Directorate: People Services
Hours: 37 hours a week
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Derby Adult Learning Service
This role provides a comprehensive, efficient administration service relating to examinations and accreditation within the Adult Learning, Employment and Skills Service to meet the needs of staff and learners in full compliance with JCQ and Awarding Body regulations.
You will be competent and proficient in the use of IT systems, databases and Office 365 software and apply these skills to manage the booking and delivery of a variety of examinations, including online based examinations.
You will be a confident manager to support a small team of exams-based staff, ensuring each exam is delivered to strict JCQ regulations. You will support staff with annual training and mentoring to ensure there is a culture of continuous improvement and compliance with exam regulations, to include invigilators and administration staff.
An awareness of exam access arrangements would be beneficial to ensure exams are administered correctly in line with relevant regulations.
Ensure that learner records are kept in accordance with Data Protection regulations.
Manage and respond to any non-compliance or complaints, conducting full investigations and reporting issues to senior leaders.
An awareness of financial processes and regulations would be beneficial, as the role includes managing the ordering of, and financial processing of invoices for registrations and examinations.
This position is full time, based at our learning centre in Allenton and is not suitable for hybrid/remote working. Working hours are usually Monday-Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm however, there will be very occasional evening (5pm-9pm) and Saturday morning (9am to 1pm) during peak exam times (typically in the summer term).
Next Steps
To apply: Please send a covering letter and CV to deborah.abbott@derby.gov.uk ensuring you cover how you meet the essential criteria of this post.
The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on Sunday 2 February 2025.. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
Interviews will be held: Week commencing 17 February 2025.
Important Information
Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.
As part of our safer recruitment checks the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.
Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.
Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.
We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.
Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.
If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK – 18001 01332 640 844) or at recruitmentteam@derby.gov.uk. https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/
