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Team Leader

The role of the Team Leader is to mark candidates’ scripts and to guide and co–ordinate a team of Assistant Examiners to ensure that they are marking to the same standard.

The Team Leader is required to:

• Read and become familiar with the Instructions for Team Leaders and Principal Examiners booklet supplied by Cambridge shortly before the marking period.
• Participate in a Team Leaders’ Co–ordination Meeting, if required, in preparation for the main Co–ordination Meeting.
• Co–ordinate the marking of a team at the main Co–ordination Meeting. This includes making sure the Assistant Examiners understand both the administrative procedures and the mark scheme, and will mark consistently and accurately.
• Supervise the work, monitor the standards, and report on the work of the Assistant Examiners allocated to them, and to take appropriate steps to ensure accuracy and consistency. This includes:
  • Re–marking samples of scripts from the Assistant Examiners.
  • Reporting back to them about the consistency of their marking.
  • Being available to guide Examiners on the phone.
  • Recommending scaling of Examiners’ marking where necessary.
  • Referring to the Principal Examiner any matters of difficulty or issues of note, and keeping the Principal Examiner informed of the progress of marking within the team.
• Mentor new Assistant Examiners in the team.
• Mark a specified allocation of scripts, and, for paper based marking, to appoint a checker, to ensure that the recording, addition and transfer of marks to mark sheets have been carried out accurately.
• Prepare a report on the examination to assist the Principal Examiner in writing reports for our internal use and for publication, as required.
• Assist with any Grade Review and to attend Grade Review Meetings, when required.
• Undertake re–marking and report writing following result enquiries and appeals, when required.
• Stand in for, and perform the duties of, the Principal Examiner, if required.
• Act as a consultant and to offer advice on matters related to the examination, if required.
• Assist, if requested, with the provision of training for teachers or Examiners.
• Perform all these services in accordance with our instructions and schedules.

It should be noted that individual roles and responsibilities may vary according to the requirements of the specific qualification, and that the Product Manager responsible for a specific syllabus may revise the role specifications accordingly. These role descriptions give a general overview only of the work normally undertaken by examining personnel and are not inclusive.