Exam Invigilator

Outwood Academy City Fields, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 4SF

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  13 October 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  29 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: Casual during examination periods.
• Contract type: Casual
• Hourly rate: £13.90

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Good standard of education;
• Flexible and adaptable;
• Conscientious and reliable;
• Established interpersonal and communication skills;
• Tactful and sensitive in working with all types of people;
• Self-confidence and proven ability to work on own initiative;
• Calmness in responding to the unexpected;
• Good teamwork and consideration for others;
• Good organisational skills;
• Good written skills;
• The ability to be an effective communicator with students and staff;
• Ability to use initiative
• Ability to work as part of a team;
• Prior experience of working in a similar role;
• Prior experience of working in a school environment.

What the school offers its staff

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS - WHAT DO WE OFFER AS AN EMPLOYER?Outwood Grange Academies Trust supports colleagues by funding an extensive range of accredited training courses and apprenticeship opportunities up to Masters level. We also offer:Your starting salary with annual increments plus inflation linked increases. The starting salary within the grade advertised will be dependent upon your experience. You will also receive:

• A comprehensive induction and training process
• Automatic enrolment into an increasingly rare and valuable defined Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution rates
• Flexible family friendly policies from day one
• Enhanced occupational benefits available (such as maternity, adoption and parental leave) with no qualifying period
• Holidays: A minimum of 25 days plus bank holidays (this increases with length of service)
• A range of working patterns are available dependant upon the role

Automatic enrolment into our Employee Assistance Programme which gives you and your family members free access to:

• Specialist information on a wide range of work-life issues
• Emotional support and counselling for a wide range of personal and work issues
• Legal guidance
• Financial guidance and debt counselling
• Child and dependent care support and advice
• Support for managers

We are also a wellbeing employer with a dedicated wellbeing strategy and menopause policy along with menopause champions based in our academies. Other benefits include:

• Free flu vaccinations
• Free onsite parking
• Employee discounts such as competitively priced Synergy Car Leasing
• Access to various discount sites

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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About Outwood Academy City Fields

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 900 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Outwood Academy City Fields website
• Email address: a.jarrett@cityfields.outwood.com
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/outwood-academy-city-fields

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