Lead Exam Invigilator
Q3 Academy Great Barr, Birmingham, West Midlands, B43 7SD17 days remaining to apply
Start date details
TBC
Closing date
14 October 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
25 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Zero Hour
Contract type
- Casual
Hourly rate
- £13.02 per hour + Holiday Pay
What skills and experience we're looking for
An ideal candidate will
✓ Experience of working as an invigilator is required
✓ Be reliable, flexible and readily available during main exam period (May and June) and
also during our mock seasons
✓ Have effective communication skills and good interpersonal skills
✓ Be confident and a reassuring presence to candidates in examination rooms
✓ Be able to give instructions and manage situations involving invigilators or candidates
✓ Have basic IT skills (familiar with use of email, mobile phone messaging, etc.)
✓ Appropriate level of fitness to stand and walk for long periods of time.
Main Duties
✓ Organise and oversee invigilators for all public exams, and for internal exams where
this is requested by the Exams Officer
✓ Lead and manage the team of invigilators, including scheduling their hours as required
for each exam season, and managing short-notice changes and absences
✓ Help to deliver invigilator training, and sure that all invigilators are up-to-date in their
training prior to being deployed in public exams
✓ Oversee the setup of the exam room, including setting out required posters, clocks,
papers, desk labels and stationery
✓ Ensure that all exam room registers are completed and take to the Attendance Office
as soon as possible after the start of each exam
✓ Manage the collection and security of candidates’ scripts at the end of each exam
✓ Be aware of evacuation and contingency procedures, and ensure that all invigilators
understand these
✓ Ensure all student’s access arrangements are met
✓ Arrange the supervision of exam timetable clash candidates between exam sessions
✓ Handle queries, incidents, and occurrences on exam days, resolving problems and/or
bringing them to the attention of the Exams Officer as required
✓ Maintain high standards among all invigilators
What the school offers its staff
Q3 Academy Great Barr is a highly successful, oversubscribed Academy located in Great Barr, committed to raising achievement and curriculum innovation. Our GCSE headline results continue to be among the best in Sandwell, and this success is underpinned by a relentless focus on raising standards, developing the whole child, and improving the quality of teaching and learning.
Q3 Great Barr Academyis committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Pre-employment checks include an enhanced disclosure and barring service check as a requirement of this post. Our Safeguarding Policy is available on our website, and we encourage applicants to review it before applying.
This position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check (formerly CRB) under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Further details regarding this check are available from the school or by visiting www.crb.gov.uk.
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.
Applying for the job
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About Q3 Academy Great Barr
- School type
- Academy, Christian, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1168 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Q3 Academy Great Barr website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- bonnie.burns@merciantrust.org.uk
Q3 Academy, Great Barr is a highly successful, oversubscribed Academy located in Great Barr, committed to raising achievement and curriculum innovation. Our GCSE and A Level headline results continue to be among the best in Sandwell, and this success is underpinned by a relentless focus on raising standards, developing the whole child and improving the quality of teaching and learning.
Arranging a visit to Q3 Academy Great Barr
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email bonnie.burns@merciantrust.org.uk.
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