Details
1094070
Canterbury Christ Church University
17/03/2025
Other - See Job
Variable hours during the exam periods
Casual
Pay
£13.37
£1.61
Description
Role
The Registry Assessments Team, with the support of internal and external invigilators, are responsible for ensuring that the University’s centrally organised exams offer a calm and smooth experience for our students through efficiently organised and managed exam periods.
As a member of the invigilation team you will be working to support the operational tasks during the exam periods and will be acting as a representative of the University in your interactions with students.
Duties and responsibilities
As a senior invigilator your role and responsibilities will include:
· Ensuring the invigilation team maintains the confidentiality and secure storage of all exam papers and materials before, during and after the exams
· Ensuring a calm environment is maintained throughout the exam session which will give students the best possible opportunity to be successful in their exams
· Ensure that the invigilation team support students with accessing their exam. This include helping students find their seat, monitoring student behaviour and ensuring that they adhere to the regulations of examinations
· Ensure that the invigilation team is vigilant in their monitoring of students without impeding their ability to engage with their exam and ensure that all students are monitored for signs of exam misconduct
· Clearly and confidently verbally explain to the students the University instructions and rules at the beginning of each exam
· Ensure that accurate attendance lists and incident reports (when necessary) are fully completed during the exam and provided to the Assessments Team at the end of each exam session
· Report and liaise as appropriate with the Assessments Team regarding any misconduct or issues
· Report in the event of any discrepancy or irregularity in the progress of an examination directly to the Assessments Team
· Manage the layout of the examination room including ensuring the appropriate papers are on the appropriate desks before the commencement of the exam (in the big halls several different exams may take place at the same time), ensure that there is a clock visible to the students throughout the duration of the exam and that members of the invigilation team are stationed at appropriate locations inside and outside the room
· Manage the collection of all exam scripts at the end of each exam and organise their collection in a logical order
· Deliver the exam scripts, all exam documentation and the administrative paperwork to the Assessments Team at the end of each exam
· Ensure that students only bring in permitted materials and equipment to the exam room, checking to ensure that students have not kept any banned items with them during the exam
· Ensure that all students are able to access their exam which may include computer-based exams and the implementation of exam adjustments as required
· Be aware of health and safety and take action in case of an emergency following appropriate University procedures
· Ensure that the correct procedure is followed should a students become unwell or distressed during the exam and ensure that all invigilators are familiar with the location of the nearest fire exits and the evacuation procedures
Skills and experience
A senior exam invigilator needs to be:
· able to coordinate the examination and manage the team of invigilators
· confident and able to communicate clearly and effectively with staff and students, including clear verbal communication
· team players, with the ability to work on their own initiative
· able to have a strong attention to detail with a commitment to accuracy
· able to manage/direct large groups of people
· able to work and plan the tasks in an organised and structured way
· able to remain calm in pressured situations and able to seek help where appropriate
· IT confident to be able to run IT and computer-based exams
· a reliable, dependable and punctual team member
· committed to ensuring the confidentiality of the activities that they are engaging with
· committed to providing a good experience for our students, ensuring that the exam sessions run smoothly and provides the best possible opportunity for our students to succeed in their exams
· committed to a fair exam delivery, ensuring that the rules are applied fairly and consistently when investigating and reporting any exam misconduct with the ability to deal sensitively with difficult situations
· able to demonstrate a sensitive approach to individual students to meet their needs as appropriate
Location
Medway campus
Additional information
Potential candidates will be contacted after completing the expression of interest.
We would like interested candidates to express an interest in the position by completing a short online expression of interest here https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/canterbury/exam-invigilation-2024-25-external-invigilators-expression-of-i
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