Exams Manager

Reference: NOV20161770

Expiry date: 23:59, 07 December 2016

Benefits: Generous annual leave entitlement, contributory pension scheme, season ticket loans, salary sacrifice schemes for child care vouchers and purchasing tech plus many more...

The Role

As the Examinations Manager, you will take a proactive lead in the quality assurance and operational management of The College’s Examinations and Assessments function, ensuring processes and practices adhere to internal standards and external requirements. You will be responsible for updating policies and practices, continuously reviewing and updating examination systems to ensure the highest service is provided to our students.

You will lead on the use of of Pro Solution Exams and Pro Monitor Markbook, ensuring systems and process are efficient and effective, whilst providing training to academic and support staff on the use of all college exam systems.

Managing a team of exam officers, you will provide information and guidance of the highest quality, delivering an outstanding examinations service which meets and exceeds quality standards and service level agreements. Working closely with curriculum and college information colleagues, you will ensure that all qualification, examination and achievement data is accurate and evidence is available to meet all audit requirements.

The Person

With a proven track record of success in an FE environment coupled with excellent understanding of Awarding Body and JCQ regulations, you will have the outstanding analytical and problem solving skills required to ensure service provision. You will demonstrate an outstanding track record of working within exams evidenced by successful outcomes and achievements.

In Addition you will have:

• Significant experience of working in an Exams office with a wide variety of qualification types
• Excellent IT skills
• Detailed knowledge of examination regulations
• High level communication skills
• Demonstrable experience of supervising or managing a team
• A relevant professional qualification is desirable

Your commitment to the values of our College - Excellence, Ambition, Focus, Accountability, Inclusion and Integrity – will be evident in everything you do.

Interview Date: 13-14th December 2016

Our aim is to recruit the best staff possible and to deliver first class teaching to our learners. We are committed to equality and diversity and expect our staff to share this commitment. The safety and welfare of our staff and learners is extremely important to us and is why we pride ourselves on our Safeguarding procedures.

PLEASE NOTE:

Unless otherwise stated, we do not accept CVs. To be eligible to apply for this role, you must possess the relevant qualifications listed in the person specification

We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of any vacancies when we have received a suitable number of applications from which to make a shortlist.

All positions are subject to Criminal Record Clearance at either a Basic or Enhanced level (formerly CRB) and your start date will be dependent on receipt of satisfactory DBS ( disclosure barring service) clearance.