At a Glance
- Tasks: Coordinate and manage exams, ensuring compliance and effective communication.
- Company: Join Tresham College's supportive and inclusive team.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, generous leave, pension scheme, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Flexible hours and excellent career growth potential.
- Why this job: Make a difference in students' lives while developing your skills in a dynamic environment.
- Qualifications: GCSEs with strong admin experience and IT skills required.
The predicted salary is between 32515 - 32515 £ per year.
Location: Tresham College – Kettering Campus
Salary/Benefits: Salary between £27,717 and £32,515 per annum DOE and Qualifications, 27 days annual leave plus Bank holidays, People’s Pension, Retail and Leisure Discounts, excellent professional and personal development opportunities, accessing college courses.
Hours/Weeks: 37 hours per week – 52 weeks per year
Contract Type: Permanent – Full Time
Right to Work: This is a UK based contract, and you are required to have Right to Work in the UK. Sponsorship is not offered.
About The Role
- Examinations Administration & Delivery: Provide a comprehensive exams service, coordinating registrations, scheduling, and delivery of examinations across multiple sites in line with awarding body regulations.
- Compliance & Process Management: Ensure all exam procedures, access arrangements, and documentation meet regulatory requirements, maintaining the integrity and security of examination materials.
- Communication & Coordination: Liaise effectively with staff, students, awarding bodies, and invigilators, ensuring timely communication of exam details and resolution of any issues.
- Results & Data Management: Manage the accurate processing and timely distribution of results and certificates, maintaining records and ensuring compliance with ILR data requirements.
- Operational Support & Responsibilities: Support timetable planning, resource allocation, and general administration while upholding safeguarding, EDI, health & safety, and professional development standards.
About You
- Qualifications & Administrative Experience: GCSEs (including Maths and English) with strong office-based administrative experience, handling confidential information and supporting small projects.
- IT & Data Management Skills: Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word, with experience inputting and manipulating data accurately on computerised systems.
- Organisation & Work Ethic: Highly organised with the ability to plan workloads, meet deadlines, maintain accuracy, and perform effectively under pressure.
- Communication & Teamwork: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong customer service focus, and proven ability to work collaboratively with a proactive, “can do” attitude.
- Flexibility & Professional Commitment: Willingness to travel between sites, work flexible hours, continuously develop skills, and contribute positively to departmental and organisational objectives.
Our Values
- Valuing Teamwork – We are one team who by working together can achieve great things, respecting opinions and valuing each contribution.
- Improving Continuously – We challenge ourselves to always do better by trying new things, sharing knowledge, reflecting on practice and learning from others.
- Student Centred – We put students at the heart of everything we do.
- Inclusive – We celebrate differences and diversity, recognising that we can learn from each other.
- Open and Caring – We care about the wellbeing of our staff, students, and community, creating an environment built on trust.
- Nurturing Education Excellence – We promote educational excellence by delivering programmes that challenge students to achieve their ambitions.
Legal & Safeguarding: The candidate will be subject to thorough vetting including an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Candidates barred from working with children are reminded it is a criminal offence to apply for this post.
Exams Officer in Kettering employer: The Bedford College Group
At Tresham College, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer that values teamwork, inclusivity, and continuous improvement. Our Exams Officer role offers a competitive salary, generous annual leave, and access to professional development opportunities, all within a supportive environment that prioritises the wellbeing of our staff and students. Join us in Kettering, where you can make a meaningful impact while enjoying a fulfilling career in education.
