Examination Invigilators

Examination Invigilators
Sedgefield Community College
Hawthorn Road
Sedgefield
TS21 3DD

Contract type: Casual
Hours of work: Flexible (depending on individuals’ availability)
Hourly rate: £10.90 per hour

The Trustees are seeking to appoint, as soon as possible, additional examination invigilators for Sedgefield Community College.

We require additional Invigilators to assist our current team in preparing for and monitoring examinations, under exam conditions as specified by the joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ). The ideal applicant will be highly organised, vigilant and reliable, have excellent attention to detail and have the ability to manage competing demands.

We are particularly interested in applicants who are available any day of the week (Monday – Friday) and have the flexibility to be called in at short notice.

Would you like to progress your career in a school judged by OFSTED as ‘outstanding’, a school where both student achievement and attitudes to learning are amongst the best in the entire North East and Cumbria region? Would you also like to work in a fantastic, recently built school, set in one of County Durham’s most scenic areas? If the answer to each of these questions is ‘yes’ then Sedgefield Community College could be right for you.

Laidlaw Schools Trust is a growing multi academy trust in the North East of England, serving children and families in Sedgefield, the west of Newcastle and in Pennywell, Sunderland. We pride ourselves in being a progressive, inclusive trust that supports every child to develop their talents whatever they may be and to reach their academic potential. It is important that as a learning organisation we adapt and change to the needs of our pupils. We take care to value and develop all colleagues to make sure they can do their very best for children across the Trust’s schools. Our Academies also enjoy strong support from an experienced LST central team, based in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Further details and an application pack can be downloaded from the Careers section on the Laidlaw Schools Trust website https://www.laidlawschoolstrust.co.uk/72/vacancies-1. Interested candidates are welcome to tour the school, please contact the school office on 01740 617777 to arrange a visit. If you wish to have an informal discussion about this post, please contact: Jenny Jensen, Examinations Officer j.jensen@sedgefield.cc

Closing Date: Tuesday 21^st November 2023
Candidates who have not been contacted by Tuesday 28^th November 2023 may assume they have been unsuccessful.
Interviews will take place: to be confirmed
Applications should be returned to:  personnel@sedgefield.cc
Please note that CVs will not be accepted.

We are an equal opportunities employer strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate their commitment to children’s safeguarding. All successful appointments will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and a range of other pre-employment recruitment checks.

An online search will be undertaken for shortlisted candidates as part of the recruitment process on information available in the public domain. Candidates should disclose anything that may be relevant in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. This search does not form part of the shortlisting process and candidates will have the chance to discuss any issues of concern that may arise during this search at interview.

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