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Position Summary:The Assessment Services Officer, EPAS (English Progressive Achievement Scales) is responsible for providing high level customer support via telephone and email to schools using the EPAS tests. This will require development of excellent knowledge of the ACER online assessment and reporting system functions as well as excellent knowledge of the content and structure of the EPAS literacy and numeracy tests. Main Responsibilities:
Context:The Australian Council for Educational Research is a national, independent, not-for-profit educational research and development organisation. Over 330 staff work in the Melbourne headquarters and in ACER offices in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Dubai and Delhi. Located within the Professional Resources Division, the School Assessment Service unit is involved in the provision of large scale, secure fee for service testing programs. The unit provides project management of test development, data analysis services and reporting across a range of ACER programs and contracts. Clients consist broadly of schools, universities, education systems and corporate groups within Australia and internationally. ACER is committed to the professional growth of staff throughout their employment. It encourages and supports staff in a variety of ways to actively pursue professional learning, including with reference to the ACER Leadership Development Framework. ACER encourages all staff to consider ways in which they might make a leadership contribution to ACER's work. Decision Making Authority:The incumbent will work under the general direction of the relevant Project Director. The Assessment Services Officer is expected to operate effectively in both an individual capacity and within a project team. Whilst work is generally performed within the context of established procedures, it is expected that the incumbent will exercise initiative and operate in a pro-active and autonomous manner in the day-to-day management of the project deliverables. The incumbent will work in close consultation with the Project Director where complex decisions are required. The incumbent will assume no supervisory or management responsibilities. Knowledge, Experience and Training: The incumbent will possess:
Organisation & Contact: The Assessment Services Officer, EPAS will have frequent telephone and email contact with school leadership and classroom teaching staff. In addition there will be extensive contact via email and remote meeting software with staff in the Assessment Services Schools Program and the Information Technology Team (‘Horizon’). There may be a requirement to work in the ACER Melbourne office in the early stages of employment. Conditions of Appointment The appointment is full time and for an initial term of two (2) years, conditional upon a probationary period of three (3) months. The position is based in West Hampstead, London. There are NO relocation fees. The full benefits package will be within the range £20 000 to £30 000, inclusive of pension. The appointee will be entitled to 20 days annual leave, excluding applicable public holidays. The employer will be ACER International Ltd, 4 Darwin Court, Oxon Business Park, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY3 5AL The appointment is on the basis that the employee is authorised to work in the UK under the UK Asylum and Immigration Acts. The employee must register with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and will be required to pay Income tax and National Insurance under the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) regulations. Detailed conditions of appointment will be provided in the contract of employment. Application Instructions Please email your letter of application and CV to epas@acer.edu.au Directory: files files -> Answer True False 2 points Question 2 files -> Integer programming and game theory files -> 4 Integer Programming files -> Bpa vehicle Window Repair Scenario #1 task: Procure vehicle window relacement. Objective files -> Pop Warner History files -> North Carolina Inclusion Initiative Mapping Where Children with ieps are Being Served Purpose files -> Fall 2013 Spring 2014 Program Data: Standard 1 Exhibit 4d files -> Hanban – asia society confucius classrooms network 2010 request for proposal files -> Northern England’s set-jetting locations Download 19.7 Kb. Share with your friends:
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