Assessment Delivery Executive

We are currently recruiting an Assessment Delivery Executive for a Fixed term contract until the end of September 2027.

This role is hybrid, both working from home and in our Oxford hub, with weekly attendance in the office. During exam sessions the work will mostly take place in the hub.

We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly between home and the hub to suit their needs and preferences, in line with our hybrid working policy.

Colleagues are able to work their hours flexibly, in line with core business hours and requirements. We also offer formalised flexible working agreements.

The starting salary is £34,010

Reporting into an Assessment Delivery Manager, the Assessment Delivery Executive plays a key role in delivering the assessment processes within specified time limits. The post holder will ensure the learners of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) experience a fair and consistent assessment service whilst maintaining the integrity of the qualifications offered.

Working with the examiners and IFoA colleagues, the post holder will support several assessments within the remit of the team. This includes the preparation of the assessment, and supporting materials through to checking, and reporting of the assessment results to support the Board meetings and subsequent release of these to the IFoA learners and ensuring accurately reflected in the IFoA database.

There are over 15,000 learners who are registered to sit the assessments relating to the IFoA qualifications. There are 26 assessments which run twice a year, plus a further 3 assessments which can be sat throughout the year relating to the IFoA qualifications. All these assessments must be added accurately onto the exam platforms in sufficient time for the assessment to take place on the agreed date.

The role will support the processes required to ensure the accuracy of the assessment data of the learners entered onto the internal and external platforms, working with external suppliers and IFoA colleagues to deliver all key assessment processes within the agreed dates. There are over 400 external examiners and markers that support this work, with whom the post holder will be engaging.

• To support the set-up and configuration of the internal database, exam platform and marking platform, ensuring all data is accurate and validated.
• To support the Assessment Delivery Senior Executive in the authoring of the exam questions onto the exam platform, ensuring that the process is carried out within the required time frames and to the set standards. Liaise with colleagues involved in this process and raise awareness if deadlines are not going to be met.
• To support the Assessment Delivery Senior Executive in administering the access arrangement cases as defined by the Equality Act 2010. To ensure that accurate information is collated and entered onto the database, which informs the assessment sittings and ensures the candidate is provided with the agreed support, whilst ensuring that they are not placed at any advantage over other candidates.
• To support the Assessment Delivery Senior Executive in the delivery of the assessments to candidates, ensuring that the process is carried out within the required time frames and to the set standards. Liaise with any external providers or personnel involved in this process and raise awareness if deadlines are not going to be met.
• To support the collation of exam marking to ensure that examiners can produce the results information within set deadlines. To collate live marking outcomes, monitor where marking anomalies appear and feed back to the examiners to ensure accuracy of results and flag where deadlines are not being met.
• To collate the documentation required for Mitigating Circumstances, liaising with candidates making applications, review for completeness and prepare the pack for the panel meeting within agreed deadlines.
• To collate the reports required from the Chief Examiners (or nominee) during or following the assessment sitting
• To support the delivery of the processes that ensure that candidates receive results, transcripts, and other information within the agreed timescales.
• To work within the Assessment systems, processes, and procedures, proposing improvement recommendations where necessary.
• To participate in system development and associated testing protocols, to support operational readiness of all platforms that enable exam delivery.

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