Appointee Opportunities

Senior Examiner: Physical Education Standard Grade (2010)

Applications are invited for the post of Senior Examiner for Physical Education Standard Grade for the 2010 examination diet. Applicants will be expected to be actively engaged in the delivery of these qualifications and should preferably have at least three years experience of marking, examining, setting or vetting work for SQA. Should an applicant require release from their employer, they should discuss this with them before making an application as approximately five days release is anticipated. Part of the applicants' own time will also be required to fulfil the duties of this post.

The responsibility fee attached to this post is £543. Fees and expenses are also paid for work undertaken. For an application form and further details of this post, please follow the links below. The closing date for applications will be Friday 9 April 2010 with interviews to be held on Friday 30 April in our Dalkeith offices (Ironmills Road, Dalkeith, EH22 1LE).

Appointee Application Form (205 KB)
Senior Examiner Contract Specification (17 KB)
Senior Examiner Selection Criteria (17 KB)

Senior External Verifier: Community (2010)

Applications are invited for the post of Senior External Verifier for Community for the 2010 academic year. Applicants will be expected to be actively engaged in the delivery of these qualifications. Should an applicant require release from their employer, they should discuss this with them before making an application as approximately eight days release is anticipated. Part of the applicants' own time will also be required to fulfil the duties of this post.

The responsibility fee attached to this post is £1,009 pro rata. Fees and expenses are also paid for work undertaken. For an application form and further details of this post, please follow the link below. The closing date for applications will be Friday 9 April 2010 with interviews to be held on Thursday 22 April in our Glasgow offices (the Optima Bulding, 58 Roberrtson Street, Glasgow, G2 8DQ).

SQA is an equal opportunities organisation.

Appointee Application Form (296 KB)
Senior External Verifier Contract Specification (19 KB)
Senior External Verifier Selection Criteria (18 KB)

Markers – all subjects and levels

Applications are invited for the post of Marker. Applicants will be expected to be actively involved in the delivery and or assessment of the subject and level in which they wish to mark. Should an applicant require release from their employer, please discuss this with your employer before making an application. Further time in the applicants own time will also be required to fulfil the duties of this post.

Fees and expenses are paid for this role. For an application form and specific details on this role please follow the links below:

New Markers should note that if your application is successful then you will be added to our reserve marker list for that subject/level. You will be invited to join the marking team as and when a vacancy occurs in that team.

We refresh our teams on an annual basis so opportunities arise for new markers every year.

Thank you for applying to join us.

International Consultant

SQA International, a business area within SQA, provides high-quality technical assistance management services and technical expertise to development projects and programmes in the field of education and training. This offers challenging and varied short and long term assignments to professionals with experience in areas including: Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) reform, curriculum development, quality assurance systems development, and establishment of National Qualifications Frameworks and Systems.

Opportunities are mainly in Africa, Europe and EU pre-accession countries.

More details of our work can be found at: www.sqainternational.org.uk

If you have previous experience of working overseas in technical assistance projects and are interested in short or long-term consultancy please submit your CV, in EU format, by e-mail to laura.macdonald@sqa.org.uk, or post to: