Exams Officer

Exams Officer

Closing: 01/03/23

Shortlisting: 02/03/23

Interview: 08/03/23

Salary Range: £20,619 - £21,704

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As an Exams officer with The Sheffield College, you’ll join a successful team with a strong work ethic supported by robust processes and supportive Line Management.

As the Data Services and Exams team, we take great pride in actively improving our approach to exam events with an innovative mindset, continually embracing new technologies and practices.

You will be carrying out the full breadth of Exams Officer duties, such as:

• Coordinate the registration of students with Awarding Bodies
• Facilitate exam delivery ensuring an outstanding student experience
• Supervision of Data Administrators to ensure exam tasks are completed accurately
• Coordinate the use of Exam invigilators & facilitate exam events as per JCQ guidance
• Champion our single-minded commitment to putting students first
• Exemplify our values of Inclusivity, Diversity, and Celebrating Achievement

After your first year with us, success in this role would look like:

• Maintained compliance in JCQ inspections
• Continued timely and accurate registration of students ensuring exam costs are within budget
• Overall team performance, successful meeting of deadlines and positive feedback from stakeholders

We are open-minded and welcome all applicants who believe they would be a good fit. Though ideally, you will:

• Have experience working in an administration environment
• Experience working with exam processes in an educational setting.
• Be flexible enough to meet service offer needs both in location and time.

There’s nothing by-the-numbers about working in exams with us, here’s why:

• Great relationships with other Exam Officers from different organisations to compare processes and share best practices.
• ‘Go further’ strategy to prioritise your CPD and allow you to develop your career
• Large exam events always supported by large numbers of staff
• Executive buy-in to ensure appropriate provision of space and resources.
• Outstanding benefits and pension package

Get in touch with us today if you’re ready to take the next step in your examinations journey and see just how fulfilling an Exams Officer role can be when it’s done right!

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Interested in the role? Need a hand with the application form? Any questions?

Please feel free to drop us an email at or give us a call on (0114 260 2600) with any questions and we’ll be happy to help in any way we can.

We appreciate your interest and look forward to getting to know you!

As a Leaders in Diversity employer we encourage applications from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. Also, as a Disability Confident Leader we are committed to removing barriers for applicants with a disability during our recruitment process, upon appointment and as an employee.

We are an employer who are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students. Successful applicants will be required to have an enhanced DBS check and will be subject to safer recruiting procedures.

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