Exams Officer - Redhill, United Kingdom - St Bede's School

St Bede's School

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Redhill, United Kingdom

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Examinations at St Bede's
The Exams Officer plays a pivotal role in the administration, management and conducting of both external and internal examinations.

This is a very demanding role and requires working extended hours during the main public examination season which runs from mid May to the end of June.

We are seeking someone with:

Good organisational and planning skills
Good interpersonal and communications skills with a range of stakeholders
An ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines
An understanding of multiple IT systems
An ability to work under pressure

The Exams Officer is supported by a part-time Exams Administration Assistant.

At Key Stage 5 (KS5), external examinations at the school include A level, Cambridge Technical Extended Certificates and Extended Project Qualification.

At Key Stage 4 (KS4), students sit GCSEs, Cambridge National Certificates and functional skills.

Formal internal examinations are set for KS4 and KS5, including mock examinations for students in Year 11 and Year 13.

The role is varied and includes:

Liaising with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, including students, parents, Heads of Departments, Heads of Years/Key Stage, teachers, reception staff, site staff, IT staff and awarding organisations
Being aware of examination changes each academic year
Managing invigilators. This includes training new invigilators and updating existing invigilators on rules and regulation changes on an annual basis
Updating examinationrelated policies
Managing the examination entry process, including gathering information from teaching staff to ensure that students' examination entries are made correctly and on time, making amendments/withdrawals etc.
Managing examination days in accordance with awarding body regulations, including preparing for each exam day, starting an examination, dealing with emergencies, irregularities and malpractice, ending the examination, collecting the examination scripts and packing and despatching examination scripts
Contingency planning
Dealing with requests and administering postresults services
Issuing examination certificates

Support staff are valued members of the school community and fill vital roles. They are respected for the expertise they bring to their area of work. St Bede's supports the professional development of its staff and takes staff wellbeing very seriously.

Annual salary reflects the contractual hours and weeks per year and is calculated using a Surrey Pay formula which includes payment in respect of statutory annual leave allowances.

Salary is paid in 12 equal monthly instalments.

There is no entitlement to take leave during term time. All holidays must be taken during school breaks.

Why work for us?

St Bede's is a good place to work.

Staff are friendly and supportive of one another:
relationships between staff and pupils were recognised by Ofsted as 'exceptionally strong'.

ECTs benefit from a well developed and comprehensive induction period programme. More experienced teachers are given the opportunity to participate in training which will help them to develop skills needed for middle and senior management roles.
There are good onsite catering facilities. Staff are able to use the fitness facilities free of charge and to participate in sports activities.
Music is a big part of school life and staff are welcome to join our senior choir and instrumental groups.
We have a social event at the end of each term as well as occasional staff trips to the theatre.
The school is situated in Redhill, a commuter belt town in the Surrey Fringe area. We are close to the M25 and there are good transport links to London and the South Coast from Redhill station which is about 15 minutes walk from the school. We also benefit from being within walking distance of beautiful countryside. Many staff live locally, others commute from Guildford, South London, Kent and East & West Sussex.

Salary:
From £29,097.00 per year

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