We are looking for a Senior Exam Invigilator to assist the Exams Officer with ensuring the smooth, compliant operation of internal and external exams by managing invigilation teams, setting up rooms, and ensuring (JCQ) regulations are strictly followed. To help maintain exam integrity, handle student queries, manage emergencies, assist with administrative tasks and accurately document procedures. This role requires high attention to detail, strong leadership, and calm communication under pressure. 

Key Duties & Responsibilities

Team Leadership: Supervising 1-20 invigilators, delegating tasks, ensuring all staff follow JCQ guidelines and school policies, to act as a stand in for the Exams Officer should they be absent to ensure the exam series can continue.

Exam Logistics: Preparing exam rooms, setting up seating plans, distributing/collecting scripts, ensuring all stationery is in place, and ensuring other invigilators have set their rooms up correctly according to regulations.

Conducting Exams: Supporting invigilators in delivering official announcements, managing start/finish times, and maintaining a silent, secure environment.

Candidate Support: Addressing student queries, managing student illness, supporting access arrangements, and dealing with late arrivals.

Compliance & Security: Supporting invigilators in preventing malpractice and managing exam incidents, and ensuring confidential papers are secure.

Documentation: Supporting invigilators in assuring that attendance registers are completely accurately in a timely fashion, and assisting the Exams Officer with packing scripts for dispatch. 

Administrative Tasks: Checking each room has the required equipment/documentation in advance of the start of the exam series, and conducting equipment stock takes before/after exam series’. There is also a requirement to know where certain documents are kept on the Exams Officer’s drives to enable the exam series to continue in their absence.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Experience: Previous experience in invigilation or working in an education setting.

Leadership: Proven ability to manage teams and work independently.

Communication: Clear, confident communication skills for delivering announcements to large groups.

Attributes: High attention to detail, ability to remain calm under pressure, and strict professionalism.

Compliance: Strong understanding of exam board regulations (e.g. JCQ) and safeguarding children.

Requirements: Enhanced DBS check. 

Working Hours

This is a fixed hours position at 260 hours allocated over the course of the academic year, with peak demands during January for internal/mock exams, then April to June for external exams, requiring flexibility during school hours. There will be other sporadic exams as well as administrative tasks that you will be notified of in advance. We may recruit two assistants to operate as a job share (130 hours per year each). It is estimated that 10-15 hours of this time will be allocated to administrative tasks.

Please note, it is expected that the Senior Invigilator/Exams Assistant is available for every exam during the summer series. You will still be able to work as a regular invigilator when not required as a senior/assistant on the invigilator hourly salary (miniumum wage).

The Adeyfield Academy is part of the Ambition Education Trust.  It has been an integral part of the local community for many years and we are proud to have a very friendly and diverse body of staff who have developed a vision to make a real difference. We strive to build a future for learning in our wonderful school community where all students can be the very best version of themselves. 

The Academy offers:

A friendly working environment with supportive and caring colleagues

Generous pension benefits

Onsite catering facilities

Excellent facilities with significant recent investment

All staff encouraged and supported in their professional development

Desirable location to live or work with great transport links and perfectly located for job seekers from Herts, Beds, Bucks and North and West London

The Adeyfield Academy is set in the heart of the community of Hemel Hempstead and is a mixed, all ability 11-18 sponsored Academy and part of the Ambition Education Trust.  We welcome visits from potential applicants. Please contact the school HR Manager on 01442 406020.

Closing Date for application & shortlisting: Midnight Friday 6th March 2026

Job Start Date: ASAP

Prospective candidates are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible as the school reserves the right to close the advert should we feel able to appoint an appropriate candidate.

The Adeyfield Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to a post at The Adeyfield Academy is subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, as well as other pre-appointment checks including an online check, as outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education.  The Adeyfield Academy is part of the Ambition Education Trust based in Hertfordshire. Our aim is to build on our proven track records of maintaining exceptional standards and driving continuous school improvement. We are building a collaborative partnership of schools which will provide an exceptional educational experience, both within and outside the classroom, by promoting excellence and stretching challenge.

We are committed to the aim of ensuring that everyone who applies to work for us receives fair treatment and we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, disability, race, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership and caring status. We expect all our staff to demonstrate a commitment to advancing equality of opportunity and fostering good relations.