Senior Examiner, Music Technology (GCE A Level) – Remote

Pearson; Greater London; Remote; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Principal Examiner for GCE A Level Music Technology (9MT0 Paper 03) to oversee standards and standardisation across externally assessed units. This remote role emphasizes integrity, timely delivery, and coordinating examiner activities.

The successful candidate will have extensive experience in QA, assessment practice, and leadership within a regulated qualifications framework, plus strong communication skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks to deadlines.

Qualifications

• Experience with quality assurance and assessment practice.
• History of moderation and/or marking a regulated qualification.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the specification for your specialist sector.
• Proven ability to provide and coordinate training such as standardisation.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work well under pressure.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Proven track record of leading quality assurance activities.
• Assessment experience.
• Experience of managing people.
• High level of IT proficiency.
• Leadership experience in delivering qualifications.
• Knowledge of regulatory compliance and requirements.
• Experience of report writing within a regulated industry.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the timely delivery of your contracted unit(s)/module(s)/component(s).
• Update the mark scheme/guidance before the pre-standardisation meeting, considering actual candidates' responses and feedback from supervisors/Examiners.
• Lead meetings such as pre-standardisation and standardisation and participate in others such as appeals against results and post-series reviews.
• Represent Pearson at board hearings for examination appeals.
• Mark an allocation of live candidates' responses, to quality assure as part of a supervisory role.
• Prepare and collate materials for standardisation.
• Support supervisors and Examiners.
• Sample supervisors/Examiners' initial marking and backreading responses, as directed, using the Pearson marking system.
• Monitor the progress of supervisors/Examiners.
• Review responses for clarification.
• Act as a senior point of escalation across the quality assurance process.
• Provide support across several versions of the paper, including all those introduced previously, and any versions introduced during the contractual period.
• Monitor and report to the Assessment team after standardisation and completion of marking, submitting a completed feedback form for each supervisor/Examiner as directed.
• Support 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

Leadership

Communication skills

Deadline adherence

Report writing

People management

IT proficiency

QA leadership

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Degree

Teaching qualification

Experience teaching relevant subject

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Principal Examiner for GCE A Level Music Technology (9MT0 Paper 03) to oversee standards and standardisation across externally assessed units. This remote role emphasizes integrity, timely delivery, and coordinating examiner activities.

The successful candidate will have extensive experience in QA, assessment practice, and leadership within a regulated qualifications framework, plus strong communication skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks to deadlines.