Assessment Manager

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced and organised individual to join the School of Nursing as an Assessments Manager. In this role you will uphold all assessment regulations and drive continuous process improvements in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

It is a great time to join BPP Education Group as we have enjoyed a sustained period of growth, offering a wealth of opportunities to our staff and students. There are many more great reasons to join BPP Education Group such as:

• Brilliantly, you can study any of BPP’s courses for free – be it a professional qualification or full degree.
• With hybrid working available, you’ll be able to split your time between one of our centres and wherever you choose to call home.
• We also provide a generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days, and there’s a rewards package that includes retail discounts and much more.

Other key benefits include our Group Personal Pension Plan, dedicated private healthcare and dental plans that offer additional assurance to look after you and your family.

What you’ll be doing

In this role you will be a key member of the Operations team, responsible for overseeing the end-to-end assessment journey for all students within the School of Nursing. As the school continues to grow, the role will ensure accurate, timely, and efficient assessment processes while delivering an exceptional experience for students.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Manage the end to end assessment process, planning all cohort assessments year by year with the programme team in line with the programme handbook.
• Line management of the Academic Administration function within and all responsibilities associated with managing people.
• Manage the marking allocation processes, aligned to the resourcing rules and in conjunction with the school resourcing function.
• Have responsibility for managing key stakeholder relationships with central assessment teams, including attendance at key meetings and university forums, reporting back to senior staff.
• Attend and ensure all documentation and results are processed and ready for both Internal and External examination boards.
• Co-ordinate and manage the assessment planner, allocating tasks to the team and monitoring progress.
• Provide regular updates to Award Leaders and senior managers on progress of weekly assessment activity, highlighting any key issues.
• Responsibility for ensuring that the relevant student facing areas are up to date with the correct information in relation to assessments – including the Student Support teams.
• Ensure that any Service Level Agreements / Key Performance Indicators for the Assessment team are being adhered to.
• Ensure enhanced processes for school growth are documented, followed and shared with all team members and key stakeholders – continually reviewing to ensure fit for purpose.
• Responsibility for gathering student sit information to ensure data integrity in relation to upcoming assessment sessions.
• Liaising with the schools data analyst to produce stats on assessment performance and cohort pass rates.
• Liaise with the Resourcing Team to monitor marking allocation and addressing issues that may arise.
• Responsibility to ensure the smooth running of each assessment session and deal with any issues as they arise, escalating when required.
• Manage and deliver key stakeholder assessment communications ensuring information is distributed in a timely manner and to all relevant parties.
• Ensure all records of study are updated with the schools data analyst to reflect most recent assessment round in conjunction with the other teams within the school and wider University.
• Ensure tools such as Turnitin or Inspera are used effectively for all coursework submissions in line with School policy and liaising with central teams on using tools to support assessment growth.

What we’re looking for

To be successful in this role you will need to have a proven track record in the following areas:

• Relevant educational qualification or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience in assessment management within an educational institution.
• Strong organisation and time management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in using Microsoft tools.
• Attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy.

BPP Education Group are proud to be a Disability Confident employer so if you need any reasonable adjustments for the interview process, please just let us know!

BPP Education Group actively promotes equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills and potential, and welcomes applications from a wide range of candidates. BPP will select candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

Please note that for those posts that are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a DBS check in addition to BPP undertaking any necessary online searches. This is deemed appropriate and necessary from a safeguarding perspective, and in line with BPP’s safer recruitment practices.

BPP Education Group reserves the right to amend or withdraw this advertisement at any time prior to the closing date, should we receive a high volume of applications or if business needs change.