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Exam Invigilator

Penair School, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 1TN

This job expired on 28 March 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  28 March 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  14 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time (Can be done as a job share)
• Contract type: Casual
• Hourly rate: £13.68-£15.79

What skills and experience we're looking for

General requirements

• Experience of invigilation is not required as training in the role and duties of an invigilator will be provided
• Invigilators are required to declare if they have invigilated previously and whether they have any current maladministration/malpractice sanctions applied to them
• Invigilators are required to confirm their availability in advance of main exam periods
• Invigilators must confirm the confidentiality and security requirements surrounding the invigilation process are known, understood and will be followed at all times

An ideal candidate will:

• be reliable, flexible and readily available during main exam periods
• have effective communication skills and good interpersonal skills
• work well as part of a team
• be confident and a reassuring presence to candidates in exam rooms
• be able to give instructions and manage situations involving different groups of people
• have basic IT skills (familiar with use of email, mobile phone messaging etc.)

Main duties

1. To conduct examinations in accordance with the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ), awarding body and Penair School regulations and instructions

2. To have a key role in upholding the integrity and security of the examination/assessment process

Before exams

• Report to and be briefed by the exams officer prior to each exam session
• Keep confidential exam question papers and materials secure before, during and after exams
• Ensure exam rooms are set up according to the requirements of each individual room
• Distribute the correct question papers and exam materials to candidates’ tables
• Admit candidates into exam rooms under formal exam conditions
• Seat candidates according to the required arrangements
• Instruct candidates in the conduct of their exams
• Deal with candidate questions
• Start exams

During exams

• Supervise and observe candidates at all times and be vigilant throughout exams
• Keep disruption in exam rooms to a minimum
• Deal with emergencies or irregularities effectively
• Record/report any incidents, disruption or irregularities
• Complete attendance registers
• Deal with candidate questions according to the regulations

After exams

• Instruct candidates in finishing their exams and collect exam scripts and exam materials
• Dismiss candidates from the exam room
• Check candidates’ names on scripts, match the details on the attendance register
• Securely return all exam scripts and exam materials to the exams officer

Other tasks

• Undertake training, update and review sessions as required
• (prior to invigilating any exam in a new academic year) Undertake relevant invigilator training and assessment for that academic year either face to face or online as directed by the exams officer.
• Undertake, where required and where able, other duties requested by the exams officer, for example

o centre supervision of exam timetable clash candidates between exam sessions

o facilitating access arrangements for candidates, for example as a reader, scribe etc. (full training will be provided)

o other exams-related administrative tasks including maintaining question paper security by supporting the ‘second pair of eyes check’

o supervising students and ensuring they have cleaned down their desks and chairs ready for the next exam.

To apply

In the first instance to contact Errin Allan PA to Headteacher, followed by completion and return of Penair School Application, social media check and Equal Opportunities Monitoring forms. Enhanced DBS checking must be carried out requiring 3 documents from the Acceptable Identity Documents list.

What the school offers its staff

A collaborative, supportive team with a passion for teaching and facilitating progress

-Opportunities to discuss flexible working

-CPD: A culture based on the best evidence-informed teacher development, to help you be be the best you can be

-Staff wellbeing: Champions and mental health first aiders are on site. We have regular staff events and an active staff voice.

-Free parking

-Use of school gym equipment out of school hours

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our young people and we expect staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check and on-line check is required for this post.

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About Penair School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1186 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Penair School website
• Email address: eallan@penair.cornwall.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01872 245163
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/penair-school

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