Examinations Officer

**Summary**
The Academy is looking for an experienced and highly competent Examinations Officer to lead the examinations process at the Academy for all internal and external processes.

You will have excellent organisational and interpersonal skills, be able to empathise with the many issues that face students as they look to sit their examinations and be able to coordinate complex plans independently.

The role is student-centred, although you will need to show the ability to work closely with a variety of external and internal stakeholders, and network effective across the Federation to ensure smooth and efficient implementation of each examination series.

You will have ample opportunity to progress in this role within the Academy and with Harris as our group grows.

**About Us**
We are an We believe that a happy and settled staff body helps drive the very best performance from our students. We are committed to a high-quality professional development programme and can drawn on expertise from across the Harris Federation. As a HASU member of staff at any level you will receive the training and support that you need to carry out your role effectively and develop at a pace that suits you.

We are committed to ensuring that our staff have the right level of balance between work and home life. Our policies and procedures are aimed at allowing our teaching staff to spend as much time as possible planning and delivering lessons.

We work in an award-winning building with excellent facilities. Our thriving staff association ensures all new members of staff soon feel part of the HASU community.

We run a broad and diverse curriculum to a fully comprehensive intake of students.

Our focus on the core value of Integrity means that our behaviour is excellent, with staff supported by a strong and highly visible Academy Leadership Group. Detentions are run centrally, allowing teaching staff to do what they do best: plan and teach amazing lessons.

Attendance and engagement with learning is high, and centrally planned tutor time resources ensure that our tutors can engage with students whilst delivering high-quality experiences.

We are located in Sutton, with good public transport and road links. Central London (Clapham, Victoria) is 25 minutes away, whereas journeys from Kent and Surrey take just over 30 minutes by car. We have safe and secure onsite parking with electric charging points

**Main Areas of Responsibility**
Your responsibilities will include:

- All public examinations and internal assessments, including organisation of entries, organisation of examination sessions and all communications with examination boards
- Liaison between exam boards and Directors of Learning or senior leadership teams
- Circulation of information and instructions from examination boards to staff
- Planning, distributing and updating an annual calendar of external and internal examinations
- Recruitment, induction, training and deployment of invigilators
- Checking and overseeing the distribution of all certificates for students
- Providing facilities for external students if appropriate
- Collecting syllabus requirements, entries, coursework marks and estimated grades
- Checking that sufficient quantities of papers are ordered and received, and that procedures for storage of papers are adhered to
- Liaising with premises staff and Assistant Principal responsible for examinations to ensure halls are set up appropriately
- Setting up the examination room provision, including any equipment required
- Collecting scripts and keeping securely until sent to examination board
- Keeping certificates of posting and other important certification relating to security of examinations
- Collection, collation and distribution of examination results to Principal and students
- Processing special consideration requests
- Keeping accurate accounts of fees paid
- Providing entries lists to Directors of Learning and Assistant Principals for checking
- Creating and distributing examination timetable showing dates, times and locations
- Ensuring all students are given their statements of entry and are informed of the dates and times of their examinations

**Qualifications & Experience**
We would like to hear from you if you have:

- A good level of interpersonal and communication skills, with a good standard of written and spoken English
- Excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks appropriately
- Commitment to delivering excellent level of professional customer service
- The ability to remain calm and deal with challenging callers or visitors in an appropriate manner
- High levels of attention to detail and accuracy of work
- The ability to work effectively as part of a team;
- The ability to be resourceful and proactive, in particular where unexpected issues arise
- The ability to work effectively with people across a wide range of levels and responsibilities
- The ability to maintain confidentiality;