Working with us
employment opportunities with Cambridge ESOL
Cambridge ESOL has a permanent staff of over 200 and more than 10,000 trained examiners. We are an equal opportunities employer.
Permanent vacancies
Permanent vacancies are listed on the Cambridge Assessment website.
Examining opportunities
Cambridge ESOL welcomes applications from prospective examiners on an ongoing basis. Applicants should be based in the UK and meet our minimum professional requirements (MPRs). Our Notes to Accompany Examiner Application Forms (PDF 56Kb) gives details of MPRs and examiner requirements in the UK, as well as other information, and we recommend that you read this document before submitting an application.
For 2007 we are particularly looking for examiners to mark the writing components of BEC, PET and CAE and for assessors for the Skills for Life Speaking and Listening mode (see below for details).
Assistant examiners
Cambridge ESOL invites applications for Assistant Examiners for on-site marking weekends in Oxford, Manchester, Sheffield, Southampton, Bristol, Brighton, Cambridge and London, to mark the written component of Certificate in Advanced English (CAE).
We are also seeking examiners to mark Business English Certificates (BEC) in the Sheffield and Southampton area and Preliminary English Test (PET) in the Cambridge and London area. Successful applicants will be fully trained and will mark under supervision.
Skills for Life assessors
Cambridge ESOL invites applications for Assessors for the Speaking and Listening mode. Applicants will need to have a reasonable amount of availability during the week (at least two days and/or evenings per week), as most centres request weekday assignments and a few centres request weekends.
Please note that assessors are required in most areas of England, Wales and Northern Ireland with the exception of the following areas: East Anglia, Dorset, Oxfordshire, Sussex, Devon/Cornwall.
Applicants should be resident in the UK and possess the following qualifications:
- education to first degree or equivalent and/or a recognised ESOL teaching qualification
- at least three years’ full-time relevant and recent ESOL teaching experience.
Applying
Application forms can be downloaded (you will need the latest version of Acrobat Reader, free from www.adobe.com):
- ESOL Examiner Application Form (PDF 37Kb)
(if you do not currently examine for Cambridge ESOL) - ESOL Examiner Supplementary Form (PDF 24Kb)
(if you are already a Cambridge ESOL examiner) - Applicant examiner reference (PDF 29Kb)
- Notes to accompany examiner application forms (PDF 56Kb)
These documents can also be obtained from:
Examiners Unit
University of Cambridge
ESOL Examinations
1 Hills Road
Cambridge
CB1 2EU
Tel. +44 1223 553559
Fax. +44 1223 553069
email Nominations@CambridgeESOL.org
When applying please quote reference: Website
