As Exam Invigilator, your role will be to provide support to the examination process, ensuring the fair and proper conduct of examinations whilst enabling students to perform at their best.
Duties will include collecting papers and setting out rooms beforehand, giving out instructions and supervising during examinations and collecting and collating papers at the end. At times you may be asked to act as a reader, scribe, oral language modifier or prompt, to supervise students with examination clashes or to assist with other examinations administration.
Good communication and organisational skills are important, along with an ability to be accurate and attentive to detail. You must be able to develop a sound understanding of examination rules and regulations set by the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) ( and have the confidence to enforce these. However, it is equally important that you are able to empathise with students and deal with their concerns sensitively, in what is a stressful and important time for them. The ability to deal calmly and professionally with unexpected or emergency situations is key.
Full training will be given, so previous experience of invigilation is not essential, but ideally you will need to have worked in an education environment or with young people previously.
The main summer examination period runs from mid-May to the end of June with working times normally falling between 8.30am to 5.00pm weekdays. We also hold some external examinations throughout the year with significant examination series in November and January. Invigilation demands vary from day to day according to the examinations timetable and we have a bank of invigilators to call on so there is no expectation that you are needed to work all day every day during the examination period.
The successful candidate will be appointed to scale point 3 of the College’s support staff pay spine, which is paid at £13.07 per hour, including payment for pro-rata holiday entitlement.
If successful, you will be put on the College’s approved list for Invigilators as soon as you are available and once relevant recruitment checks have been completed. There is an expectation to attend/undertake relevant training & inductions prior to the examination period. Examinations take place throughout the academic year.
Employment is on a casual basis, which means that there is no obligation on the College to offer you work and no obligation on you to accept work, though there is the expectation that staff on the invigilators’ list will have a high level of availability during the main examination period.
Safeguarding
The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. To meet our safeguarding obligations:
• Applicants are required to submit a completed Declaration Form with their application.
• Referees are asked if they are aware of any child protection allegations or issues.
• All appointments are subject to verification of qualifications, medical clearance, satisfactory DBS check (Enhanced) and satisfactory written references.
• Applicants who have worked abroad or lived abroad may also be required to provide a Certificate of Good Conduct for the Country they have resided in.
Application Procedure
Please download an application pack from and return completed forms to recruitment@s6f.org.uk
Closing Date for applications: Midnight, Sunday 2nd February 2025
Interviews are provisionally arranged for week commencing 24th February 2025 (subject to change)
For all recruitment enquiries, please contact recruitment@s6f.org.uk or telephone on 01723 380748.