School Examinations Coordinator - Madrid, España - British Council

British Council

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Madrid, España

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Isabel García

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School Examinations Coordinator

Date:22-Mar-2023

Location:
Madrid, European Union, ES

Company:
British Council

We support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide.

We work directly with individuals to help them gain the skills, confidence and connections to transform their lives and shape a better world in partnership with the UK.

We support them to build networks and explore creative ideas, to learn English, to get a high-quality education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications.

Working with people in over 200 countries and territories, we are on the ground in more than 100 countries. In we reached 650 million people.

We are pleased to inform you that the British Council School in Madrid is advertising to cover a post of

Examinations Coordinator (British Council School Administrative Grade H). This post will be a permanent, full-time local contract with an immediate start.

The Examinations Coordinator will support the Senior Leadership Team (mainly in Secondary),and will have responsibility for student academic and curricular administration especially examinations, assessment, evaluations, university entrance and careers administration as well as statutory reporting to the Ministry of Education.

The postholder is likely to be technically skilled, flexible, attentive to details, service oriented, good at planning and organizing and putting processes in place, empathetic and sociable, diplomatic, skilled in identifying problems and brainstorming potential solutions, excellent at written and oral communication, comfortable working both independently and collaboratively and committed to adding value to the whole school community.

The postholder will work closely with the School Leadership Team in particular the Secondary SLT, the Spanish Technical Director, and University Guidance Counsellor Team.

Please be advised the selection process may include presentations, in-tray and other selection exercises.

Planned Timetable

29th of March 23:59
Shortlisting
Week of the 29th of March
Interviews: ASAP
Start date: ASAP

Role context
The School is uniquely well positioned to meet the British Council core purpose: ̈

_We build connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and other countries through arts and culture, education and the English language_ ̈.

The British Council works with over 100 countries across the world in the fields of arts and culture, English language, education and civil society.

Each year we reach over 20 million people face-to-face and more than 500 million people online, via broadcasts and publications.

Founded in 1934, we are a UK charity governed by Royal Charter and a UK public body. The British Council is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults who we work with.

We believe that all children and adults everywhere in the world deserve to live in safe environments and have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse, maltreatment and exploitation as set out in article 19, UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) 1989.Appointment to positions where there is direct involvement with vulnerable groups will be dependent on thorough checks being completed; these will include qualification checks, reference checks, identity & criminal record checks in line with legal requirements and with the British Council's Safeguarding policies for Adults and Children.

British Schools Overseas Inspection - 2015, 2018, Highest rating in all areas
We are a British 2-18 private coeducational school with approximately 2000 pupils on roll.

Our Somosaguas campus has 3 separate facilities (Early Years, Primary and Secondary) and children start with us at 2 years of age and study with us for 16 years until they graduate at the age of 18:

Early Years where approximately 400 pupils from Pre-Nursery to Reception, (age 2 to 5) follow the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum and 130 Year 1 pupils start Key Stage 1. Children also develop their Spanish language skills.
Primary where approximately 700 pupils from Year 2 to Year 6 follow the English National Curriculum and the Spanish Language and Culture curriculum.

Year after year 100% of our students go on to Top World Universities in Spain, UK, US and Europe and in the last few years 50% have opted for overseas and 50% for Spain.

Our teaching staff teach in our modern, purpose built facilities and are supported by a Business Services team who provide them with cutting edge ICT equipment and resources as well as outstanding facilities with a caring and effective administrative support.

Our bespoke, dynamic CPDL programme ensures staff can offer our pupils an excellent overall experience while at the same time staying up to date with UK and other global practices.

Our intent statement
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