Exams Co-ordinator

We are looking for an Exam Co-ordinator to join us our busy Exams team!

As an Exams Coordinator, you will undertake a range of college-wide exam administration, including achievement inputting, for a number of awarding bodies under the centralised Exams Team system and to support the Exams Officer during external examinations.

Here’s the standard bit: You will provide an efficient and effective Examination Service for staff and students across the College ensuring entries, registrations and results are accurately collated and recorded in accordance with college policies, Joint Council for Qualifications guidance and Awarding Body Regulations.

What you’ll need: We are looking for an enthusiastic, resilient and highly motivated individual with Maths and English to at least Level 2 with strong attention to detail, a proven track record of administrative support & customer service focus and up to date knowledge of ICT systems and packages, e.g. Microsoft Office package. Previous experience of working in a similar role and / or  knowledge of further Education would be advantageous.

About us: Tameside College in Ashton-Under-Lyne Greater Manchester is a diverse and vibrant further education college that offers a wide range of courses including A level and advanced level vocational study programmes, Apprenticeships and adult courses up to degree Level. We aim to give all our students an exceptional experience. We offer an enhanced benefit package which includes a Cycle to Work scheme, Free on site Gym at our Beaufort Road campus, Retail Discounts, Local Government Pension Scheme, you’ll get 33 days’ holidays for a full time position pro rata for factual positions, to name a few.

We believe in excellence and back that up with high expectations, a superb working environment (as part of the Vision Tameside £100 million+ accommodation strategy) and outstanding teaching. We also believe that attending college is about more than achieving a qualification, important though that is. This is why we aim to give learners every opportunity to develop their full potential in a supportive and friendly environment.

Tameside College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and expects all staff to share this commitment. Employment at Tameside College is subject to an Enhanced DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) Check via the Disclosure and Barring Service and any post in regulated activity will also be subject to an additional barred list check. Tameside College will meet the costs associated with this.

Please note Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 guidance requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This is to enables us to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore at interview with you. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who are invited to attend an interview.

Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we are unfortunately not able to respond to each applicant. If you have not been called for interview within 3 weeks of the closing date, you should assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.

Subject to the volume of applications we may decide to close the vacancy earlier than advertised.

Come join us on our journey to outstanding!

Recruitment Agencies: We are not utilising the service of recruitment agencies for this vacancy and will accept direct applications only. Unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a gift. We will not be subject to or liable under your terms and conditions for agency fees.