Examinations Officer

South Thames Colleges Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave plus up to 8 days

Wellbeing leave 5 days

Pension scheme (Teachers/LGPS)

Cycle to work salary sacrifice

Job summary

South Thames Colleges Group is seeking a Senior Examinations Officer to manage exam operations across Carshalton and Merton colleges, coordinating teams and acting as the main contact for awarding bodies and academic staff.

You will oversee registrations, data uploads, access arrangements, results and certificates, while handling budgets, purchase orders and invigilator payments to ensure compliance with JCQ deadlines.

Qualifications

• Experience in an examinations team with knowledge of exam regulations.
• Strong data management skills and adherence to deadlines.
• Excellent Excel skills and high computer literacy.
• Ability to prepare and present reports to varied audiences.

Responsibilities

• Manage team caseloads across Carshalton and Merton colleges.
• Act as centre liaison with awarding bodies and academic staff.
• Oversee student registrations, data uploads, access arrangements, results and certificates.
• Process purchase orders, invoices, recharges and invigilator payments via VT2000 and agencies.
• Ensure exams budget is accurate and administered on time.

Skills

Examinations experience

Data management

Excel

Reporting

Tools

VT2000

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Examinations Officer to be responsible for the management and allocation of team caseloads across Carshalton and Merton colleges. Managing the examinations teams, you\'ll be the centre liaison contact for awarding bodies, Heads of School, and other academic staff that manage those awards.

Overseeing all student registrations, data uploads, access arrangements, results and certificates in line with awarding body/JCQ deadlines and regulations, you\'ll manage purchase orders, invoices, recharging of exam expenditure and invigilator payments via VT2000 and Agencies ensuring that the exams budget is accurate and administered in a timely manner.

As our Senior Examinations Officer, we\'d like you to have experience of working in an examinations team with significant working knowledge of an examinations background. With experience working with and complying with centrally established procedures and externally imposed regulations, you\'ll have a high level of computer literacy with good working knowledge of Excel.

You\'ll be an organised individual with a meticulous and methodical working style, able to work under pressure and to strict deadlines. A strong communicator, you\'ll be able to communicate effectively at all levels and be able to produce and present reports to a variety of audiences.

• The benefits package includes generous annual leave of 27 days plus up to 8 additional days over Christmas/New Year as well as an additional 5 days Wellbeing leave to enhance employees\' physical and mental health.
• There is an excellent pension scheme that receives a significant financial contribution from the employer (Teachers Pensions or Local Government Pension Scheme), subsidised sports facilities and professional development and training plus a salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme.

South Thames Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.

As outlined in the Public Sector Equality Duty of the Equality Act 2010, we are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

As part of our due diligence checks on prospective employees, successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, an online search and proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

The South Thames Colleges Group is made up of Carshalton College, Kingston College, Merton College and South Thames College, which merged on 1 August 2017. South Thames Colleges Group is one of London\'s largest providers of post-16 education and training and is an ongoing and significant contributor to its local communities. We aim to put students\' success at the heart of everything we do.

We are looking for hard-working and collaborative people who can join our team and help challenge our students to progress and achieve.