Casual Exam Invigilators

Teaching Vacancies; England; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Highly competitive salary

Generous pension scheme

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

Education Learning Trust is seeking an Exam Invigilator to support our examination processes in a school setting. The role focuses on maintaining exam integrity, supervising candidates, and ensuring smooth operation of exam sessions.

You will need strong organisational skills, the ability to handle confidential information, and effective communication with students and staff. The position emphasizes safeguarding and professional standards in a busy educational environment.

Qualifications

• Good general educational background and the ability to manage confidential information.
• Experience delivering to deadlines and achieving targets to a high standard.
• Experience allocating and prioritising workload to maximise productivity.
• Experience working in a school environment and with examination processes.

Skills

IT Skills

Planning and Organisation

Independent Working

Interpersonal Skills

Motivated

Problem Solving

Confidentiality

Decision Making

Attention to Detail

Oral and Written Communication

Examination Processes Understanding

Education Sector Awareness

Education

Good general education

Tools

Microsoft Word

Outlook

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

Person specification

Exam Invigilator

Qualifications: Good general standard of education.

Experience:

Experience of delivering to deadlines and achieving set targets to a high standard

Experience of allocating and prioritising workload effectively to gain maximum productivity

Experience of working in a school environment

Experience of working with confidential information

Prior experience in a similar role

Knowledge and skills:

IT Skills including Microsoft Word and Outlook

Excellent planning and organisational skills

Ability to work independently to organise own workload

Strong interpersonal skills

Highly motivated individual with an innovative approach

Problem solving and analytical

Must be able to respect confidentiality.

Ability to make effective decisions

Ability to work accurately and methodically

Ability to demonstrate engaging oral and written communication

An understanding of examination processes

Awareness of current issues in Education

What the school offers its staff

• exciting, innovative and challenging learning communities


• school improvement strategies arising from evidenced based research and professional enquiry


• opportunities for professional development and leadership


• a celebration of the diversity and uniqueness of individual settings


• innovation in practice by recognising the value of learning partnerships, both locally and nationally

Education Learning Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust, educating over 3500 pupils from age 2 to 16 in the Greater Manchester area. We are very proud of our inclusive ethos to Collaborate, Empower and Achieve and provide over 490 employees with an inspiring and innovative place to work, with exceptional training and development opportunities.

As a valued member of our Trust, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive and rewarding benefits package. This includes a highly competitive salary, a respected and generous pension scheme, and outstanding opportunities for career progression and professional development. We are also committed to supporting your health and wellbeing, offering access to our award-winning employee assistance programme and a wide range of employee benefits and discounts.

We are committed to fulfilling our Equality Duty obligations, including valuing equality and diversity and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are committed to employment practices that promote diversity and inclusion in employment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief.

We welcome applications from disabled candidates and will make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

We expect the successful candidate to have the necessary standard of spoken English, as described under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty that requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English (or English or Welsh in Wales).

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered 'protected' and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.

Further details about the role

Interviews will be held for strong candidates as soon as possible following receipt of application

Commitment to safeguarding

ELT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures that promote safeguarding and safer working practices. This is in line with statutory guidance including Keeping Children Safe in Education and The Education Act 2002. All offers of employment are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and vetting checks. It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.