Examinations Assistant x 3

Reference
1110163

Branch
University of Warwick

Start date
05/05/2026

Duration
Other - See Job

Hours and days
HOURS: Full time 36.5 hours per week. DAYS: Monday to Friday including some hours on Saturdays and some later evenings during May/June, as directed by line manager.

Dress code
Not Applicable

Rate of pay
£13.01

Holiday rate
£1.57

Role
To deliver high quality administrative support to facilitate the effective and efficient operation of the Department’s examination processes. The post holders will be part of a team processing undergraduate and postgraduate examination scripts to ensure that correct marks are available for the examination boards.

Duties and responsibilities

1. Provide administrative support for the summer examination marking and moderation process.
2. Daily delivery and collection of large numbers of exam question papers and answer booklets to and from exam venues.
3. Separation and then recombining of exam answer booklets.
4. Liaise with markers/moderators to inform them that the exam scripts are ready for marking and moderating and inform them of the deadline for returning marked/moderated work.
5. Update the exam script tracking log (Excel) so all exam scripts can be tracked at each stage of the marking and moderating process.
6. Conduct an administrative check on scripts to ensure all questions have been marked and that marks have been totalled correctly and match the mark in the exam database.
7. Monitor the Exams resources email account, responding to and categorising enquiries as appropriate.
8. Barcoding and scanning exam scripts for archiving.

Skills and experience

• Good general education to A level standard
• Mathematics and English GCSE grade A –C (or equivalent)
• Excellent organisation skill with a high level of attention to detail. 
• Ability to work calmly under pressure.
• Ability to quickly assimilate new systems and processes.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work independently and cooperatively within a team. Ability to handle highly confidential material with discretion.
• Good IT skills, particularly Microsoft Excel and Outlook.
• Exam administration and/or invigilation experience (desirable)

Location
Economics Department, Social Sciences Building, Main Campus.

Additional information
Applications close midnight 09/04/26.

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