Assistant Examinations Manager
| Posting date: | 12 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £31,236 to £37,694 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 February 2026 |
| Location: | Durham, County Durham, DH1 5LE |
| Company: | Durham University |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 25001852_1768213787 |
Summary
The Role and the Department
The Examinations and Assessment Team oversee the planning, scheduling and administration of centrally run exams and the publication of results. The Examination and Assessment Team is one of 6 teams that sit within the central Student Registry office.
The Assistant Examinations Manager is responsible for managing the process of recording assessment marks in the central student records system by departmental staff, managing the production and publication of progression outcomes to all students, managing the recruitment, training, scheduling and payment of invigilators for University exams, and proactively identifying potential improvements to processes and systems in order to increase efficiency, both within the Exams Team and at University level.
Student Registry is part of the Student and Academic Services Directorate. The directorate provides a professional administrative support service to staff, students and potential students of Durham University.
The Academic Registrar is the head of the directorate and is responsible to the Chief Operating Officer for its management. The following services fall under the remit of the Student and Academic Services Directorate:
· Academic Registrar's Office
· Curriculum, Learning and Assessment
· Student Immigration and Funding
· Student Recruitment and Admissions
· Student Registry
All of the services are based on the Mountjoy site in Durham City.
The Student and Academic Services Directorate operate a hybrid working model with the opportunity to split working at home and in the Student Registry office, which is in the Palatine Centre, South Road, Durham.
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