Examinations Officer

South Thames Colleges Group; Kingston upon Thames; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in the United Kingdom is seeking an Examinations Officer to oversee the execution of day-to-day exam tasks and ensure compliance with all JCQ and awarding body regulations. Candidates should have strong organisational and IT skills, excellent communication abilities, and a proactive mindset for managing workloads. Benefits include generous annual leave, an excellent pension scheme, and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Excellent pension scheme

Professional development

Subsidised sports facilities

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in general administration and ability to produce data and reports.
• Experience in examination administration complying with regulations.
• Proactive with ability to prioritise workload and manage deadlines.
• Skilled in IT with experience of databases and spreadsheets.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain understanding of JCQ and awarding body requirements.
• Interpret and share information for accurate exam activities.
• Coordinate processes such as registrations and certification.
• Plan and manage exams including timetables and invigilators.

Skills

Organisational skills

Customer-service skills

IT skills (MS Office)

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Job description

Overview

Kingston College is looking for an Examinations Officer – someone to be responsible for executing day‑to‑day exam and assessment tasks across a wide range of qualifications, following the exam year calendar from registration and exam registration through to results.

You will maintain a thorough and up‑to‑date understanding of JCQ and other awarding body requirements, ensuring full compliance with all regulations, deadlines, processes, procedures, and fees. Your role will involve interpreting and sharing relevant information with colleagues and ensuring that all exam activities are carried out accurately and efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Maintain thorough understanding of JCQ and other awarding body requirements, ensuring full compliance with regulations, deadlines, processes, procedures, and fees.
• Interpret and share relevant information with colleagues, enabling accurate and efficient exam activities.
• Work closely with curriculum staff, awarding bodies, and other stakeholders to coordinate key processes such as registrations, exam entries, access arrangements, achievement claims, results, and certification.
• Plan and manage all types of exams, including preparing timetables, booking rooms, and arranging invigilators and other necessary support.

Qualifications

• Experience in general administration, with strong organisational skills and ability to produce data and reports.
• Experience working within centrally established procedures and complying with externally imposed regulations, ideally in examination administration.
• Proactive, with ability to prioritise and manage workload, meet deadlines, and take responsibility for specific areas of work both individually and within a team.
• Skilled in IT (MS Office), with experience of databases and spreadsheet applications and willingness to build on these skills.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and customer‑service skills, able to communicate effectively at all levels.

Benefits

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. The benefits package will be pro‑rated for part time staff.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

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

About the Group

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.

Closing

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