Exams and Assessment Assistant

Overview

Hours:

37 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Term time only + 20 days (42 weeks). Salary (Actual): £23,669 to £24,044.

Outwood Academy Valley seeks applications from professional individuals for this key role. The successful candidate will assist the Examinations and Assessment Officer in maintaining accurate pupil tracking of key assessment data, thereby assisting SLT and Curriculum Leaders in raising standards within teaching and learning. They will also support the accurate management of all examinations, provide administration and data support to students within the academy and provide Business Services with data management and administration support.

• Assist the Examinations and Assessment Officer in maintaining accurate pupil tracking of key assessment data.
• Support SLT and Curriculum Leaders in raising standards within teaching and learning.
• Support the accurate management of all examinations and provide administration and data support to students within the academy.
• Provide Business Services with data management and administration support.

• Excellent communication skills and good time management; ability to multitask and work to tight deadlines.
• Strong IT skills, specifically in Microsoft Office (Word and Excel).
• Experience of SIMS would be advantageous but is not essential as training will be provided on all aspects of the role.

• Outwood Grange Academies Trust funds an extensive range of accredited training courses and apprenticeship opportunities up to Masters level.
• Starting salary with annual increments plus inflation-linked increases; starting salary within the advertised grade depends on experience.
• Comprehensive induction and training process.
• Automatic enrolment into a defined Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions.
• Flexible family-friendly policies from day one.
• Enhanced occupational benefits including maternity, adoption and parental leave with no qualifying period.
• Holidays: a minimum of 25 days plus bank holidays (increases with length of service).
• A range of working patterns depending on the role.
• Automatic enrolment into our Employee Assistance Programme with access to specialist information, emotional support, legal and financial guidance, child and dependent care support, and more.

We are a wellbeing employer with a dedicated wellbeing strategy and menopause policy, including menopause champions at our academies.

• Free onsite parking.
• Employee discounts, such as Synergy Car Leasing and access to various discount sites.

Outwood Grange Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made in accordance with safer recruitment practices and Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. Online checks will be carried out on shortlisted candidates, and all appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and checks regarding suitability to work with children.

We reserve the right to close advertisements early. Advertisements will close at 12 noon on the advertised closing date, or the day the decision has been taken to close the advertisement early.

Outwood Grange Academies Trust (OGAT) is an education charity and not-for-profit sponsor of primary, junior and secondary academies. We are a dynamic organisation recognised nationally as one of the highest performing families of schools in the North of England, sponsoring over 40 schools. Our educational blueprint has been developed through leading and supporting schools and has supported academies with a transformational effect on children’s life chances within very quick timescales.

We believe academies should enhance education and drive up standards to support communities and economies. We are now comprised of over 40 schools that work together to ensure all children, irrespective of their starting point, receive an excellent education. We pride ourselves on meeting the needs of children in our care, including the most vulnerable or challenging.

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to checks such as: criminal record disclosures (DBS), medical checks, online and social media prohibitions from teaching, right to work checks, references, and suitability to work with children.

You must disclose any unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.