GED/Vocational Programs Proctor (Part Time)

About the role

Incumbent works under the direction of the Community Reentry Services Manager or designee, proctoring GED examinations while providing and maintaining a secure, organized environment supporting conducive test administration.

Responsibilities

• Complete GED candidate profiles within the GED administration system.
• Establish and maintain effective work relationships with clients, supervisors, County employees, elected officials, attorneys, law enforcement, judges, other agencies, and the public.
• Comply with Civil Service Rules, collective bargaining agreements, County policies, department policies and laws to create a cooperative, safe, respectful and quality work environment.
• Explain testing procedures and rules.
• Register and admit GED candidates for specified tests.
• Ensure GED candidates complete registration documents required prior to each test.
• Review testing and/or class schedules ensuring availability of materials for students.
• Assist GED candidates with testing accessibility features.
• Assign and assist candidates to designated testing seats.
• Verify candidates possess authorized materials only.
• Monitor candidates during testing ensuring compliance with testing procedures.
• Follow testing protocols, answering questions unrelated to test content.
• Print exam results and inform candidates of test scores.
• Assist with computer-related issues, and collaborate with vendors to resolve technical problems.
• Ensure candidates do not take notes, photographs or copy test information.
• Follow established procedures to communicate GED testing scores and exam results to students, instructors, reentry case managers and other appropriate justice staff.
• Remain current on required testing and software updates.
• Coordinate with reentry staff and/or case managers to complete rosters for vocational classes.
• Print and/or distribute vocational class materials according to the established schedule.
• Print and administer test for vocational classes.
• Submit test results and vocational student information to the appropriate reentry staff, case managers, and service agency ensuring students receive proper certifications.
• Coordinate with vocation service agencies and/or providers ensuring availability of course materials.
• Report to work with regular, consistent attendance.
• Perform other duties as assigned and directed.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Post-secondary education preferred.
• One (1) year of customer service or test proctoring experience required.
• Pearson VUE certification required within one (1) month of hire.
• Completion of a pre-employment criminal record check and conditional offer drug screen required.
• Equivalent combination of education and work experience may be substituted for requirements on a year-for-year basis.
• Work is generally performed in an office setting within a correctional facility.
• Noise level is usually moderate.
• Work may be stressful when dealing with time constraints, multiple/changing priorities, limited resources and uncooperative/irate individuals.
• Work requires some physical activity, including extended periods of sitting, standing, frequent walking, reaching, and occasional balancing, kneeling, and bending.
• Work also requires the ability to frequently lift/carry objects weighing up to 10 pounds and occasionally up to 25 pounds.
• Required sensory abilities include vision, hearing and touch.
• Visual abilities, correctable to normal ranges, include close, distance and color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Communication abilities include the ability to talk and hear within normal ranges.
• Incumbent must possess the hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity necessary to operate computers and other equipment.

Pay

Compensation: $16.96 - $25.56/Hour

Schedule

Work hours are typically standard day-shift hours; however, schedule may vary (e.g., weekends, evenings).