Start date: 1 December 2024 Hours per week: 36.5, Term time only Moseley School and Sixth Form College Road Springfield Birmingham B13 9UU Telephone number: 0121 566 6441 Contact email: recruitmentmoseley.bham.sch.uk Contract type: Permanent We are looking to recruit an Examinations Coordinator to join our team at Moseley. This role is open to an experienced Coordinator who has the passion and enthusiasm to make a positive impact on the examinations process a whole for the young people at our school. This is an exciting opportunity to join the team. Reporting to: Academic Support Manager Working Time: 36.5 hours per week. Term time only, plus 4 days, to be worked over GCSE/A-Level results days in August of each year. Flexibility to attend any other meetings/events outside normal working hours when required. Core Purpose: Coordinate all aspects of the examinations, to include the Coordination and administration of all matters relating to internal and external examinations at Moseley School and Sixth Form. Responsibilities: responsible for the planning and coordination of all aspects of external examinations for years 7 to 13, to include: to liaise with Awarding Bodies, JCQ, and DfE, completing their returns and distributing relevant information to Heads of faculty, SLT and examination candidates to maintain an up-to-date record of syllabuses/specifications which are in use to collect entry data and process examination entries and amendments liaise with the SENCO to ensure the special arrangements and special consideration applications are made as appropriate to check and publish timetables and make arrangements where there are clashes to arrange location and resources for the exams and liaise with appropriate staff concerning usage and layout of rooms. To include arrangements for students with special educational needs to check and secure question papers and examination stationery when received to coordinate the arrangements for setting-up, starting, invigilation, and finishing of exams work with the academic services manager and deputy headteacher to ensure all examination practices are of a sufficient standard to satisfy the scrutiny of an examinations inspector. Meet with and assist Inspectors who visit the school as appropriate to package and despatch examination scripts in accordance with awarding bodies’ requirements to respond to queries from awarding bodies concerning attendance anomalies and lost scripts to take appropriate action in respect of allegations of malpractice to coordinate the publication of examination results, to include downloading results electronically and collation of paper results to process results queries/ appeals and requests for return of scripts to manage the distribution of certificates and ensure secure storage of those unclaimed responsible for the planning and coordination of all aspects of pre-public examinations and internal tests for years 7 to 13, which require departure from the normal timetable, to include: work with the deputy headteacher to draw up timetables and advise the appropriate members of SLT regarding impact to timetabled lessons to liaise with heads of faculty to ensure we have the appropriate examination papers for each examination to coordinate the arrangements for setting-up, starting, invigilation, and finishing of exams accurately retrieve and manipulate data from relevant IT systems i.e. SIMS, A2C lead on the day-to-day coordination of invigilators ensuring we have enough to cover examination seasons, recruiting when necessary identify training needs of the Invigilators, research and deliver training as appropriate add examination finance orders onto the system, being mindful of the examination budget, getting authorisation from SLT when necessary Other Responsibilities participate in the whole school duty rota act as a school First Aider to undertake any other duties not detailed above commensurate with the level of the post Interviews will take place on Thursday 14 November 2024. 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 Please visit our school website recruitment page for further information regarding the role and details about our school. We welcome visitors to the school. Please contact us if you would like to arrange a visit. Please contact the Recruitment Team if you would like further information regarding this role or the school in general please email us on recruitmentmoseley.bham.sch.uk This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an 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. Applicants please note: This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment. Please use the contact details in the advert for information on actual employment conditions. Rehabilitation of offenders: 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. An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.