T Level - Craft and Design - Principal Examiner

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Pearson is transitioning to a digital environment and aims to create a modern assessment delivery system. As part of this, they are updating senior associate roles and responsibilities across their qualifications.

About Pearson: Pearson is committed to a world that’s always learning and is the UK's largest awarding body, offering globally recognised and benchmarked qualifications.

Purpose: The Principal Examiner ensures that the standards of an externally assessed unit(s)/module(s)/component(s) are maintained and consistent with the unit specification and assessment criteria.

Core Services and Expectations: The Principal Examiner must act professionally, respect confidentiality, attend meetings, adhere to deadlines, and promote diversity, equity, and inclusion.

• Act at all times in a way which will not bring Pearson into disrepute.
• Read all Pearson policies and guidance prior to undertaking contracted activities.
• Respect the confidentiality of centres and learners.
• Attend any and all meetings or training sessions provided, relevant to your role, where requested by Pearson.
• Adhere to deadlines given by Pearson and ensure that all work is carried out to the best of an individual’s ability.
• Remain respectful and advocate for others to ensure and promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in a professional manner when carrying out services on behalf of Pearson.
• Have personal IT equipment capable of running Pearson software, relevant malware, appropriate virus protection software, a suitable internet connection, and a personal, secure email account.
• Communicate with Pearson and its centres in a timely manner when carrying out all designated responsibilities.
• Raise any concerns if you suspect or are made aware of any malpractice, maladministration, and/or Safeguarding issues.

Role Specific Services and Expectations: The Principal Examiner must deliver their contracted unit(s)/module(s)/component(s) timely, update mark schemes, lead meetings, and support supervisors and Examiners.

• Ensuring the timely delivery of your contracted unit(s)/module(s)/component(s).
• Updating the mark scheme/guidance before the pre-standardisation meeting, taking into account actual candidates’ responses and feedback from supervisors/Examiners.
• Leading meetings such as pre-standardisation and standardisation and participating in others such as appeals against results and post-series reviews.
• Supporting supervisors and Examiners.
• Sampling supervisors/Examiners' initial marking and backreading responses, as directed, using the appropriate Pearson marking system to target backreading and correct specific problems.
• Monitoring the progress of supervisors/Examiners.
• Reviewing responses for clarification.
• Acting as a senior point of escalation across the quality assurance process.
• Providing support across several versions of the paper, including all those introduced previously, and any versions introduced during the contractual period.
• Monitoring and reporting to the Assessment team after standardisation and completion of marking, submitting a completed feedback form for each supervisor/Examiner as directed.
• Supporting in awarding activities by writing reports to the Awarding Committee, recommending grade boundaries, participating in the awarding activities, and other areas where required.

Skills And Competencies: The Principal Examiner must demonstrate experience and knowledge of quality assurance and assessment practice, excellent communication skills, and the ability to provide and co-ordinate training.

• Experience and knowledge of quality assurance and assessment practice.
• History of moderation and/or marking a regulated qualification.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Proven ability to provide and co-ordinate training such as standardisation and other standards-related activities.
• A comprehensive knowledge of the specification for your specialist sector, including internal and external requirements.

Experience And Qualifications: Qualifications required to apply for the role at Pearson will depend on the qualification being delivered. A minimum of one full academic year of teaching experience in the relevant subject area/sector within the last 8 years and/or extensive knowledge and experience in Pearson assessment, quality and processes and national standards within the last 5 years is required.