the development of qualifications within a new framework. The success of this appointment is marked not only by the ability to fill an immediate requirement but in being able to bring in someone who has the ability to nurture and further develop skills within our existing workforce. Peridot’s knowledge of the marketplace and extensive network of highly skilled candidates has, once again, proved invaluable in ensuring that we find the right fit for the role and for our business.”
Director of People and Culture, RSL Awards.
