GCSE Russian Principal Examiner & Standards Leader

Pearson; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Principal Examiner to ensure standards across externally assessed units are maintained and aligned with specifications. The role leads standardisation meetings, mentors Examiners, and supports awarding activities within Pearson’s quality assurance framework.

You will work with senior assessment teams in the UK, requiring strong analytical, leadership, and IT skills, and the ability to deliver rigorous assessment outcomes with integrity.

Qualifications

• Experience and knowledge of quality assurance and assessment practice.
• History of moderation and/or marking a regulated qualification.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Proven ability to provide and co-ordinate training such as standardisation and other standards-related activities.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the specification for your specialist sector, including internal and external requirements.
• Provide examples of leading/support essential quality assurance activities.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring timely delivery of contracted unit(s)/module(s)/component(s).
• Updating the mark scheme/guidance before the pre-standardisation meeting, taking into account actual candidates’ responses and feedback from supervisors/Examiners.
• Leading meetings such as pre-standardisation and standardisation and participating in others such as appeals against results and post-series reviews.
• Selecting and marking items for validity as agreed at the pre-standardisation meeting.
• Marking an allocation of live candidates’ responses, to quality assure as part of a supervisory role, where required.
• Preparing and collating materials for standardisation.
• Supporting supervisors and Examiners.
• Sampling supervisors/Examiners’ initial marking and backreading responses, as directed, using the appropriate Pearson marking system to target backreading and correct specific problems.
• Monitoring the progress of supervisors/Examiners.
• Reviewing responses for clarification.
• Acting as a senior point of escalation across the quality assurance process.
• Providing support across several versions of the paper, including all those introduced previously, and any versions introduced during the contractual period.
• Monitoring and reporting to the Assessment team after standardisation and completion of marking, submitting a completed feedback form for each supervisor/Examiner as directed.
• Supporting in awarding activities by writing reports to the Awarding Committee, recommending grade boundaries, participating in the awarding activities, and other areas where required.
• Completing the Senior Assessment Associate review process reflecting on your own challenges and successes and attending a follow-up meeting with the assessment team where required.
• Submitting reports on the series/candidate performance.
• Providing support and written responses to complaints where required.

Skills

Quality assurance

Assessment practice

Moderation/Marking

Communication skills

Leadership

Education

Degree

QTS or equivalent

Tools

Pearson marking system

Assessment software

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Principal Examiner to ensure standards across externally assessed units are maintained and aligned with specifications. The role leads standardisation meetings, mentors Examiners, and supports awarding activities within Pearson’s quality assurance framework.

You will work with senior assessment teams in the UK, requiring strong analytical, leadership, and IT skills, and the ability to deliver rigorous assessment outcomes with integrity.