Accounting Principal Examiner

7 days ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Pearson Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Principal Examiner to join our team at Pearson. As a Principal Examiner, you will play a critical role in ensuring the quality and consistency of our assessment delivery.

Key Responsibilities
  • Ensure the timely delivery of contracted units/modules/components.
  • Update the mark scheme/guidance before the pre-standardisation meeting, taking into account actual candidates' responses and feedback from supervisors/Examiners.
  • Lead meetings such as pre-standardisation and standardisation and participate in others such as appeals against results and post-series reviews.
  • Select and mark items for validity as agreed at the pre-standardisation meeting.
  • Mark an allocation of live candidates' responses, to quality assure as part of a supervisory role, where required.
  • Prepare and collate materials for standardisation.
  • Support supervisors and Examiners.
  • Sample supervisors/Examiners' initial marking and backreading responses, as directed, using the appropriate Pearson marking system to target backreading and correct specific problems.
  • Monitor the progress of supervisors/Examiners.
  • Review responses for clarification.
  • Act as a senior point of escalation across the quality assurance process.
  • Provide support across several versions of the paper, including all those introduced previously, and any versions introduced during the contractual period.
  • Monitor and report to the Assessment team after standardisation and completion of marking, submitting a completed feedback form for each supervisor/Examiner as directed.
  • Support in awarding activities by writing reports to the Awarding Committee, recommending grade boundaries, participating in the awarding activities, and other areas where required.
  • Complete the Senior Assessment Associate review process reflecting on your own challenges and successes and attending a follow-up meeting with the assessment team where required.
  • Submit reports on the series/candidate performance.
  • Provide support and written responses to complaints where required.
Requirements
  • Experience and knowledge of quality assurance and assessment practice.
  • History of moderation and/or marking a regulated qualification.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Proven ability to provide and co-ordinate training such as standardisation and other standards-related activities.
  • A comprehensive knowledge of the specification for your specialist sector, including internal and external requirements.
  • Provide examples of when you were asked to lead/support essential quality assurance activities.
Desirable
  • High level of IT proficiency.
  • Leadership experience in delivering qualifications.
  • Knowledge of regulatory compliance and requirements.
  • Report writing within a regulated industry.
Qualifications

Qualifications required to apply for your chosen role at Pearson will depend on the qualification you are delivering. Please contact Pearson ahead of your application if the requirements are not clear.

Please note upon successful application Pearson may ask you to provide proof of the qualifications required.

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