Examinations Officer - Sheffield, United Kingdom - NOCN Group

NOCN Group

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Sheffield, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

NOCN Group are recruiting for an Examinations Officer to ensure that new examinations and tests are ready for delivery and to support the enhancement of examinations systems.

Please note this role is based in our Sheffield Head Office and there will be an element of hybrid working available.

Why NOCN Group?
NOCN Group is an educational charity whose core aims are to help learners reach their potential and organisations thrive.

The group includes business units specialising in regulated UK and international qualifications, End Point Assessment, assured short courses, SMART job cards, assessment services, consultancy, and research.

What will you be doing?
As an Examinations Officer, your duties and responsibilities will be (but not limited to):

Liaise with Senior Product Developers and EPA Technical Developers to plan and implement the development and delivery of test materials to meet specified design requirements and deadlines.
Set up templates in the delivery systems to ensure that tests and examinations are generated in line with agreed specifications.
Build and load test and examination materials onto delivery systems and ensure that quality checks are completed before making available for delivery.
Monitor the use of examinations and report to the Examinations and Awarding Manager to ensure that awarding meetings are scheduled in a timely manner.
Manage the content of test item banks by auditing the number and range of items in the banks and commissioning new items as necessary to create a number of sufficiently unpredictable examinations.
Check the quality of tests and test items by running NOCN reports and comparing results to NOCN benchmark data, reporting results to the Senior Product Developer and EPA Technical Developer and taking remedial action as agreed.

About you...

Have right to work in the UK full time for a minimum of 2 years (NOCN Group does
not offer visa sponsorship).
Level 2+ in Literacy and Numeracy.

Educated to Level

Significant and recent experience of working with awarding organisations or similar bodies to develop vocational educational products in a competitive market.
Experience of analysing data and providing reports to inform decisionmaking.

Other desirable, but essential, critera:

Evidence of continuing professional development.
Experience of PowerBi.
Knowledge of the external quality assurance requirements relevant to qualifications and endpoint assessments in the UK.

How to apply?
If this sounds like the job for you, please send your
completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form, CV and a covering letter, explaining why you are the best fit for the role, to
:recruitment[at]nocn[dot]org[dot]uk

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent

Pay:
£29,199.00-£35,028.00 per year

Benefits:

Company events
Company pension
Free parking
Life insurance
Onsite parking
Sick pay
Work from home

Schedule:

Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

Sheffield, S1 2BJ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

Application question(s):

Please confirm that you have the right to work in the UK fulltime and do not require sponsorship from us.
Do you have recent and significant experience of working with awarding organisations or similar bodies to develop vocational educational products in a competitive market?
Do you have experience of analysing data and providing reports to inform decision making?

Work Location:
Hybrid remote in Sheffield, S1 2BJ

Application deadline: 03/05/2024