Accommodations Scheduling Specialist

Pearson; Providence (RI); On-site; USD 23,419 - 26,174; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking an Accommodations Scheduling Coordinator to provide operational support for testing accommodations. You will coordinate with clients, candidates, vendors, test centers, and internal teams to ensure approved accommodations are scheduled and implemented.

Responsibilities include handling inquiries, scheduling exam appointments, and ensuring equipment, software, and staff such as readers and interpreters are arranged in advance.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent experience preferred.
• 2+ years in a customer service position.
• Strong professional communication and time management skills as well as excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to exercise discretion in handling confidential material.
• Proficiency in MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Interface with clients, candidates, and internal teams to ensure exceptional service is provided
• Correctly and efficiently execute requests for candidates approved to test with accommodations following client specific guidelines, enabling Accommodation Scheduling team to meet 1 business day KPI
• Work directly with service provider vendors to schedule all ancillary support including readers, recorders, sign language interpreters, and translators per client requirements
• Responsible for coordination with internal teams to ensure all necessary equipment, software, and exam content is prepared and shipped to appropriate test center for exam day
• Communicate all details of exam appointment to Pearson VUE test centers or other external testing locations to ensure site is properly prepared on exam day
• Become a subject matter expert (SME) on test center capacity guidelines to ensure test center efficiency KPIs are met
• Support Contact Center and Channel staff handling accommodations via Accommodation Scheduling Helpdesk lines

Skills

Customer service

Time management

Attention to detail

Discretion

MS Office

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Pearson is seeking an Accommodations Scheduling Coordinator to provide operational support for testing accommodations. You will coordinate with clients, candidates, vendors, test centers, and internal teams to ensure approved accommodations are scheduled and implemented.

Responsibilities include handling inquiries, scheduling exam appointments, and ensuring equipment, software, and staff such as readers and interpreters are arranged in advance.