Exams and Admin Officer

Exams and Admin Officer, full-time, term-time only plus 2-3 weeks  

Hoe Valley School is an oversubscribed secondary School that opened in September 2015 to serve the local community of South Woking. Delivering innovative and exciting lessons to years 7,8,9 and from September 2018, year 10, the School is committed to ensuring our students leave us with excellent academic outcomes, the skills to be ‘work-ready’ and the traits of excellent global citizens.   

Reporting to the School Business Manager, the job holder will be the first employee in this critical role. They will primarily be responsible for leading on the establishment of systems and procedures to enable external exams to take place as well as proving other support to the School.

As a new School, the School has no legacy systems and the job holder will be expected to establish efficient, straightforward and compliant processes ready for the first tranche of GCSE exams in Summer 2020.

As part of the School Administration Team, the job holder will also provide administrative support to ensure the smooth running of the School. These other duties will be expected to reduce as the School grows and the demands of the examinations role grows. Like all staff at HVS, the successful candidate will contribute to the journey of the School in becoming an outstanding and established local School.

You will represent the values and ethos of the School at all times and put the safety and wellbeing of our students first. 

The role is full-time (40 hours per week) for a maximum of 41 weeks of the year. The weeks of working are expected to be term time and then 2 or 3 weeks in the holidays to fit in with your responsibilities. Working hours are 8.00am – 4.30pm daily, although there may be some flexibility for the right candidate. There is an annual leave allowance of 20 days (excluding Bank Holidays) which will normally only be granted during School holidays.

The School is committed to offering bespoke professional development pathways to all members of staff and would ensure the successful candidate has a development programme in place.

About you:  

- You will have educational qualifications to A level or equivalent and minimum GCSE (Grade C or higher) or equivalent (NVQ level 2) in English and Mathematics

- You will be ICT literate with proficiency in a range of applications

- You will have knowledge of JCQ Instructions for Conducting Examinations and access   arrangement processes

- You will be able to show evidence of successful sustained employment in a comparable working environment with responsibility for exams and working in an administrative role in an educational setting

About us:  

- Our staff feedback shows we have a team who feel trusted, listened to and who have a healthy work life balance.   

- The excellent behaviour of our students and our resistance to any unnecessary paperwork means staff can really focus on teaching and learning. 

- All of our team have a bespoke CPD programme in place and share best practice across faculties. 

Colleague Benefits:  

- Our staff are offered childcare and cycle to work vouchers, reduced gym membership at our neighbouring sports facilities and have access to convenient free parking.  

- We have extended School days which allow for longer holidays to recognise and reward the commitment of our staff.

This is an outstanding and rare opportunity to be part of a School's development and to see your career grow as the School grows.  

Please send applications and queries to recruitment@hoevalleyschool.org.  

Deadline for application is: 

Sunday 3rd June 2018

Interviews will be held on: 

w/c 4th June 2018

Applications are considered as they are received, we reserve the right to make an appointment prior to the closing date.  

Only fully completed application forms received by the stated deadline for applications will be accepted as valid applications.   

CV’s will not be accepted as applications.  No recruitment agencies please.