Assessment Manager

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Assessment Manager to join the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Queen Mary University of London.

This is a pivotal role within the Faculty Education and Student Experience Team, providing leadership in assessment and feedback across Schools. Working closely with academic and professional services colleagues, you will lead the operational delivery of assessment processes, ensuring they are efficient, compliant with university regulations and support an outstanding student experience.

You will manage all administrative processes associated with assessment and student progression, including Subject Examination Boards, results release and oversight of academic regulations. Working closely with Programme Directors, Directors of Education, Examination Board Chairs and central university colleagues, you will provide expert advice on assessment policy, procedures and best practice.

The role includes line management responsibility for a team of Assessment Officers and a key role in reviewing and enhancing assessment processes, analysing student outcomes data, identifying opportunities for improvement and supporting the Faculty's commitment to excellence in assessment and feedback.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a key area of strategic importance and help shape assessment practices within one of the UK's leading research-intensive universities.

About You

We are looking for candidates who are passionate about delivering an excellent student experience and enhancing assessment and feedback practices. A confident communicator with strong problem-solving skills and a customer-focused approach, you will have experience of assessment administration within a higher education environment and a sound understanding of assessment processes, academic regulations and the student lifecycle.

Able to interpret complex information, lead and develop a team, and balance competing priorities, you will work effectively with academic and professional services colleagues to deliver high-quality assessment services and drive continuous improvement. Experience of assessment administration, examination board processes and the use of data to inform decision-making will be essential.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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