Exam Invigilators

Role Responsibility

Our Adult Education centres host tutors and students taking part in Kent Adult Education and Kent Training and Apprenticeships courses, who come to study a range of subjects from English, maths and IT to languages, including ESOL, and creative skills. We help people take the first steps in getting back into learning and work. We work with multiple awarding bodies and deliver a range of accreditation opportunities for our learners. 

Our Invigilation Officers, who form part of our Learner Experience team, play a pivotal role in the success of our learners’ progress by ensuring that the integrity of the exam process is upheld.

We have an opportunity for Invigilation Officers to join our exams team in delivering the successful provision of exams across Kent. The role on an ad hoc basis depending on the when exams are running. While our peak period of exam activity is from May to July, but we run exams every month so are often in need of invigilation support. This is a permanent relief (zero hours) position paid with an hourly pay rate of £12.71. We find that most invigilation periods span around 2.5 to 3 hours.

The ideal candidate will be somebody who is looking for part time work. You will flexible, with excellent communication skills and a confident and reassuring presence to candidates sitting exams. Your role will be to ensure that examinations are conducted, according to the regulations, to enable all candidates have an equal opportunity to demonstrate their abilities.  You will ensure the security of the examination materials before, during and after the examination and prevent possible candidate malpractice and administrative failures.

You don’t need to have experience of invigilation, as training in the role and duties of an invigilator will be provided.   If you have previous invigilation experience, you will be required to declare whether you have any current maladministration/malpractice sanctions applied to you.   

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing dates may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.

Package Description:

As a Kent County Council employee, you will enjoy the following great benefits:

- Comprehensive training in the role

- Competitive salary

- Opportunities for training and professional development.

- A wide range of health and wellbeing support.

- Access to Kent Rewards scheme, with discounts and cashback from hundreds of companies.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Contact Details

Sharon Feasey, Customer Relations Manager: sharon.feasey@kent.gov.uk

Nicki Voller, Lead Exams & Accreditation Officer: nicola.voller@kent.gov.uk

About the Company

Work that works for you and us - let's talk flexibility!

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.