Examinations Manager

Examinations Manager Location: Central London (Hybrid)
Contract: Permanent | Full-time
Salary: £54,000
The Opportunity An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Examinations Manager to join a professional education and assessment team. This role is ideal for an individual with expertise in high-stakes assessments, examinations management and quality assurance who is passionate about delivering robust, fair and effective assessment processes. You will take ownership of the end-to-end management of a professional membership examination, overseeing examination development, quality assurance, examiner training, operational delivery and continuous improvement. Working closely with examiners, subject matter experts, committees and external stakeholders, you will play a key role in maintaining the integrity and quality of the assessment process.
  Key Responsibilities Include:

• Managing the development, review and quality assurance of written and practical examinations
• Maintaining and developing examination question banks and assessment materials
• Coordinating item-writing workshops and supporting the creation of new assessment content
• Ensuring appropriate standard setting, blueprinting and quality assurance processes are in place
• Preparing examination papers and practical assessment content for review and approval
• Managing examination schedules and coordinating all examination activities
• Recruiting, training and supporting examiners, invigilators and other assessment personnel
• Overseeing examination delivery for both online and in-person assessments
• Working closely with external venues and host centres to ensure successful examination delivery
• Monitoring examination performance and preparing datasets for statistical analysis
• Evaluating examination outcomes and producing reports for boards and committees
• Managing assessment quality assurance processes and identifying opportunities for improvement
• Processing special consideration applications and supporting examination appeals processes
• Developing and delivering examiner training and ongoing development programmes
• Maintaining examination policies, procedures and candidate guidance documentation
• Providing advice and support to candidates, examiners and stakeholders on assessment matters
• Producing high-quality reports, committee papers and management information

Essential:

• Degree educated or equivalent relevant experience
• Experience managing examinations, assessments or educational programmes
• Strong knowledge of assessment methodologies, including written and practical assessments
• Understanding of validity, reliability and quality assurance within high-stakes assessments
• Experience with assessment standard setting and examination quality processes
• Experience developing and maintaining assessment documentation, guidance and procedures
• Ability to analyse assessment data and produce reports and recommendations
• Strong project management and organisational skills
• Experience working with external stakeholders and committees
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work to demanding deadlines
• Experience supervising, motivating and supporting colleagues and stakeholders

Desirable:

• Postgraduate qualification in Education, Assessment or a related field
• Experience managing professional, regulatory or membership examinations
• Project management experience
• Experience developing educational initiatives or assessment programmes
• Experience designing and delivering examiner training
• Knowledge of online assessment platforms and examination technologies

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