Invigilator - Internal Applicants Only
Heart of Worcestershire College
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Job summary
Heart of Worcestershire College is seeking an Invigilator to support examination delivery across Bromsgrove, Redditch and Worcester campuses. The role requires vigilance, integrity and flexibility to travel between sites as needed.
As an Invigilator you will supervise examinations, prepare venues, collect scripts and ensure fair access arrangements, with DBS checks and safeguarding responsibilities in place. This is a part-time opportunity with competitive hourly pay.
Responsibilities
- Support secure delivery of examinations by preparing exam venues and materials in line with examination regulations.
- Supervise candidates before, during, and after examinations, ensuring exam conditions are maintained.
- Monitor attendance, manage candidate queries, and record incidents, late arrivals, or early departures in accordance with procedures.
- Collect and process examination scripts and materials accurately, ensuring confidentiality and compliance with exam requirements.
- Facilitate access arrangements and provide appropriate support to ensure all candidates can participate fairly in examinations.
Job description
Job Title Invigilator - Internal Applicants Only Closing Date 11/11/2026 23:59 Pay Up to £15.48 per hour, including holiday pay. Hours Timesheet - Variable Hours Type Part Time
Join us as an Invigilator at Heart of Worcestershire College
We are looking for someone who’s ambitious, driven, and patient to join our Invigilator team.
This is your chance to grow your skills, explore new opportunities, and take on exciting challenges in a vibrant, forward‑thinking environment.
Heart of Worcestershire College is recognised for nurturing the brilliance of every student and we are proud to be a college that celebrates diversity and inclusion. Our latest Ofsted report highlights our continued commitment to delivering high-quality education, outstanding support for learners and meaningful partnerships with employers and the wider community. HoW college has also been recognised as one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2026 reflecting our commitment to building a positive workplace culture where colleagues feel valued, supported and able to thrive.
You’ll be required to work across Bromsgrove, Redditch and Worcester campuses, flexibility to travel across sites is essential.
For the full breakdown, check out the Key Roles and Accountabilities in the Job Description.
You will support in many aspects, to name a few:
- Support secure delivery of examinations by preparing exam venues and materials in line with examination regulations.
- Supervise candidates before, during, and after examinations, ensuring exam conditions are always maintained.
- Monitor attendance, manage candidate queries, and record any incidents, late arrivals, or early departures in accordance with procedures.
- Collect and process examination scripts and materials accurately, ensuring confidentiality and compliance with exam requirements.
- Facilitate access arrangements and provide appropriate support to ensure all candidates can participate fairly in examinations.
Heart of Worcestershire College is the county’s largest and most diverse FE provider, offering academic, vocational, and community courses across multiple campuses. In 2026 the college achieved a strong standard or expected standard across all areas from Ofsted. We are also delighted to be recognised as one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2026. This accolade reflects the culture we have worked hard to build across the College.
Our values — diversity, integrity, partnership and trust — power everything we do and shape the experience we give our learners. We’re also on a mission to be 90% green by 2030 — and we’d love you to be part of that journey.
If you’re ready to innovate, inspire and progress, you’ll feel right at home here.
Your growth is our growth.
A career at HoW offers much more than a monthly pay slip. We invest in our people and make sure they feel supported, valued, and ready to shine.
Here’s what you can look forward to:
- 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme
- Regular CPD and opportunities to gain new qualifications
- Agile and flexible working options (role dependent)
- A great benefits package with high‑street and travel discounts
- Clear progression routes
- A mentor to help you settle in and succeed
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Free onsite parking (at selected campuses)
- Opportunities to give back through community and charity projects
We value individuality. Everyone at HoW brings their own story, background, identity and strengths — and together, we’re stronger for it.
We’re committed to being an inclusive and supportive employer and expect all colleagues to share our dedication to safeguarding children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
We welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds.
All successful candidates will need to complete and pay for a DBS check, plus required online verification checks.
Please note: HoW College reserves the right to extend the advertising period for this vacancy or close the vacancy early in line with volume of applicants. We would therefore advise interested candidates to apply promptly.
If you are viewing this advert on Indeed, Total Jobs or another job board, it is worth noting there is more information about the position on the Heart of Worcestershire website, this will include the role profile.
The purpose of the role is to provide support to the examination process.
- To support the Examinations Officer with the day‑to‑day operation of examination venues
- Assisting with setting‑up examination venues by laying out stationery, equipment and examination papers in accordance with strict procedures.
- Assisting candidates prior to the start of the examinations by directing them to their seats and advising them about possessions permitted in examination venues.
- Offering advice and guidance to unregistered candidates without allocated seats.
- Ensuring candidates do not talk once inside the examination venues.
- Invigilating during examinations, dealing with queries raised by candidates and dealing with examination irregularities in accordance with strict procedures.
- Checking attendance during examinations.
- Assisting with the preparation of seating plans.
- Recording details of late arrivals and early leavers and collecting scripts from early leavers.
- Escorting candidates from venues during the examination as required and supervising candidates whilst outside examination venues.
- Collecting and collating scripts at the end of the examination in accordance with strict procedures.
- Supervising candidates leaving examination venues, ensuring that candidates do not remove equipment or stationery from the venue without authorisation and ensuring that candidates leave venues in an orderly and quiet manner.
