KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES  

Writing Examiners are expected to: 

• complete all work to schedule in accordance with Cambridge English procedures
• respond to guidance during monitoring and marking
• apply mark schemes to the required level of accuracy
• mark at an appropriate speed

  
ADDITIONAL DUTIES  

• Carry out any other duties which may be reasonably expected of you by your immediate manager or a senior director.

CAMBRIDGE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES  

• Abide by all policies and procedures, as detailed in your contract of employment and the Staff Handbook, e.g., Code of ethics, anti-bribery and corruption, Health and Safety, e-mail and Internet use, and standards of behaviour.

  
APPLICANT’S SPECIFICATION  

• Education to first degree level or equivalent*
• Recognised language teaching qualification*
• Proof of substantial, relevant, recent teaching experience ideally equivalent to at least 1,800 hours
• Pass the internal Certificate of Assessment (CoA)**

*An applicant may be exempt either from the formal teaching qualification or from the first degree/equivalent requirement (but not both) if they can provide evidence of considerable relevant teaching experience (i.e. ideally 3000 hours or more) supported by a positive reference. 
 

** Certification of Assessment is where examiners have to demonstrate that they can mark accurately. There are three stages: 

• a benchmarking stage, which gives examiners an opportunity to familiarise themselves with scripts that have been awarded a gold standard mark by a panel of experts
• an opportunity to practice marking
• a final test, which will confirm whether or not the examiner’s marking is accurate enough to mark live scripts.

  
KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE / PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES  

• Able to carry out administrative tasks efficiently and punctually
• Good written and spoken communication skills
• Computer literate
• Collaborate well with others
• Give and receive constructive criticism
• Work to fixed time scales
• Reflect on and evaluate own work
• Adapt to change
• Be thoroughly familiar with the process of marking online using RM Assessor
• Have a basic understanding on how to install browser plugins and enable/disable popups