Exams & Quality Assurance Assistant

The Quality Assurance and Exams team has a vacancy for an admin assistant with experience of a broad range of administration tasks and very good IT skills.

The Exams & Quality Assurance Assistant will be required to complete a broad range of administrative tasks to support the Adult Education Quality Assurance Officer and Quality Coordinator, contributing to the efficiency of the exams department and in support of quality monitoring and improvement. Entering exam registrations, administering exam concession requests, are all integral to this role and will ensure a variety of work which is also on occasion deadline driven.

Accuracy, time management skills and an ability to prioritise your workload and work to deadlines is highly important. Also the ability to communicate with professionalism and courtesy as you will be required to interface with colleagues throughout the Service at all levels, with sub-contractors and with external agencies in relation to the day to day administration of examinations and quality procedures.

Cornwall Adult Education is a community-based organisation maintained, although not funded, by Cornwall Council.

The position will have an office base of Chy Trevail in Bodmin. However, working from home is actively supported and could be accommodated on a part-time or full-time basis.

Whilst the location/work-base for this role has been specified our evolving ways of working means that the role may require you to also work remotely.(e.g. from home/other locations). We will discuss this with you during the recruitment process.

Please view the role profile here, your application will need to demonstrate how you meet the required criteria. Please ensure you answer all of the pre-screening questions in full, within the application form. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process

Please do not upload any additional documentation in support of this application. Applications will be considered based on the screening questions and qualifications and experience details provided within the application form only. Any further attachments will not be considered when the recruiting managers are shortlisting for interview.

Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g. race, disability, sex, gender, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.

Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.

This position will be subject to a criminal record disclosure check.

More information about working for Cornwall Council is available here.

We are happy to talk about flexible working options.