Casual Exam Invigilator
Education - School
Examinations
The Kingsway High
The Kingsway School – Foxland Campus
Foxland Road,
Gatley
SK8 4QX
recruitment@kingsway.stockport.sch.uk
Job Title: Casual Exam Invigilator
Salary: FTE £24,702- Scale 4 point 8- £12.80 p/h
Working Pattern: Casual hours during exam periods only (2 weeks Dec, 2 weeks Feb, 2 weeks April & 6 weeks May & June).
Approx 2 meetings per year plus online training modules as appropriate.
Contract type: Casual
Closing date: Ongoing
Interview Date: TBC
Start Date: April 2024
The Kingsway School are looking for Exam Invigilators, responsible for the supervision of external (GCSE) and internal examinations in the examination rooms in accordance with the rules and regulations of the respective examination boards and the school as instructed by the Exams Officer.
The successful applicant will assist in admitting candidates to the examination room in a quiet and orderly way. They will assist with the handing out and collection of examination materials and will be constantly vigilant when an examination is running, ensuring that the conduct of the exam takes place within the stipulated guidelines. They will report any problems to the Examinations Officer.
· Do you enjoy working as part of a team?
· Are you interested in working in a school environment?
· Are you responsible, punctual, calm, organised and approachable?
If you can answer 'yes' to these questions, then this opportunity is for you!
Our pupils are ready to sit their exams; we’re looking for the right people who care enough to support our candidates at this time in their school career. The successful applicant’s appointment will be subject to satisfactory clearance by the Disclosure and Barring Service. Full training will be given to successful candidates.
For further details of this exciting opportunity, please see the job description and person specification.
Education Learning Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust, educating over 3500 pupils from age 2 to 16 in the Greater Manchester area. We are very proud of our inclusive ethos to Collaborate, Empower and Achieve and provide over 450 employees with an inspiring and innovative place to work, with exceptional training and development opportunities.
As a Trust employee you will receive excellent benefits, including a highly competitive salary, excellent career development opportunities and support for your health and wellbeing, with our award-winning employee assistance programme.
Our vision at ELT is to create an exceptional learning journey for all, by providing:
· Exciting, innovative and challenging learning communities
· School improvement strategies arising from evidenced based research and professional enquiry
· Opportunities for professional development and leadership
· A celebration of the diversity and uniqueness of individual settings
· Innovation in practice by recognising the value of learning partnerships, both locally and nationally
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures that promote safeguarding and safer working practices. This is in line with statutory guidance including Keeping Children Safe in Education and The Education Act 2002.
All offers of employment are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and vetting checks.
It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.’
We are committed to fulfilling our Equality Duty obligations, including valuing equality and diversity and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are committed to employment practices that promote diversity and inclusion in employment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief.
We expect the successful candidate to have the necessary standard of spoken English, as described under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty that requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English (or English or Welsh in Wales).
Candidates should apply by completing the ELT application form, CVs alone will not be accepted in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).
Please return applications to recruitment@kingsway.stockport.sch.uk for the attention of Rachel Faux, HR Officer.
If you would value an informal discussion about the post, please contact k.exley@kingsway.stockport.sch.uk or s.holmes@kingsway.stockport.sch.uk Examinations Officers.
The application forms and an information pack are available to download from here. Completed forms should be returned to the school via the above email address or posted to the school address above.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The successful applicant's appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Stockport Council – Valuing Diversity
ELT Please note that this is a private organisation and the appointed candidate will be employed by Education Learning Trust directly
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