Exams Planning

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The British Council is seeking a Exams Planning & Scheduling Coordinator to join our dynamic Cluster Planning and Scheduling Team, supporting exam operations across the North EU Exams Cluster. This role plays a pivotal part in translating demand into resource and capacity plans for venues and test materials, ensuring optimal service delivery, cost efficiency, and agility.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate an 18-month rolling plan for all exam products.
• Manage capacity planning for exam sittings, venues, and materials.
• Lead online registration and payment processes, entry listings, and timetabling.
• Implement venue strategy and manage bookings in collaboration with venue owners.
• Ensure compliance with awarding body deadlines and British Council standards.
• Monitor planning effectiveness, productivity, and cost to serve.
• Support risk management and contingency planning.
• Provide input to dashboards, reports, and audit frameworks.
• Support team development.
• Participate in Test Day Duty Officer rota, including early mornings and weekends.

Essential Requirements:

• Experience working under pressure and tight deadlines.
• Background in compliant and regulated environments.
• Strong planning and organisational skills, ideally with large teams.
• English language proficiency at CEF C1 level.
• Czech language proficiency at CEF C1 level.

Desirable:

• Experience in risk management.
• Relevant professional qualifications.
• University degree in any discipline.

Further Information:

• Must have the permanent right to live and work in Czech Republic
• Job type: part time (50%), 17.5 working hours per week
• Salary: from 16 900,- CZK to 20 280,- CZK gross monthly
• Contract: One years fixed term contract
• Location: Brno, Czech Republic
• Closing Date: September 10, 2025, 23:59 CET

This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive and detail-oriented professional to contribute to the smooth delivery of exams across multiple countries. If you thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and have a passion for operational excellence, we'd love to hear from you.

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We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all sections of the community as we believe that a diverse workforce gives added depth to our work. The British Council is a Disability Confident Employer. The Disability Confident scheme helps challenge attitudes, increase understanding of disability and ensure staff are drawn from the widest possible pool of talent. We guarantee an interview for disabled applicants who meet the minimum role requirements. We welcome discussions about specific requirements or adjustments to enable participation and engagement in our work and activities.

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