Job Title: Examinations Officer
Location: Sixth form campus, Portsmouth
Salary: £22,750 – £24,023 (Full-Time Equivalent)
Job Type: Part-Time, Permanent – 18.5 Hours per week, 52 Weeks per year
As the newly merged City of Portsmouth College, we aspire to be the employer of choice in the Portsmouth area, with a progressive, supportive, and rewarding workplace culture and one that offers competitive benefits for its staff. By joining us, you will personally be part of the change we are driving and will play a pivotal role in supporting the growth and development of our brilliant students, turning them into future leaders and innovators. Everyone at City of Portsmouth College is part of the bigger picture and together, each role makes an impact and in turn a difference to our students learning journey.
We have an unrivalled curriculum of courses on offer for students of all ages and stages covering A-levels, Apprenticeships, Vocational & Technical courses. We also offer Higher Education, Online learning and Community courses that appeal to the needs of the local community.
What we offer:
- Annual Leave: 41 days which includes 25 days, 8 days for Christmas closure plus 8 bank holidays
- Local Government Pension Scheme 26.10%
- Learning & Development programmes by The Community Adult Education Department
- Onsite discounts: COPC Hair Salon & 50% off at the COPC Sports Centre
- Online discounts: Unidays, Student Beans and Totum with a COPC email address
- Free car parking across all campus sites
About the role:
Provide a seamless, effective, efficient, accurate and timely examinations service. To provide a committed customer focus environment and provider services to the highest performance standards.
To ensure all processes meet internal and external requirements, including a thorough understanding of external and internal methodologies, specifications, guidance, rules and regulations.
Key Responsibilities:
- To input, amend and maintain records within the relevant MIS systems
- To be responsible for data production, validation and control
- To adhere to and understand principles of funding methodologies, using this knowledge to interrogate data
- To ensure all examination related activity is conducted in line with JCQ, Awarding Body and EPA requirements
- To be responsible for administering and processing paperwork and complete appropriate documentation as required
- To provide excellence in Customer Service and communication, this involves customer contact via the telephone, in person and in writing
- Work in an organised manner ensuring information is complete, timely and accurate
- To comply with departmental and external rules, regulations and funding guidance
To be successful in this role, below is what we would need from you:
- Experience of working with a complex database and systems, providing accurate data entry and providing complex data solutions
- Can demonstrate the ability to research and examine complex policies, rules and regulations, including modelling statistical information and producing graphical representation
- Can demonstrate the ability to audit and review complex documentation
- Experience in providing excellence in customer service and communication
- Experience in providing and managing excellence in customer service and communication
- Experience of meeting deadlines
Diversity and Inclusion:
Equality, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion are central to the work of City of Portsmouth College. This underpins the vision of the College to transform lives through providing exceptional education and training.
The College’s commitment to Equality, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion is reflected in the continued successful promotion of these strands through the curriculum, enrichment activities and the range of direct and indirect student support services.
Pre Employment Checks
The City of Portsmouth College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in our college. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and two references.
We reserve the right the close the job advert when we have had successful applications, and it may not run for the full duration of the advert.
We do not accept CV’s from agencies for these roles.
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with previous job titles and experience of: Exams Coordinator, Examinations Coordinator, Examinations Administrator, Exam Officer, Support Administrator, Examinations Officer, Exams Admin, Office Administrator, Office Assistant, Exam Assistant, College Administrator, Office Assistant, School Administrator may also be considered for this role.
