Exams Officer - Buckinghamshire College Group
Location: Aylesbury
Overview
Are you looking for a new challenge? We are looking for two Full Time/Part Time Exams Officers to join Buckinghamshire College Group, based at both our Aylesbury and Wycombe Campus. You will need to be able to travel to all of our campuses. We are open to flexible working arrangements such as term-time only.
Salary Type: £24,533.00
Salary details: The salary is £24,533.00 per annum. Range 4 on the College Pay Scales (pro rata for fractional posts)
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 37
Closing date: 08/12/2024 00:00
Interviews to be held: Aylesbury
About us
Buckinghamshire College Group is a Further Education college with three campuses located in Aylesbury, Amersham and Wycombe. We are proud to be a skills-based college supporting over 5000 learners each year to achieve their study and career goals and play a pivotal role in the Buckinghamshire community working with a wide range of employers for example, Pinewood Studios, NHS Trusts and Flannery Plant Hire to name but a few.
You will have an unwavering passion for learning and for supporting learners and staff to achieve more than they ever thought possible – we call this the Bucks College Factor!
If you have the Bucks College Factor, this sounds like a role for you and Buckinghamshire College Group sounds like a place you’d like to be part of, then we’d love to hear from you.
About the role
Are you looking for a new challenge? We are looking for two Full Time/Part Time Exams Officers to join Buckinghamshire College Group, based at both our Aylesbury and Wycombe Campus. You will need to be able to travel to all of our campuses. We are open to flexible working arrangements such as term-time only.
The overall requirement of the Examinations Officer is to administer all aspects of examinations, controlled assessments and certification processes across all three campuses. You will be required to travel to all three campuses when required, but your main place of work will be at either the Amersham or Wycombe Campus. You will work with the MIS team to ensure all examinations, and controlled assessments are carried out in line with Awarding Body/JCQ requirements. You will also be responsible for registering students with awarding bodies and making sure that results are entered in a timely manner.
The successful candidate will be required to:
Be computer literate, including good proficiency in the use of Excel.
Liaise with Awarding Bodies and Curriculum course teams to maintain examination and syllabus details.
Good communication skills with the ability to handle all types of customers (internal and external).
Have good organisational skills to accurately plan exam windows.
Be able to work independently and as part of a wider team.
Lead on exams at either the Amersham or Wycombe Campus and be the main point of contact in exams at the campus for students, parents/guardians, college staff and awarding bodies.
We will encourage you to develop new skills and expand your opportunities within the college. We are also flexible and accommodating, allowing you to be as productive as possible. While working at Buckinghamshire College Group you can also take advantage of a host of employee benefits including:
Pension scheme - LGPS (21% employer contribution)
30 days holiday entitlement plus Bank Holidays & Additional annual leave purchase scheme
A wide range of learning - access to free training & continuous professional development
A bespoke package of intensive induction and probation support
Flexible working policy and a commitment to employee wellbeing
Discounts in the Aylesbury Day Nursery & Aylesbury Hair & Beauty (HAB) Salon
24hrs/7days a week access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
Cycle to work and local business employee corporate discount schemes
About you
As per persons spec
Other information
All applications need to be completed on the Bucks College website.
https://ce0335li.webitrent.com/ce0335li_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC179GF.open?WVID=612290007I&VACANCY_ID=719590461A
Telephone: 01296588511
Email: [email protected]
BCG is committed to equal opportunities for all, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and staff alike; all posts are subject to enhanced DBS checks.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020 and 2023).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance published by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
