Head of Exams

**Hours**: Full-Time

**Contract**: Permanent

**Salary**: £47,379 - £57,292 per annum

**Closing Date**: 23/2/2024

**Location**: All Campuses

**About us**:
At West London College, we are committed to championing innovation and creativity, and we invite you to join us on this journey. We welcome applicants who can share our values of Ambition, Innovation, Accountability and Inclusion.

We have three College sites across West London at Ealing, Hammersmith and Southall. By bringing your skills to the College, you will have a wonderful opportunity to make a difference in these students’ education and future. As a diverse College in the UK, we offer an exciting, innovative and stimulating work environment with a wide variety of employment opportunities.

**To review the full job description and apply, please visit our website.**

**About the role**:
As the Head of Exams & MIS, you will proactively lead the quality assurance and operational management of the College’s examinations and assessments function, ensuring processes and practices adhere to internal standards and external requirements. You will be responsible for updating policies and practices and continuously reviewing and updating examination systems to ensure the highest service is provided to our students and curriculum staff.

You will lead on the use of our software systems, ensuring systems and processes are efficient and effective whilst providing training to academic and support staff on the use of all college exam systems.

Managing a team of exam officers & invigilators, you will provide information and guidance of the highest quality, delivering an outstanding examination service which meets and exceeds quality standards and service level agreements. Working closely with colleagues, you will ensure that all qualification, examination and achievement data is accurate and evidence is available to meet all audit requirements. You would assist the Director of MIS with funding and compliance matters to ensure the College complies with all regulatory requirements.

**The Person**:
With a proven track record of success in an FE environment coupled with an excellent understanding of Awarding Body and JCQ regulations, you will have the outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills required to ensure service provision. You will demonstrate an outstanding track record of working within exams, evidenced by successful outcomes and achievements.

**In addition, you will have**:

- Significant experience working in an Exams office with a wide variety of qualification types
- Knowledge of funding rules and requirements
- Excellent IT skills
- Detailed knowledge of examination regulations
- High-level communication skills
- Demonstrable experience of supervising or managing a team
- A relevant professional qualification is desirable

Your commitment to the values of our College - Excellence, Ambition, Focus, Accountability, Inclusion and Integrity - will be evident in everything you do.

**What we offer**:
Our team are important to us, and we offer a wide range of benefits to recognise the hard work put into supporting our learners:

- Eye care vouchers
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Computer loan
- Teacher Pension Scheme (TPS) or LGPS
- Continued Professional Development
- Access to the College’s Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Discount at the College’s on-site hair and beauty salon
- Access to Perkbox, our offers and discounts platform

**Important Information**:
**Salary**: £47,379.00-£57,292.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 01/04/2024
Reference ID: PRF-0295