Senior Examiner - GCSE Russian (Fully Remote)

Pearson; Greater London; Remote; GBP 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Principal Examiner for GCSE Russian to maintain standards across externally assessed units. This fully remote role requires strong quality assurance, leadership, and reporting abilities, with experience in moderation and standardisation.

You will lead standardisation sessions, oversee marking quality, and support Examiners and supervisors throughout the marking cycle, contributing to awarding activities and series evaluation.

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 lead training such as standardisation and other standards-related activities.
• A comprehensive knowledge of the specification for your specialist sector, including internal and external requirements.
• Provide examples of when you were asked to lead/support essential quality assurance activities.
• High level of IT proficiency and report writing within a regulated industry.
• Previous Team Leader or Principal Examiner experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee standardisation and lead meetings such as pre-standardisation and standardisation.
• Mark allocations of live candidate responses and ensure quality assurance.
• Prepare and collate materials for standardisation and post-series reviews.
• Support supervisors and Examiners and submit feedback to the Assessment team.
• Participate in awarding activities and write reports for the Awarding Committee.
• Complete reflective reviews with the assessment team and report on series performance.

Skills

Quality assurance

Moderation/marking

Communication skills

Training coordination

IT proficiency

Regulatory compliance

Leadership experience

Report writing

Education

QTS teaching qualification

Tools

Pearson marking system

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Principal Examiner for GCSE Russian to maintain standards across externally assessed units. This fully remote role requires strong quality assurance, leadership, and reporting abilities, with experience in moderation and standardisation.

You will lead standardisation sessions, oversee marking quality, and support Examiners and supervisors throughout the marking cycle, contributing to awarding activities and series evaluation.