Recruitment of invigilators

Context and environment:

This postholder will contribute to the administration of examinations activity for British Council Mauritius examinations team. The post holder should expect to invigilate new and existing examinations in any of these products: IELTS, Professional, University & Cambridge English Language Assessment.

Accountabilities, responsibilities and main duties:

Exams Specific duties will be as outlined below:

 Be available at the assigned date and time to invigilate for the exam

 Be Punctual

 Classroom or venue hall is set as per exams requirement

 Ensure that the Supervisor's instructions are followed fully and efficiently

 Candidate Admission Letters and valid IDs (passport, National ID) are checked at the Registration Desk, before entering the hall and again if a candidate leaves the hall to go to the washroom

 IDs remain on the desk throughout the exam

 Ensure that all candidates assigned to you complete their Listening, Reading and Answer Sheets (OMR’s) accurately and any queries are attended to professionally and efficiently (with minimum or no disturbance to the other candidates)

 Ensure scripts are not removed from the test centre

 No candidate is allowed outside the exam hall (after the exam), until all the question papers and answer sheets are counted and confirmed to the Supervisor

 All suspected breaches of security should be immediately reported to the Supervisor

 Any candidate suspected of malpractice should not be disrupted but the Supervisor should be informed immediately

 You should not invigilate for candidates you have taught or who are personally known to you. Such cases should be immediately reported to the Supervisor

 All data related to the candidate and to the examination is not to be disclosed or discussed with anybody.

You must not look through the question papers and the security of the exam should be maintained at all times

 You must not leave papers and other examination material unattended at any time

 You should submit your time-claim to the Exams Staff by the agreed deadline each month

 Please do not use any British Council phones for personal purposes. Any personal call, if absolutely necessary, can be made by asking the Exams Team permissions

 During Invigilation, no personal calls should be made and no personal work is permitted

 British Council offices, desks etc. should not be used without express permission from exams staff

 All timetables are allocated in advance and Exams Manager is kept informed about this each month. Any clarification regarding this should be addressed to Exams Manager directly

 Complete a Supervisor’s report for all examinations

 Please refrain from using photocopiers for personal use. This should only be used for official purposes, and BC Exams staff should be kept informed when doing so

 All equipment should be handled with care

 Attend training and meeting when required

 Complete the mandatory training by set deadline

Please download the application form and role profile on this page. 

Completed application forms should be emailed to recruitment@mu.britishcouncil.org

Applications should reach us by 16:00 on Thursday 30 April 2015. Candidates must complete all relevant sections of the application form. Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

Only candidates considered for interview will be contacted. 

The successful candidates will start in May 2015