Principal Examiner

1 month 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 processes.

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
  • Mark an allocation of live candidates' responses, to quality assure as part of a supervisory role, where required
  • Prepare and collate materials for standardisation and assessment
  • Support supervisors and Examiners
  • Sample supervisors/Examiners initial marking via an accompanied visit and provide feedback on the visit
  • Monitor progress of supervisors/Examiners
  • Act as a senior point of escalation across the quality assurance process
  • Undertake at least two allocated Examination visits
  • Ensure all Examiner marks and reports, for each allocation, are submitted via the appropriate Pearson system and by the stated deadline
  • 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
Experience and 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.

Vocational Qualifications (BTEC/FS)

  • A minimum of one full academic year of teaching experience in the relevant subject area/sector within the last 8 years and/or extensive knowledge and experience in Pearson assessment, quality and processes and national standards within the last 5 years
  • Relevant CPD evidence in the subject area/sector within the last 12 months
  • A UK recognised teaching qualification

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

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