Exam Invigilator – 5 Positions Available

Job Title

Exam Invigilator – 5 Positions Available

Location

St Mary’s Catholic College

Responsible To

Exams Officer

Salary Grade

Band D, Scale point 6-7 £13.41 – £13.62 per hour

Contract

This is a casual appointment, as required, 38 weeks per year (term time only)

Start Date

28th February 2025

Closing Date for Applications

Friday 14th February 2025

The governors of Mary’s Catholic College would like to invite applications from excellent, enthusiastic and engaging individuals for the posts of Exam Invigilator. The successful candidate will ensure a calm environment during exams and be vigilant, whilst not disrupting the candidates. Exam Invigilators will ensure that candidates are constantly and appropriately supervised and ensure conduct in the appointed exam room adheres to the College’s exam procedures and policies.

Reliability, punctuality and a flexible attitude to work are essential, together with a commitment to your availability during the busy examination periods. Applicants must be available to work throughout May and June supporting external examinations, and as required throughout the year to support internal examinations and tests, normally November, January and March. You will have excellent communication skills, with experience of working with young people aged 11-19 an advantage.

This is a unique opportunity to work for the Holy Family Multi Academy Trust. This post will be based at St Mary’s Catholic College. At St Mary’s our vision is simple, if we work together we will succeed together. Our mission is to develop individual excellence through embracing opportunities and building communities with Gospel values at the heart of everything we do. Through our Inspire programme we specifically developed the skills that allow our students to live out our values of Respect, Courage, Pride, Compassion and determination.

Key responsibilities:

• Help keep all papers and materials secure at all times.
• Prepare the exam room for candidates arrival (lay out candidates cards, equipment and papers)
• Help to organise students at the start and end of each exam
• Helping to provide the correct information and material for successful completion         of the exam
• Helping to ensure that the conduct of the exam takes place within the guidelines set down by the examination board and the school’s Examination Policy
• Being vigilant, whilst not disrupting the candidates
• Reporting in the event of any discrepancy or irregularity in the progress of an examination directly to the examination officer
• At the end of examinations to help make sure that answer booklets have been completed correctly, and to help ensure that question numbers have been entered in the appropriate box on the front of the answer booklets
• Collecting exam scripts in order, by candidate number

We offer:

●  A unique opportunity to work for a MAT which is one of 87 national teaching school hubs and includes the lead school for Cheshire and Wirral Maths Hub

●  Mentoring and high level training

●  Encouragement to develop your career with excellent promotion opportunities and opportunities

●  A caring environment with well-being and work/life balance at its core

• Inclusion in whole school and MAT teams – working together to achieve ambitious outcomes whilst valuing every individual’s contribution
• Fantastic employee benefits such as: an electric car scheme, eyecare vouchers, flu vaccination clinics, cycle2work scheme, please see the attached information for a full list of comprehensive benefit

In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, Holy Family Multi Academy Trust will undertake general online searches for all shortlisted candidates, this may include social media and video platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Online searches will only examine data that is publicly available, and the aim is to identify any incidents or issues. Any areas of concern will be discussed during the interview process. To assist in this part of the process we would appreciate it if you would complete the attached Social Media form and return it with your application.

The Trust is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of age, disability, marital status, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or pregnancy/maternity. All applicants invited to interview must evidence their right to work in the UK.

To apply for this position, please send a covering letter, a completed application form and the completed recruitment documents attached to the vacancy listing to recruitment@hfcmat.com. Applications should be marked for the attention of Mr K Maddocks, Headteacher. For further information please visit the ‘Vacancies’ section on our website www.stmaryswallasey.com.

If we receive a high volume of relevant applications, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised closing date, so please apply as soon as you can.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and individually take responsibility for doing so.