Exams Officer, Clerk to Committee and PA to Leadership Team

The City of Birmingham School is Birmingham City Council’s Pupil Referral Unit. The School has 8 specialised teaching centres across the city offering personalised educational programme.  All appointments are to the school, therefore, you could be asked to work at any centre

We have an exciting opportunity for an Examinations Officer, Clerk to the Management Committee and PA to the Leadership Team

Exams Officer

The work completed by the exams office is fundamental to ensuring candidates have a positive exams experience and achieve results that reflect their effort and abilities

You will have relevant experience in an educational setting and be comfortable liaising with colleagues and students. You will have a high attention to detail and be able to remain calm under pressure, often working to tight deadlines.

There are two key aspects of the exams officer induction process:

1. General induction

 gathering information from your centres

 learning about the exam system in England and the role of external organisations such as awarding organisations

 familiarising yourself with your own exams office and its systems and processes.

2. Time-critical administration - identifying, when you take up your role, where you are in the annual exam cycle, and what tasks need to be done first in order to meet key deadlines.

Clerk to Management Committee

You will also be the clerk to the schools Management Committee, the skills required this element of the post are as follows;

• Understanding governance 

• Advice and guidance

• Significant administrative experience and excellent organisational skills

• Excellent IT skills – Word, Outlook, with intermediate to advanced skills in Excel

• Initiative and self-motivation

• Good interpersonal skills and confidence in dealing with outside agencies, parent/carers and members of the public with tact and diplomacy

Candidates must have excellent literacy and numeracy skills, be skilled in the use of ICT, in particular Word, Excel and Progresso.  Successful candidates must have the ability to work without supervision and as part of a team.

Information about the school and application pack is available on our website www.cityofbirminghamschool.com Application packs are also available by email from csurecruitment@birmingham.gov.uk or contact Response Handling Unit on 0121 464 6488 (24 hr answerphone)

Completed applications should be returned to csurecruitment@birmingham.gov.uk or posted to Performance, Engagement & Commissioning Services, PO Box 16461, Birmingham, B2 2DB

All staff are expected to understand and be committed to Equal Opportunities in employment and school delivery. City of Birmingham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. 

If you would like to discuss this post please speak to Nesrim Mesnani on 0121 303 0272 or 0121 464 6675.