Chair of ABDO Examinations Board
Posted on May 19, 2026 by ABDO
Closing date: 2 June 2026
Job title
Chair of ABDO Examinations Board
Job description
ABDO is recruiting for a Chair of the ABDO Examination Board.
The Chair of the ABDO Examination Board provides independent leadership and ensures that assessment decisions for ABDO’s vocational and professional qualifications are fair, evidence based, consistent, and aligned with ABDO regulations and GOC education and training requirements. The Chair upholds the integrity of ABDO’s assessment processes and ensures that decisions support safe, competent practice within the optical profession.
The Chair must be an academic with experience in assessment and/or professional qualification processes and previous experience as chair or senior assessor leading high-stakes, regulated decision making.
The appointed Chair will have experience in:
i. assessment and examination regulations,
ii. QAA Quality Code
iii. frameworks for Higher Education Qualifications (FHEQ)
iv. academic and assessment regulations
The appointed Chair should ensure they have awareness of the organisation’s operations, objectives, and the optical sector.
The Examination Board Chair shall serve for a fixed term of 3 years, renewable with the approval of the ABDO Board of Directors up to a maximum total period of 12 years.
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Closing date for applications
2 June 2026