Exams Co-ordinator

Tameside College; Ashton-under-Lyne; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cycle to work scheme

Free on-site gym

Retail discounts

Local Government Pension Scheme

33 days holidays for full-time

Job summary

Tameside College in Ashton-Under-Lyne is expanding its Exams Team, recruiting an Exams Co-ordinator to manage the full examinations cycle for multiple awarding bodies. You’ll work with Curriculum and support staff to communicate requirements and deadlines, resolving queries to ensure smooth examinations and timely results.

You will support timetabling, access arrangements and invigilator deployment, while maintaining records and ensuring compliance with JCQ and college procedures.

Qualifications

• Maths and English to at least Level 2 are required or expected.
• Strong attention to detail and a proven administrative support background.
• Experience or knowledge of examinations, JCQ regulations or further education would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate examination and assessment administration for allocated awarding bodies.
• Cover the full examinations cycle: registrations, entries, arrangements, results and certification.
• Communicate examination requirements and deadlines to curriculum and support teams; resolve queries.
• Support timetabling, access arrangements, special consideration applications, invigilator deployment and secure materials.
• Maintain accurate records and meet fixed deadlines; ensure compliance with JCQ regulations and college procedures.

Skills

Attention to detail

Administrative support

Customer service

ICT systems

Education

Maths Level 2

English Level 2

Tools

Office365

Job description

As part of our continued investment in the Exams service, we are expanding our central Exams Team and recruiting an additional Exams Co‑ordinator. This is an excellent opportunity to join a developing team and play an important part in delivering an accurate, responsive and compliant examinations service across Tameside College and Clarendon Sixth Form College.

Here’s the standard bit:

Working closely with the Exams Officer, you will co‑ordinate examination and assessment administration for an allocated range of awarding bodies. Your responsibilities will cover the full examinations cycle, including registrations, entries, examination arrangements, achievement claims, results and certification. You will work with curriculum and support teams to communicate examination requirements and deadlines, resolve queries and ensure examinations and assessments run smoothly. You will also support examination timetabling, access arrangements, special consideration applications, invigilator deployment, secure examination materials and post‑results services. Maintaining accurate records and meeting fixed deadlines will be central to the role. You will help ensure that examination activity complies with JCQ regulations, awarding body requirements and College procedures, as well as supporting internal compliance checks and external inspections.

What you’ll need:

We are looking for an enthusiastic, resilient and highly motivated individual with Maths and English to at least Level 2 with strong attention to detail, a proven track record of administrative support & customer service focus and up‑to‑date knowledge of ICT systems and packages, e.g. Office365. Previous experience of working in a similar role and / or knowledge of further Education would be advantageous.

About us:

Tameside College in Ashton-Under-Lyne Greater Manchester is a diverse and vibrant further education college that offers a wide range of courses including A level and advanced level vocational study programmes, Apprenticeships and adult courses up to degree Level. We aim to give all our students an exceptional experience. We offer an enhanced benefit package which includes a Cycle to Work scheme, Free on site Gym at our Beaufort Road campus, Retail Discounts, Local Government Pension Scheme, you'll get 33 days' holidays for a full time position pro rata for factual positions, to name a few.

• Cycle to Work scheme
• Free on site Gym at our Beaufort Road campus
• Retail Discounts
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• 33 days' holidays for a full time position pro rata for factual positions

We believe in excellence and back that up with high expectations, a superb working environment (as part of the Vision Tameside £100 million+ accommodation strategy) and outstanding teaching. We also believe that attending college is about more than achieving a qualification, important though that is. This is why we aim to give learners every opportunity to develop their full potential in a supportive and friendly environment.

Tameside College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and expects all staff to share this commitment. Employment at Tameside College is subject to an Enhanced DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) Check via the Disclosure and Barring Service and any post in regulated activity will also be subject to an additional barred list check. Tameside College will meet the costs associated with this.

Please note Keeping Children Safe in Education 2026 guidance requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This is to enables us to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore at interview with you. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who are invited to attend an interview.

Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we are unfortunately not able to respond to each applicant. If you have not been called for interview within 3 weeks of the closing date, you should assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.

Subject to the volume of applications we may decide to close the vacancy earlier than advertised.

Come join us on our journey to outstanding!

Recruitment Agencies:

We are not utilising the service of recruitment agencies for this vacancy and will accept direct applications only. Unsolicited CV's will be treated as a gift. We will not be subject to or liable under your terms and conditions for agency fees.