Examinations Officer in Kingston upon Thames

Kingston College is looking for an Examinations Officer – someone to be responsible for executing day-to-day exam and assessment tasks across a wide range of qualifications, following the exam year calendar from registration and exam registration through to results. You will maintain a thorough and up-to-date understanding of JCQ and other awarding body requirements, ensuring full compliance with all regulations, deadlines, processes, procedures, and fees. Your role will involve interpreting and sharing relevant information with colleagues and ensuring that all exam activities are carried out accurately and efficiently. Working closely with curriculum staff, awarding bodies, and other stakeholders, you will coordinate key processes such as registrations, exam entries, access arrangements, achievement claims, results, and certification. You will also plan and manage all types of exams, including preparing timetables, booking rooms, and arranging invigilators and other necessary support.

Responsibilities

• Executing day-to-day exam and assessment tasks across a wide range of qualifications, following the exam year calendar from registration and exam registration through to results.
• Maintaining a thorough and up-to-date understanding of JCQ and other awarding body requirements, ensuring full compliance with all regulations, deadlines, processes, procedures, and fees.
• Interpreting and sharing relevant information with colleagues and ensuring that all exam activities are carried out accurately and efficiently.
• Working closely with curriculum staff, awarding bodies, and other stakeholders to coordinate key processes such as registrations, exam entries, access arrangements, achievement claims, results, and certification.
• Planning and managing all types of exams, including preparing timetables, booking rooms, and arranging invigilators and other necessary support.

Qualifications

• Experience in general administration, ability to demonstrate good organisational skills and to produce data and reports.
• Experience of working and complying with centrally established procedures and externally imposed regulations, ideally in examination administration.
• Able to work proactively, prioritise and manage workload, meet deadlines and take responsibility for specific areas of work both as an individual and within a team.
• Skills in IT (MS Office), experience with databases and spreadsheet applications, with a willingness to build on these.
• Strong communicator, excellent interpersonal and customer service skills, able to communicate effectively at all levels.

Benefits

• Generous annual leave of 27 days plus up to 8 additional days over Christmas/New Year as well as an additional 5 days Wellbeing leave to enhance employees’ physical and mental health.
• Excellent pension scheme that receives a significant financial contribution from the employer (Teachers Pensions or Local Government Pension Scheme).
• Subsidised sports facilities and professional development and training plus a salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme.
• Benefits package will be pro-rated for part time staff.

Closing date for the return of completed applications is 30th January 2026.

As outlined in the Public Sector Equality Duty of the Equality Act 2010, we are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. As part of our due diligence checks on prospective employees, successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, an online search and proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

The South Thames Colleges Group is made up of Carshalton College, Kingston College, Merton College and South Thames College, which merged on 1 August 2017. South Thames Colleges Group is one of London’s largest providers of post-16 education and training and is an ongoing and significant contributor to its local communities. We aim to put students’ success at the heart of everything we do. We are looking for hard-working and collaborative people who can join our team and help challenge our students to progress and achieve.