Job start date: As soon as possible Hours per week: Casual term time only Yardleys School Reddings Lane Springfield Birmingham B11 3EY Telephone number: 0121 675 1761 Contact email: recruitmentyardleys.bham.sch.uk Contract type: Casual “Yardleys School is a unique and special place.” Yardleys is a thriving, vibrant and heavily oversubscribed 11 to 16 multi-ethnic stand-alone academy in Birmingham, with 930 students on roll. The diversity of the school population reflects the rich, cultural mix of the local area. The school is highly focused on raising standards of pupil achievement through a broad and balanced curriculum and students make excellent progress. The school motto “Working together for a better future” is far more than just words. The collaborative ethos which permeates the school is at the heart of our success. Excellent student behaviour and an extremely well organised school provide the foundation for teachers to focus on delivering outstanding lessons and continuously improving their practice. We pride ourselves on offering all students the opportunity to develop the knowledge and skills needed to be successful global citizens. We have an exciting opportunity for an Exam Invigilator to join our invigilator team on a casual basis. We are seeking to appoint a reliable, flexible and enthusiastic individual to support our internal and external examinations during this academic year and also future years. The role will involve setting up examination rooms, ensuring correct exam procedures are followed, distribution and collection of examination papers and monitoring students during the examination period to ensure that a consistent environment and regulation compliant exam season is maintained. You will be reliable, flexible and readily available during exam periods. You will need to have effective communication skills and good interpersonal skills and be able to work effectively both on your own and within a team. Experience of invigilation is not required as training in the role and duties of an invigilator will be provided. Main external exams are held in May and June. Internal exams are usually held in February, June/July and December. When joining Yardleys, you will benefit from: discretionary healthcare membership to Benenden Health with access to a 24/7 GP helpline, mental health helpline, medical diagnostics and treatment and mobile app with wellbeing classes a keen eye on staff workload a commitment to professional development opportunities a collaborative approach with supportive managers. an excellent induction programme tailored to your job role state of the art facilities in a modern PFI building including a staff work room and staff room, that are well-resourced with computers, a vending and drinks machine well-behaved students who are keen to learn “Leaders care deeply about staff. They are mindful of well-being and workload, and staff feel valued and appreciated.” Ofsted March 2023 This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role. How to apply: To arrange a visit to the school, request more information and to apply please contact Haseena Waseem on 0121 675 1761 or email: Recruitmentyardleys.bham.sch.uk or please also visit our website You can also download an application form, job description and person specification here This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates. This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.