Advanced Associate, Professional Services

Advanced Associate, Professional Services

Your Opportunity

• A full-time permanent role working 37.5 hours per week

• You will join our Traditional Processing, Ondemand and Onscreen Team which is part of the Qualification Processing Department.  The department consists of several areas which work together to deliver General Qualifications, Vocational Qualification and On-demand Qualifications. 
• The team are responsible for various processes, including the result resolution and closedown of results for paper based and onscreen tests, T Level and PEIC processing and closure, candidate malpractice, traditional processing of examination papers, and item level mark capture for series-based qualifications.
• You will be required to support all processing activities within the team as priorities dictate.

Your primary responsibilities

• Processing of T Level Qualification assessment material from receipt to result, including paper based and electronic submissions
• Capture and report on MI
• Processing the unmarked process (managing the receipt of material and sharing with examiners), marked process (monitoring the marking progress and capturing the marks, including item level mark data) and result closure activity for T Level qualifications including Post Result activity
• Contacting centres, examiners, internal teams to ensure results are issued to Service Level Agreements (SLA) via Teams, telephone, email and video conferencing
• Data input activity from marked scripts/mark grids and processing of paper-based examination material from receipt to result
• Complete QA checks on results
• Effectively communicate and escalate key issues, or threats to SLA
• Manage own workload to ensure effective prioritisation
• During peak processing periods train and lead a small team of seasonal staff in line with Pearson’s policy, procedures, and values
• Work in other areas of the business as required

Key Challenges

• Working towards tight and immovable deadlines
• The role requires a very high attention to detail even with tasks that may be repetitive
• Flexibility of working patterns during peak periods
• Ability to adapt to multiple/various IT systems
• Supporting various stakeholders from different teams
• Restrictions on annual leave during peak periods
• Processing and working instructions are kept up to date and follow regulatory requirements

Our Successful Candidate

You will be delivery focused with ability to communicate with influence and work with others to achieve goals. You will deliver goals in a changing environment and take a creative and innovative approach to work while maximising potential for yourself and others.

Additional Competencies

• Attention to detail: Able to work accurately and have excellent attention to detail

• Methodical approach: Ability to concentrate and focus on meeting deadlines and objectives.

• Communication skills: Ability to comprehend and provide clear updates to colleagues and external customers.

• Teamwork skills: Ability to work positively with other members of the team.

• Analytical skills: seek to understand the bigger picture and the impact of up and downstream activities.

Previous Experience and Qualifications

Essentials

• Proficient in MS Office, especially Excel as extensive use of spreadsheets is required Must be able to create and edit formulas etc. with Excel.

• General office experience.

• Working to set processes/work instructions

• Educated to A Level or equivalent in addition to English and Mathematics GCSE (grade C/4 or above) or equivalent 

Desirable

• Advanced Excel skills such as Macro/Power Query

• Good working knowledge and use of SharePoint

• Communication skills from working with external / internal customers

• Previous experience and knowledge of working within an awarding body

If this role sounds like a good match for you, we’d love to receive your application. Please submit both a CV and a cover letter outlining how your skills, experience and motivation align with the requirements of the role. Please note that a cover letter is required as part of the application, and applications submitted without one may not be considered.

If you require any reasonable adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please let us know and we’ll be happy to discuss how we can support you.

Your rewards & benefits   
We know you’ll do great work, so we give a lot back with some of the best benefits in the business. We know one size doesn’t fit all, so our workplace programs meet the different needs of our diverse teams, and their families too. 
Please see our attractive UK benefits here: Pearson Jobs – Benefits