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Administrator - Assessment Team

AQA

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Overview

Bring your organisation, focus, and calmness under pressure to a role that directly supports the creation of high-quality assessment materials used by learners across the UK and internationally.
Manchester - £24,400 – £26,200. Guildford: £25,000 – £27,300
Per year
Full time, Temporary, Hybrid
(35 hours per week)
Manchester or Guildford. Hybrid working - minimum 2 days per week in office

Key information

If you enjoy structured processes, solving problems, and keeping complex workflows moving, you will find this role both purposeful and rewarding.

Within AQA, we call this role an Assessment Coordinator. You will support the end-to-end development of question papers, mark schemes, and related assessment materials. Your work will help ensure that every assessment produced by AQA is accurate, fair, and reliable, contributing to qualifications that shape learners’ futures. You will play a key part in maintaining quality and consistency across the assessment cycle.

About the role

You’ll be responsible for:

  • Coordinating assessment material production across a subject area (such as English, Maths, Science, or Humanities), ensuring documents progress smoothly through each stage of the assessment cycle.
  • Working closely with Assessment Managers and subject experts to track tasks, resolve queries, and maintain momentum against fixed deadlines.
  • Managing documentation and workflow using AQA’s internal systems and Microsoft Office, with experience of tools such as GradeMaker or Airtable an advantage

Requirements

What we are looking for

  • Excellent organisational and time management skills.
  • The ability to manage multiple deadlines
  • Attention to detail, including grammar, formatting, and document accuracy
  • The ability to communicate confidently via teams, email and in person and build effective working relationships across teams.
  • Someone who is adaptable, proactive, and comfortable using judgement to resolve issues.

You will thrive in this role if you enjoy structured processes, clear expectations, and work where precision truly matters.