Exam Proctor

Agupdate; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Brown University in Providence, RI, is looking for an Exam Proctor to support Warren Alpert Medical School. This part-time, hybrid role focuses on maintaining exam integrity, ensuring appropriate software, and clear communication of test instructions.

Candidates must pass education and criminal background checks, sit for long periods, and responsibly manage exam timing and scheduling while remaining calm with anxious students.

Qualifications

• Must pass education and criminal background check.
• Ability to troubleshoot basic computer issues.
• Strong communication skills with students.
• Professional, calm demeanor with anxious students.
• Must manage time and scheduling accurately.

Responsibilities

• Oversee exams to ensure academic integrity and proper software use.
• Communicate exam instructions clearly to students.
• Monitor student behavior, allowing water only, during exams.
• Coordinate bathroom breaks and ensure accurate exit from exams.
• Uphold NBME National testing standards and times.

Skills

Technical troubleshooting

Computer knowledge

Effective communication

Calm, relaxed demeanor

Reliability

Professionalism

Time management

Resilience to rescheduling calls

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Exam Proctor

Brown University

Job Description:

An exam proctor oversees students who take required exams to help ensure academic integrity. They monitor that students do not breach exam protocol for the following: ensure that students take exams on appropriate computer with proper software, able to convey test instructions clearly, ensure that students only have water with them during exams, follow proper procedure when taking bathroom breaks and accurately exit the exam, when completed.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• High school diploma/GED required and/or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Resourceful and technically astute to troubleshoot computer issues.
• Computer knowledge
• Effective communicator
• Able to sit for long periods at a time
• Professionalism -a positive ambassador/representative to AMS
• Calm, relaxed demeanor with anxious students. Psychologically and emotionally mature
• Highly responsible for securing and maintaining NBME National testing standards
• Responsible for times and dates
• Resilient enough to be flexible when students call in sick to reschedule

EDUCATION AND CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIRED

Benefits of Working at Brown:

Please review additional information on the Benefits of Working at Brown.

Recruiting Start Date:

2026-09-01

Job Posting Title:

Exam Proctor

Department:

Warren Alpert Medical School

Grade:

Ungraded Staff

Worker Type:

Employee

Worker Sub-Type:

Seasonal/Intermittent (Fixed Term) (Seasonal)

Time Type:

Part time

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

2

Position Work Location:

Hybrid

Submission Guidelines:

The designated Position Work Location for each position determines the approved modality of work. Positions are classified based on the operational and business needs of the department and may be designated as on-site, hybrid, or remote. Employees with a designated position work location as remote must reside and perform their work in a state where Brown University is registered to do business. Brown University is a registered employer in the following states: Rhode Island, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Washington, D.C. Please note that to be considered for a staff position at Brown University, you must submit a separate application for each position you wish to be considered for. Applications are reviewed only for the specific position to which they are submitted and are not automatically considered for future openings.

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Brown is an E-Verify Employer.

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EEO Statement:

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