Exam Invigilator x2

Part-Time, Temporary

£13.30 PAYE / £17.01 Umbrella per hour

Various Locations

Standard DBS

Closing Date: Monday 30th March 2026.

Job Purpose:

Adult Community Learning (ACL) is ECC’s provider of lifelong learning experiences for Essex residents.

ACL offers qualifications to help people move nearer to, enter or progress within the workplace or gain skills to enhance life chances. The service focuses many of its programmes and activities on the hardest to reach communities within Essex. ACL learners have access to a diverse range of accredited and non-accredited courses which encourage creativity, healthy lifestyles, social inclusion and engagement.

Invigilators support the Exams Team with the day-to-day operation of examinations, ensuring all set procedures are adhered to, supporting candidates during the examination and maintaining examination conditions.

• Part Time role – ‘as and when’ contract, with an hourly salary of £13.30 Per Hour
• Location – ACL Harlow, The Library and Adult Community Learning Centre, The High, Harlow, CM20 1HA. Due to the nature of this role, the successful candidate will need to be local to Harlow.
  • Alternative locations are; Basildon, Colchester, Clacton-On-Sea, Chelmsford and, Harlow. All invigilator’s must be willing and able to travel across all sites – mileage paid at 45p per mile

Service/Functional Accountabilities:

• Contributing to setting up examination venues by laying out stationery, setting up computerised testing equipment and handling examination papers in accordance with the outlined procedures.
• Supporting candidates prior to the start of examinations, directing them to their seats and informing them about exam procedures including possessions permitted in examination venues.
• Referring any queries regarding learner entry to the examination to the exams officer.
• Checking learner ID to establish legitimacy of entry to the examination in progress.
• Responsible for ensuring that examination conditions are maintained throughout the examination and checking attendance.
• Ensuring learners with access arrangements are given the specified support throughout the examinations.
• Invigilating during examinations, dealing with queries raised by candidates and dealing with examination irregularities in accordance with strict procedures.
• Responsible for recording details of any absences from the examination room, including short term.
• Escorting candidates from the examination venue during the examinations and supervising them whilst outside the examination venue.
• Collecting and collating scripts at the end of the examination, preparing envelopes, in accordance with strict procedures.
• Administering computer examined procedures to end and submit scores, advising candidates of results if immediately available.
• Supervising candidates leaving examination venues, ensuring equipment or stationery is not removed without authorisation.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

• Experience of working or studying in a higher education environment is desirable.
• An understanding of examination processes is desirable.
• Effective oral/written communication skills.
• Good numeracy skills essential.
• Basic IT literacy essential.
• Evidence of accuracy and attention to detail with a flexible approach to work.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines essential.
• Highly developed interpersonal skills with the ability to be diplomatic, gain the confidence and treat information confidentially.
• Sufficient, flexible availability to assist with morning and evening examinations.

To read more about us please visit:

Education: https://www.workingforessex.com/role/education/

Please note that the job role requires you to be mobile throughout an operational area. Therefore, the post holder will need to have a driving licence and access to a vehicle. Mileage paid at 45p per mile.

Why Essex? Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England’s oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest – Basildon and Harlow – are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more about us here.

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We’re committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.

We’re also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

To view our Organisational Behaviours information please follow this link.

What you should do next

If you are interested in finding out more about this role, we would love to hear from you. Please apply via the Working for Essex website.

Please note that Essex County Council has determined that the off-payroll working rules will apply to this assignment and where a worker elects to provide their services through an intermediary (such as a personal services company) then income tax and primary national insurance contributions will be deducted at source from any payments made to the intermediary.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) your role will require an enhanced DBS check and you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

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If you have queries on this role or require anything further, please email Ashleigh.Drake@essex.gov.uk