- Facilitate access arrangements
- To commit to the safeguarding and promotion of the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults
- To participate in the College’s Performance Management Scheme and attend such training events as are necessary to enable him/her to carry out the duties of the job description.
- To continually improve teaching, learning and assessment through proactive CPD and sharing best practice.
- To actively participate in the College’s Quality System, including quality improvement strategies and initiatives.
- To undertake such other duties as may be assigned commensurate with the grade and purpose of the post.
- To take reasonable care for the health and safety of him/her and for others affected by his/her work.
- To actively support College Safeguarding, Equality and Diversity policies.
- To operate/conduct all HR tasks and functions within the principles of GDPR.
The appointment is subject to the Conditions of Service for Business Support Staff.
All successful applicants will undergo the following checks:
- Enhanced DBS
- 2 x References, one of which must be your current or most recent employer
- Qualification validation check
Up to £15.48 per hour, including holiday pay. Starting hourly rate will be dependent on experience and qualifications, hourly rate can further increase with 2+ years of service with HoW College.
Examinations are held throughout the year with January and June being the busiest times. The duration of the examination varies according to Exam Board but are generally not longer than 3 hours (although individual candidates may be allowed extra time under certain circumstances).
The post carries 25 annual leave days, plus eight public bank holidays plus a further five concessionary days as ‘leave to be taken at the Principal’s discretion’.
After 2 years continuous service, your annual leave entitlement will increase to 30 days per annum.
Please note that only in exceptional circumstances, with your Directors permission, will staff be able to take more than 3 consecutive weeks of leave in any leave year.
The College operates an occupational pension scheme, namely the ‘Local Government Pension Scheme’.
All candidates have to have 2 satisfactory references.
The successful applicant will be based at either Redditch, Bromsgrove or Worcester but may be required to work at other locations from time to time.
The College will undertake qualification validation by writing to the appropriate educational institute. Only those qualifications which are essential for the post will be followed up.
If you are required to obtain a qualification as a contractual requirement, the College reviews its CPD budget on an annual basis regarding availability of funds, and cannot therefore guarantee that newly appointed staff will receive either part or full funding for the course fees. However, student loan facilities are available.
All staff are required to have a minimum level 2 qualification in both English and Maths. If you are not already in receipt of one or both of these qualifications, you will be expected to obtain it (them) during your employment at the College.
The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All newly appointed staff will be required to undertake safeguarding training during the probationary period.
Heart of Worcestershire College adheres to the Department of Education’s guidance on ‘Keeping children safe in Education’. As part of your induction, you will be required to read and understand part 1 of this document.
Candidates shortlisted for interview and then subsequently become successful in the recruitment process and prior to a formal offer of employment being made will be subject to online checks being carried out by a neutral party not directly involved in the recruitment process. Consent for these checks was requested at application stage.
All successful applicants will be required to complete and pay for a Disclosure & Barring Service check. The costs of this check will be deducted from the applicants first salary payment from the College. The College adheres to the DBS Code of Practice and has policies covering the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders and the Secure Storage, Handling, Use, Retention and Disposal of Disclosures and Disclosure Information. Copies of these are available on request.
The College is committed to the fair treatment of its staff, potential staff or users of its services, regardless of race, gender religion, sexual orientation, responsibilities for dependants, age, physical/mental disability or offending background.
As an organisation we use the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) to assess the suitability of all prospective appointments. We undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure on the basis of conviction or other information revealed.
Applicants/employees are required to declare any pending criminal prosecutions they may have as well as any spent criminal convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings as defined under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. The only exception to this requirement is that applicants/employees do not need to disclose any ‘protected’ cautions, or convictions as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2013.
Please read the ‘Guidance Note to applicants on disclosing information about cautions and convictions in their application’ document before you complete your application form.
Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances and background of any offences.
All successful applicants will be required to undertake all mandatory training and update sessions and any appropriate training and development as required, including Health and Safety.
HoW College is a Smoke Free environment from the effects of direct/indirect contact with smoking, including using the following:
- Cigarettes
- E‑cigarettes
- Vaporisers
- Pipe smoking
- Cigars
- And all other associated smoking products
Candidates with a disability should contact the HR Department before interview if they require any adjustments to be made for the interview and/or selection tests.
A completed application form should be submitted. Curriculum vitae will not be accepted as a substitute.
It would greatly assist the shortlisting panel if the information submitted on your application clearly identifies and demonstrates how your qualities match those listed under the essential requirements on the person specification.
It would greatly assist the shortlisting panel if the information submitted on your application clearly identifies and demonstrates how your qualities match those listed under the essential requirements on the person specification.
The Interview date for this post is TBC; short‑listed candidates will be notified with the details for interview. In view of the high cost of postage, it is not our intention to notify unsuccessful applicants. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful and accept our thanks for your interest in applying. College reserves the right to withdraw a position before the closing date if the appointment has been arranged or no longer required.
Please be aware that HoW College complies with the current Data Protection Act and is currently developing systems to ensure that we will be fully compliant with GDPR when this comes into force in May 2018. GDPR is a European wide update to the Data Protection Act, with more requirements and stronger enforcement. As such we expect all staff to fully comply with the requirements of these legislation. Failure to do so will lead to formal disciplinary action.
Members of staff will be provided with guidance in relation to GDPR to ensure that full compliance is achieved and maintained within the College.
Further information can be obtained by using the following link:
https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/
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