Hours: Full Time
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £45,225 - £50,028
Closing Date: 08/09/2024
Location: All Campuses (Hammersmith, Ealing and Southall)

About us:

At West London College, we are committed to championing innovation and creativity, and we invite you to join us on this journey. We welcome applicants who can share our values of Ambition, Innovation, Collaboration, Accountability and Inclusion.

We have three College sites across West London at, Ealing, Hammersmith and Southall. By bringing your skills to the College you will have a wonderful opportunity to make a difference to these student's education and to their future. As a diverse College in the UK, we offer an exciting, innovative and stimulating work environment with a wide variety of employment opportunities.

For further information about the College, please visit our website.

About the role:
As the Examinations Manager, you will take a proactive lead in the quality assurance and operational management of the College's examinations and assessments function, ensuring processes and practices adhere to internal standards and external requirements. You will be responsible for updating policies and practices, and continuously reviewing and updating examination systems to ensure the highest service is provided to our students and curriculum staff.

You will lead on the use of our software systems, ensuring systems and processes are efficient and effective, whilst providing training to academic and support staff on the use of all college exam systems.

Managing a team of exam officers & invigilators, you will provide information and guidance of the highest quality, delivering an outstanding examinations service which meets and exceeds quality standards and service level agreements. Working closely with colleagues, you will ensure that all qualification, examination and achievement data is accurate and evidence is available to meet all audit requirements. You would assist the Director of MIS with funding and compliance matters to ensure the College complies with all regulatory requirements.

The Person:
With a proven track record of success in an FE environment coupled with an excellent understanding of Awarding Body and JCQ regulations, you will have the outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills required to ensure service provision. You will demonstrate an exceptional track record of working within exams, as evidenced by successful outcomes and achievements.

In addition, you will have:
• Significant experience working in an Exams office with a wide variety of qualification types
• Knowledge of funding rules and requirements
• Excellent IT skills
• Detailed knowledge of examination regulations
• High-level communication skills
• Demonstrable experience in supervising or managing a team
• A relevant professional qualification is desirable

What we offer:

Our team are important to us, and we offer a wide range of benefits to recognise the hard work put into supporting our College. As a member of the Support team, you will receive:
- Excellent Holiday Allowance, plus bank holidays (8) and College closure days at Christmas (3).
- Eye care vouchers
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Interest-free loans for Season tickets; Computers
- Contributory average salary with Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Continuous Professional Development Events (CPD)
- Access to Perkbox, our rewards and discount platform
- Access to the Colleges Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Discount at the College's on-site hair and beauty salon.

Important Information:
The safety and welfare of our learners and staff are extremely important to us and this is why we pride ourselves on our safeguarding procedures. As part of our commitment to safeguarding, successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced.

Disclosure and Barring Service check. Please note, that it is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activities relevant to children. For further information about our Safeguarding and Prevent policy, please click view the documents attached.

We encourage and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or identity, race, religion or belief, and marriage and civil partnership.

To apply, please complete an application form before the closing date specified, as CVs will not be accepted. Please ensure you also include a supporting statement as part of your application. We may close the application deadline earlier than expected, so please ensure you submit your applications as soon as possible.