Human Biology Visiting Moderator

OXFORD CAMBRIDGE & RSA EXAMINATIONS COVENTRY; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading examination board in the UK is seeking a moderator to ensure accurate marking of candidates’ coursework. Responsibilities include virtual and visiting moderation, collaborating with centres, and applying marking criteria consistently. Candidates should possess relevant teaching or assessment experience, hold a qualification related to the assessment subject, and live in the UK. This role requires attention to detail and the ability to work under pressure, making it suitable for dedicated professionals in the education field.

Qualifications

• Must have relevant teaching or assessment experience within the last 3 years.
• Living in the UK is required.
• Teaching qualification or related degree is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Moderate candidates’ coursework to ensure accuracy and consistency.
• Conduct virtual visits and provide feedback via video calls.
• Contact and visit centres for moderation.

Skills

Relevant teaching or assessment experience

Experience teaching within the UK education system

Teaching qualification or related degree

Attention to detail

Ability to work under pressure

Timeliness

IT proficiency

Education

Teaching qualification or degree related to assessment subject

Job description

What you will be doing

As a moderator, you’ll be looking at samples of candidates’ coursework to make sure that a centre’s marking is accurate and consistent. You’ll be part of a team and you’ll work closely with your teamleader.

For remote moderation, you will do a ‘virtual visit’ with a centre where you’ll download samples of coursework from a central repository and then feed back to the centre via a video call and follow up with a report to the centre.

For visiting moderation, you will contact centres to arrange a visit, visit the centre in person and follow up the visit with a report to the centre.

We’ll make sure you are fully trained so you understand the moderation process and your part in it. There will also be standardisation activities to make sure you can apply the marking criteria consistently.

The amount of work involved will vary depending on the mode of moderation and the level of the qualification.

You will generally be allocated a minimum of 5 centres initially, and should expect to moderate each centre at least twice in an academic year (once in winter/spring and again in the summer).

What we are looking for

Core skills and experience

• Relevant teaching or assessment experience within the last 3 years. We also consider PGCE students who have completed the classroom teaching element of their course.
• Current or previous experience teaching within the UK education system.
• A teaching qualification or a degree related to the assessment subject
• Be living in the UK

General skills

• Keen eye for detail
• Work well under pressure
• Keep to deadlines
• Use IT confidently

Details of papers/units

• F172/01
• F173/01
• F174/01
• F175/01
• F176/01
• F177/01

Location requirement

• UK only

Please note

You don’t need to be teaching the OCR specification of your subject. We would also be interested in people with current or previous experience of working for other examination boards.

Additional notes

• Applicants will be subject to right to work and other background checks.