Senior Assessment Officer (PSRB)

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About Us

This role sits within the Faculty Education Services in the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine (FoLSM) at our London Bridge campus - www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/index-new.aspx

About the Role

This is role forms part of a busy assessment and examination team within the Programme, Placement & Assessment Team in Faculty Education Services. It is responsible for providing a professional and quality service to students and academics on the professionally regulated programmes in the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine (FoLSM).

We are seeking an enthusiastic, proactive administrator who is committed to providing an excellent assessment provision. The role will be expected to coordinate a broad range of operational activity including; general student enquiries, exam paper production, online coursework submission, mark sheet production, results processing and student feedback.

The post holder must be an excellent communicator able to present information clearly and concisely with experience of servicing assessment boards and producing reports. Applicants must have excellent IT skills, specifically Microsoft Excel and some experience of a student record system and/or VLE would be beneficial. The role holder will be expected to manage a varied workload often across competing priorities, requiring the ability to negotiate and influence to deliver an excellent service.

This role sits within the Faculty Education Services in FoLSM at our London Bridge campus - visit the King's HR pages for more information.

This is a part time (3 days per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. Excellent communication and presentation skills; demonstrable ability to present information clearly, accurately and concisely to diverse audiences.
2. Able to manage large datasets with excellent analytical and numerical skills; a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
3. Excellent time management with the ability to organise, and plan effectively across competing priorities.
4. Excellent attention to detail with methodical, exacting standards of written and numerical accuracy.
5. Able to manage individual and others workload to ensure overall team standards and performance are delivered.
6. Ability to make timely informed decisions and independently resolve problems.
7. Previous HE or event coordination experience; with an emphasis on working across a range of assessment activity.
8. Excellent IT experience across all Microsoft packages; advanced excel user.

Desirable criteria

1. Evidence of experience of reviewing a process or system, and contributing to enhancing procedural systems.
2. Evidence of capability to interpret and apply College and programme regulations maintaining up to date knowledge of external statutory compliance obligations.

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click "Apply Now". This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further Information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our 'How we Recruit' pages.

Interviews are due to be held on Friday 24 January 2025

We are not able to offer sponsorship for candidates who do not currently possess the right to work in the UK.