External Moderator – Faculty of Humanities

About the role

Lyceum College invites suitably qualified and experienced academic professionals to serve as External Moderators within its Faculty of Humanities. Moderators ensure the credibility, fairness and academic integrity of assessments across all Humanities programmes by providing independent oversight of assessment instruments and marked scripts, validating marking quality and giving expert developmental feedback to internal examiners and Module Leaders. Moderators cannot also serve as Module Leaders or internal academic markers in the same programme.

Key responsibilities

• Pre-assessment: review draft examination papers and other assessments for accuracy, academic integrity, clarity and relevance; confirm alignment between learning outcomes, module content and assessment tasks; evaluate marking rubrics and memos for fairness, consistency and appropriate cognitive level; recommend improvements to language, structure, difficulty weighting and design.
• Post-assessment: review samples of marked scripts across all grade bands; verify consistency, fairness and accuracy of marking; identify irregularities or academic integrity risks; recommend remarking where necessary.
• Mentorship: give constructive feedback to internal examiners and Module Leaders on assessment design, marking quality and academic rigour, and help build capacity in assessment practices.
• Reporting: submit detailed moderation reports on time, flag concerns about assessment quality or academic risk, and support institutional quality assurance and regulatory compliance.

Required profile

• Master's degree in a relevant Humanities field (essential).
• At least three years' experience in higher education teaching and assessment.
• Strong expertise in assessment design, marking and moderation.
• Solid understanding of CHE standards, NQF levels and quality assurance principles.
• Excellent academic writing, analytical and communication skills, and ability to evaluate impartially and constructively.
• Access to a laptop/desktop and reliable internet connection.

Added advantage: doctorate or studies towards one, experience moderating for private higher education institutions, experience in distance environments, prior work with public higher education institutions, and prior involvement in external quality assurance or accreditation.

Applications include a cover letter naming the thematic clusters and modules applied for, a full CV, copies of qualifications, academic transcripts, and a summary of previous moderation or assessment experience, sent by email to the college's Humanities office.