- Vacancy Reference
- JOB002666
- Job Title
- Casual Exam Invigilator
- Job Start Date
- 20 January 2025
- Salary Range
- £13.23 per hour
- Hours Per Week
- Casual
- Working Pattern
- Term time only
- School Address
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King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy
Church Lane
Handsworth
Birmingham
B20 2HL
Telephone number: 0121 554 8122 - Contact Email
- recruitment@hwga.org.uk
- Contract Type
- Casual
- Closing Date
- 2 December 2024, 9:30am
- Job Information
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We are seeking to appoint casual exam invigilators across the school year. Invigilators must be available throughout the summer exam period from mid-May until the end of June. Hours are also available throughout the year to support with mock examinations. The purpose of the role is to implement examination procedures and ensure the proper conduct of examination candidates. You will assist with the preparation of the examination area, completion of relevant paperwork, starting, overseeing and finishing the exams as necessary. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate excellent inter-personal skills, have outstanding punctuality and attendance, resilience and the ability to work in an organised and methodical manner.
The successful candidate will be fully supported in their career and professional development through a vast programme of CPD provided by the academy.
King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls’ Academy is an 11 - 18 comprehensive school in the north-west of Birmingham. Our student intake is from a variety of ethnic backgrounds, making for a very harmonious and happy school. We truly believe that high aspirations can transform the life chances of our students; underpinned by our drive to develop in our students the universal values of Scholarship, Character and Community.
About the Academy Trust:-
The King Edward VI Foundation, Birmingham, is a progressive charitable organisation which has supported excellence in education across the City since 1552. Our schools are diverse in nature but have a common purpose and commitment to achieving our mission of “making Birmingham the best place to be educated in the UK”.
Our Academy Trust currently consists of two independent schools, six selective, and five non selective academies. Our recent expansion into a wider diversity of local communities is enabling us to accelerate our strategies for improving the life chances of young people in Birmingham, whatever their background.
The King Edward VI Academy Trust Birmingham (“the Academy Trust”) was established in 2017 and is made up of the academies outlined above. The academies receive back office central support services including governance, from the Foundation Office (a central support services function), with several staff being seconded from the Foundation to deliver support services to the Academy Trust and the academies themselves.
Our highly focused five-year strategy aims to build on our existing strengths and heritage and deliver our ambitious growth strategy which aims to bring in a further five academies over the next five years.
- 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.
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How to apply:
Further details and application forms can be downloaded from the school website
Applications can only be considered if they are on an Academy Trust application form.
Completed application forms to be returned to: recruitment@hwga.org.uk
Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.
- Safeguarding
- 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.
- References
- All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
- Short-listed candidates
- An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
- Terms and Conditions
- This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.
- 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.