Lead Exams Officer

Salary
- **£30,330 to £39,540**
- Location
- **Doncaster, England**

**The vacancy**

**Scope and Purpose of the Role**:
**Key Responsibilities**:

- **Team Leadership**: Lead and manage a high-performing team, ensuring the delivery of a professional and customer-focused service. You will motivate, develop and coach team members, assessing performance an workload to ensure efficiency across the team.
- **Data Administration**: Provide high-quality student data-related administration services such as administration of online and paper-based exams processes and activities, and access arrangements, adhering to statutory body policies and regulations.
- **Stakeholder Engagement**: Liaise with key internal and external stakeholders to ensure the team’s functions are met, consulting with internal stakeholders on your technical expertise, and advising the Business Manager as required.
- **Data Systems Management**: Use and maintain the college’s student data systems, ensuring data accuracy and timeliness.
- **Training Delivery**: Prepare training materials and deliver effective training and support to team members, develop and deliver exams-related training to the group.
- **Business Transformation**: Identify and drive business transformation initiatives to simplify processes and reduce workload. Contribute significantly to the development of the department’s self-assessment report.
- **Project Work**: Lead or assist in project work supporting the group’s strategic plan.
- **Funding Methodologies**: Stay updated with relevant funding methodologies and procedures, cascading changes to staff and revising processes as required.
- **Audit Support**: Play a key role in supporting internal and external audits, working with senior managers to support group quality processes.

**Essential Criteria**:

- Level 4 or higher qualification in a relevant discipline or equivalent appropriate experience/technical expertise within the education sector.
- GCSE English and Maths at grade /4 or higher.
- Proven experience in leading and managing a high-performing team, including performance management and staff development.
- Maintaining expert knowledge in funding methodologies, and a strong understanding of student data-related administration and data management.
- Excellent customer service skills with a professional and customer-focused approach.
- In-depth working experience of using IT tools to work efficiently and accurately.
- Ability to liaise effectively with a range of stakeholders.
- Strong organisational and workload management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to drive business transformation and process improvement.
- Excellent communication, reporting and analytical skills.

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Applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We are unable to_**_ _**_sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time._**

Closing date: 19th November 2024

**About us**

At DN Colleges Group, we are working towards a common goal: to transform our communities through learning. This vision reflects our belief in our students and in our ability to transform their lives so positively. Our students are at the heart of everything we do.

Our educational hub spans Scunthorpe to Doncaster and beyond. We combine distinct, high quality teaching and learning with local, regional and global reach. We connect our students and staff with partners and employers across the east/west corridor from Sheffield City Region to the Humber and Lincolnshire, across the UK and internationally

**Our values**

This vision is supported by a set of values that underpin how we operate every day across our organisation. Across every team and department, we follow core values that guide our decision making, our interactions and our approach to challenges and opportunities.

These values are a fundamental part of DN Colleges Group, as we aspire to deliver outstanding and inspirational teaching and learning for our students every day.

**Ambition**

To achieve the highest standards.

**Support**

A caring, safe and inclusive environment.

**Partnership**

Collaborative working to achieve shared goals.

**Innovation**

We use our initiative and are agile in finding creative solutions.

**Responsibility**

We take individual and collective responsibility.

**Equality**

We work with integrity and are open, honest and respectful of each other.