Assessment Officer ( 100474 )

Islington Working; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

City St George’s, University of London is seeking two Assessments Officers to join its team. The role covers the day-to-day administration of assessments for a range of programmes, including responding to student queries, drafting communications, and maintaining records.

Applicants should have A‑Levels or equivalent and experience in a busy, customer-focused environment in higher education. Proficiency with IT systems (MS Office) is required; Moodle and SITS experience is highly desirable.

Qualifications

• The successful candidates will be educated to A-Level standard or equivalent and have relevant experience of working in a busy customer focused environment in Higher Education or a similar setting.
• They should be confident using IT systems, including MS Office packages, spreadsheets and databases.
• Experience of Moodle and student records systems (particularly SITS) is highly desirable.
• Candidates will have well-developed verbal and written communication skills, excellent organisational skills and the ability to work with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the day-to-day operations and administration of all assessments for a selection of our programmes.
• Responding to student queries and drafting student communications.
• Maintaining accurate student records and arranging the release of assessment papers and submissions.
• Organising exams and filmed assessments.

Skills

Communication

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

IT proficiency

Education

A-Levels or equivalent

Tools

MS Office

Moodle

SITS

Job description

Description

City St George’s, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George’s, University of London into one institution. The City Law School is the first in London and University of London to educate students and practitioners at all stages of legal education. The School has made significant advances in both research and education and seeks to build upon that success to become one of the UK’s leading law schools as it takes advantage of the new regulatory landscape for legal education. An opportunity has arisen for two Assessments Officers to join us, one permanently and one a fixed-term contract.

Duties

• The appointed Assessments Officers will be responsible for the day-to-day operations and administration of all assessments for a selection of our programmes.
• This will include responding to student queries, drafting student communications, maintaining accurate student records, arranging the release of assessment papers and assessment submissions and organising exams and filmed assessments.
• The successful candidates will be educated to A-Level standard or equivalent and have relevant experience of working in a busy customer focused environment in Higher Education or a similar setting.
• They should be confident using IT systems, including MS office packages, spreadsheets and databases.
• Experience of Moodle and student records systems (particularly SITS) is highly desirable.
• The successful candidates will have well-developed verbal and written communication skills, excellent organisational skills and the ability to work with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• They will also be committed to delivering high quality services to students and staff.

Desirable criteria

Not specified

Additional information

Closing date for applications: 11th October 2026 at 11:59pm. Interviews are scheduled to take place from 2nd November 2026.

The selection process will involve an interview and assessment. Interviews will last no more than 30 minutes. There will be a short competency test to follow the interview that candidates should allocate an additional 45 mins for completion (1hrs 15 minutes in total for interview and assessment). Further details will be confirmed at the interview stage.

City St George’s offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.City St George’s, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.

We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background. City St George’s operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.