Department of Education is taking CV’s for exam assistants (EAs).

Requirements: 

Only registered students at tertiary institutions, unemployed persons with one or more tertiary qualification and unemployed graduates may apply.

Applicants must possess advanced numerical skills with Mathematics or Accounting as a compulsory subject. Second year and above tertiary students will be advantaged.

Please indicate previous experience in examinations administration as an Examination Assistant [ Marking Centre or Office based].

The nature of the work is linked to tight deadlines and thus requires that the successful candidate be able to work under pressure.

Examinations Assistant at Exams District & Head Offices

• Daily receive, check, control, scan and pack scripts for marking including indexed archival of scripts after marking.
• Ensure the correct number of scripts and marksheets per batch, subject, paper, and examination session are received, controlled, scanned and these packed for the correct marking venue.
• Ensure that discrepancies regarding the above are addressed per batch, subject, paper, examination session.
• Ensure each bag of scripts include two copies of MP Flow control list of contents, and bag tagged with the correct marking venue colour coded label.
• Create a marking centre file of all scripts to be dispatched for each of the marking venue.
• Assist with dispatching of scripts to the marking venues.
• Receive, control and archive marked scripts at Head Office for easy retrieval as and when required.

Quality Assurer at Marking Centres

• Receive control and distribute scripts to marking teams.
• Ensure the correct number of scripts and marksheet per batch during marking.
• Assist with controlling, distribution and scanning of scripts.
• Ensure all questions are marked, marks added correctly and correctly transferred to the front cover of the script.
• Ensure that the total on each script is correct and correctly transferred to the marksheet.
• Ensure that discrepancies regarding all the above are addressed by the marking teams and amendments effected accordingly on both the script and marksheet.
• Reconcile the number of scripts, control and arrange scripts per subject, paper, numerically for indexed archival after marking