Overview
You will maintain a thorough and up-to-date understanding of JCQ and other awarding body requirements, ensuring full compliance with all regulations, deadlines, processes, procedures, and fees. Your role will involve interpreting and sharing relevant information with colleagues and ensuring that all exam activities are carried out accurately and efficiently.
Working closely with curriculum staff, awarding bodies and other stakeholders, you will coordinate key processes such as registrations, exam entries, access arrangements, achievement claims, results, and certification. You will also plan and manage all types of exams, including preparing timetables, booking rooms, and arranging invigilators and other necessary support.
Responsibilities
Manage day‑to‑day exam and assessment tasks across a wide range of qualifications, following the exam year calendar from registration and exam registration through to results. Oversee the preparation of timetables, booking of rooms, and arrangement of invigilators and support staff.
Qualifications & Experience
Experience in general administration with demonstrable organisational skills and ability to produce data and reports. Experience working and complying with centrally established procedures and externally imposed regulations is required; ideally, experience in examination administration. Proactive, able to prioritise and manage workload, meet deadlines and take responsibility for specific areas of work both individually and within a team. Skilled in IT (MS Office) with experience of databases and spreadsheet applications and a willingness to build on these. Strong communication skills with excellent interpersonal and customer service ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
Ability to work across any site within South Thames Colleges Group, including Carshalton, Kingston, Merton, Tooting, and Wandsworth, and deployment will be based on operational need.
Eligibility & Checks
Successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, an online search and proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
Benefits
The benefits package includes generous annual leave of 27 days plus up to 8 additional days over Christmas/New Year and an additional 5 days Wellbeing leave to enhance employees’ physical and mental health. There is an excellent pension scheme that receives a significant financial contribution from the employer (Teachers Pensions or Local Government Pension Scheme). Subsidised sports facilities, professional development and training and a salary sacrifice scheme are also available. The benefits package will be pro‑rated for part time staff.
Equal Opportunity
As outlined in the Public Sector Equality Duty of the Equality Act 2010, we are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
Closing Date
Closing date for applications is 30th April 2026.
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