Exams Officer

We wish to appoint a motivated, customer focussed and well organised person to the post of Exams Officer for our school. The successful candidate will be responsible for organising and administering all public and internal examinations. You will also be responsible for the organisation of the school’s Music Scholarship tests.

As Exams Officer you will develop and maintain excellent relationships with staff, students, parents/carers and external agencies. 

The successful candidate will have:

• strong verbal and written communication skills;
• willingness to work collaboratively and make a positive contribution to the success of our students;
• the ability to prioritise and plan workload and manage issues as they arise;
• knowledge of examination procedures and legislation or willingness to learn;
• strong ICT skills with the ability to manage, manipulate and interpret data;
• the ability to work flexibly particularly during public examination times;
• the ability to manage the Exam Invigilation Team, delegating appropriately.

Hours:   35 hours a week, 41 weeks a year (term time only plus 5 INSET days plus 10 days in summer holidays on examination results days)

During public and internal examination periods it will be necessary to work longer hours. However, hours can be worked flexibly outside of this time and working from home requests will be considered.

Prendergast School is an Outstanding 11-16 Girls School with a mixed 6th Form of over 350 students and benefits from being part of the Leathersellers’ Federation of Schools. Awarded its third Outstanding OFSTED grading in a row in November 2013, the school has been leading girls’ education in Lewisham for over 130 years. 

Being part of a successful Federation of Schools, located in easy travelling distance of each other, enables the schools to support each other and share best practice and resources. It also enables the Federation to offer staff the opportunity to develop their career as we are committed to developing and promoting from within wherever possible.

We offer a comprehensive employee benefits package including:

• Teachers pension and Local Government Pension scheme
• Employer funded healthcare scheme
• Cycle to work Scheme
• Home electronics scheme
• Affordable travel card loan scheme

To apply for this post please click here. 

Closing Date: 9.30am on Monday 6 June 2022

Interviews:          w/c 6 June 2022

Please note CVs are not accepted.

The Leathersellers’ Federation of Schools is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and all employees are required to have an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.

Appointment will be subject to qualifications, experience checks and satisfactory references.