Assistant Examinations Officer

Summary

The King’s School, Worcester seeks to recruit an Assistant Examinations Officer.

Detail

The King’s School, Worcester seeks to recruit an Assistant Examinations Officer to support our Examinations Officer in ensuring the smooth running and administration of all examinations within the Senior School. The post holder will liaise with teachers, pupils, parents and Examinations Boards regarding examination requirements, entries, results and communications, ensuring that the School adheres to the regulations of the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) and the Examinations Boards.

If you have outstanding organisational and communication skills, have the ability to work to tight deadlines and a calm and reassuring demeanour, this could be the role for you! The successful candidate will receive all necessary training and support.

Working pattern: This role is part-time, 21 hours per week, term time only, with an additional 7 days to be worked during the summer holiday results period. Flexibility is required during the busy exam seasons when the role-holder will be required to work additional hours for which paid overtime will be received.

Salary: The role has a full time equivalent salary of up to £31,395 per annum, depending on the skills and experience of the successful applicant. This will be pro-rata’d to reflect the part-time, term time only working pattern, to £14,133 per annum.

Safeguarding responsibilities of the successful candidate

Staff are advised to maintain an attitude of “it could be happening here and probably is” as far as safeguarding is concerned and should always act in the best interest of the child.

All staff are expected to actively promote and safeguard the welfare of all pupils. This post involves contact with children and the postholder will sometimes be responsible for children, therefore they will be considered to be in regulated activity and must report any concerns in a timely manner.

All staff must also attend annual safeguarding training and have proper regard for the School’s safeguarding policy and procedures.

How to apply

To apply, applicants must complete the TES online application form which can be found at: https://www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy/assistant-examinations-officer-worcestershire-2126881

When completing the supporting statement of the application form please ensure that you refer to the job description and person specification which can be found at www.ksw.org.uk/careers and on the TES website via the link above. Please also provide a detailed employment history.

Enquiries about the role are welcomed and can be sent to the HR team at recruitment@ksw.org.uk

Closing date for applications: 9am, Monday 11th November 2024

Start date: As soon as possible

Please visit the vacancies page of the School website www.ksw.org.uk/careers to find out more about the benefits of working at King’s and to hear why our staff love being a member of the School community.

The King's Foundation

King’s Worcester is a hugely welcoming and fulfilling place to work. We are incredibly proud of our reputation. Our employees and our enviable King’s community is what sets our school apart. We are committed to recruiting the best candidates, who join us from a diverse range of backgrounds, including other educational settings, industry or the commercial world. We are also committed to developing and helping colleagues to thrive while they are here at King’s. Careers at King’s Worcester are exceptionally rewarding in many ways. Here's what we can offer you...

• We promote the values of mutual respect and integrity at every level in the Foundation, and we are an equal opportunities employer.
• A highly successful, well-resourced school with a warm, welcoming atmosphere and a positive outlook.
• A competitive salary, commensurate with the importance of the post and with the experience and qualities of the successful candidate.
• Access to an Aviva Defined Contribution Pension Scheme for teaching and support staff.
• A generous fee remission for up to two children of employees who attend schools in the King’s Foundation (pro-rata for part-time staff).
• A genuinely rewarding role as well as career development and support for professional studies, if appropriate. Whatever the role, we offer excellent training and development. We are also committed to promoting from within whenever we can, giving the chance to build a great future at King’s.
• Access to the School’s outstanding sports facilities including the gym and swimming pool at agreed times.
• Staff are able to purchase private medical insurance through the School in order to benefit from group premium rates.
• Lunch is provided for employees during the school day, plus hot drinks and snacks.
• Employees have full use of School library resources and services.
• Free flu vaccinations.
• Free Yoga classes.
• Free access to our Employee Assistance Programme.

The King’s Foundation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. Shortlisted applicants will be required to complete a self-declaration form in relation to any criminal record or information that may make you unsuitable to work with children, and will be subject to an online search.

In order to provide our pupils with a well-rounded and enriched educational experience that is truly representative of the world in which they grow up in, the King’s Foundation strives to place equity, diversity and inclusion at the heart of everything we do, ensuring that we build a community which is truly representative of all backgrounds and experiences. As such we believe that we will do that best if our employees come from different backgrounds and if we create an environment of inclusion and belonging for them.

Documents

• Kings Foundation 2024-25 Recruitment Selection and Disclosure Policy
• Kings Foundation 2023-24 Equal Opportunities Policy - Workforce
• KSW Assistant Examinations Officer October 2024
• KSW Privacy Notice_v4

Further Information

https://www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy/assistant-examinations-officer-worcestershire-2126881