Group Exams Team Leader

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Hours: Monday to Friday – 37 hours per week

Contract: Fixed Term Contract – unitl 31st August 2027

Contract Type: All year round

Location: Peterborough with 2 days a week in Stamford

Closing Date: 6 th October 2026

Lead an essential Group-wide exams service, ensuring every student’s examination journey is efficient, compliant and supports an outstanding student experience.

In this busy and exciting role, you will lead and coordinate the Exams Team across all sites, ensuring registrations, exam entries, claims and results are managed accurately, efficiently and in line with JCQ and Awarding Body requirements.

You will play a key role in maintaining a professional, student-centred examinations service, overseeing everything from exam timetabling and invigilation through to Awarding Body inspections and the timely processing of achievement data. You will also deputise for the Group Manager of Exams when required, ensuring the smooth day-to-day operation of the service.

As a Team Leader, you will support, motivate and develop your team, continually reviewing processes and procedures to make sure our exams service remains efficient, compliant and ready to respond to changes within qualifications and regulations.

• Lead and coordinate the Exams Team across all Group sites
• Ensure registrations, entries, claims and results are processed accurately and on time
• Maintain compliance with JCQ and Awarding Body regulations and requirements
• Produce and manage annual calendars for key examination and submission deadlines
• Oversee examination timetabling, accommodation, seating plans and script dispatch
• Manage, train and coordinate the Group’s pool of exam invigilators
• Support Awarding Body inspections and ensure required information is available
• Ensure achievement and results data is captured accurately to support ILR and SAR requirements
• Review and improve exams processes, procedures, systems and reporting
• Line manage, develop, coach and motivate the Exams Team

You will be an experienced and confident team leader with recent experience of coordinating a busy business function and leading a proactive, customer-focused service.

You will have strong knowledge of Awarding Body regulations, examination processes and student record systems, alongside excellent analytical, organisational and advanced IT skills. A relevant Level 3 qualification and a minimum of Level 2 Literacy and Numeracy are essential, as are excellent communication, leadership and interpersonal skills.

You will be comfortable managing and developing staff, delivering training, analysing information and working collaboratively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.

With a positive and responsive approach to change, you will be able to manage confidential information with discretion while demonstrating a strong commitment to safeguarding, equality, continuous professional development and IEG’s core values.

• Generous Leave: 30 days of annual leave, plus Bank Holidays and Christmas close down. (Pro-rata for part time staff)
• Competitive Pension: Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), including life assurance and death-in-service benefits
• Health and Wellbeing: Benefit from a gym, free on-site…