Job Description
Test Proctor Salary: $56,243.00 - $75,338.00 Annually
Job Type: Classified - Full-time
Job Number: 7007-c-05/25
Closing: 5/27/2025 11:59 PM Pacific
Location: Visalia, CA
Department: Disabled Student Prgm & Svcs
Division: General Description
Under the direction of the Access and Ability Center (AAC) Director, the Test Proctor will oversee and maintain the testing center, administer a variety of tests, and provide information to students regarding test procedures. In addition, this position will maintain various records and collaborate with District staff/faculty with related information.
This is a full-time 12-month position assigned to the Visalia Campus. The work schedule is Monday to Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Initial salary placement is at $56,243. College of the Sequoias Community College District serves a diverse community of learners and is a designated Hispanic Serving Institution. COS provides a wide range of opportunities in transfer, general education, career and technical programs for our students. We are dedicated to recruiting employees who are committed to helping a diverse population of students achieve their educational goals. We seek candidates who exhibit an understanding and commitment to the community college mission, and who have a passion for student success. Job Duties
Job duties of the Test Proctor:
- Administer a variety of tests to individuals and groups of students in the testing center in a wide variety of academic subject areas including math, science, English, foreign language, music, history and other subjects; administer and proctor tests for FSU Visalia Campus as appropriate.
- Implementing authorized testing accommodations, when applicable.
- Oversee testing facilities, maintain security and test integrity and ensure compliance with ethical standards and test protocols; train and provide work direction to student employees and others as assigned.
- Schedule, train and oversee test assistants (readers/scribes).
- Operate computer equipment and software to maintain databases and statistical data related to tests administered, inventory and other data; generate reports, transfer information, edit and back-up files, and store testing data.
- Provide information and assistance to students regarding testing schedules, procedures, and requirements.
- Communicate with college and District faculty and staff as needed.
- Utilize the District's integrated software in performing the required duties of the position.
- Perform related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications (Education & Experience): The Test Proctor will have any combination equivalent to completion of two years of college-level training and two years of increasingly responsible business/office experience.
Licenses and Other Requirements: - Valid California driver's license
- Evening and weekend work
- Travel to different work sites
- An incumbent must be insurable at the "standard rate" by the employer's insurance carrier at all times while employed in this classification by the College of the Sequoias
Working Conditions: Environment - Indoor work environment
- Constant interruptions
- Contact with students, staff, supervisors, and the public
- Evening and weekend hours may be required
- Drive vehicle from site to site to conduct business of the College
Physical Abilities
- Ability to operate a computer and office equipment
- Ability to communicate with students/employees/public
- Ability to read documents
- Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time
- Ability to reach in all directions
- Ability to lift up to 20 pounds to move necessary materials and supplies to conduct testing.
- Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer and office equipment (in order to ensure a quiet testing environment).
Knowledge and Abilities
Knowledge of: - Test proctoring techniques and procedures, including familiarity with software such as Proctorio along with adaptive software (e.g., Kurzweil)
- Testing accommodations
- Security and confidentiality of test materials and results
- Word Processing, spreadsheet and database programs
- Oral and written communication skills
- Record keeping techniques
- Oral and written communication skills
- Principles and policies of training and providing work direction
- Interpersonal skills including tact, patience and courtesy
- Modern office practices, procedures, equipment, and assistive technologies
- Telephone techniques and etiquette
Ability to:
- Oversee a testing facility for community college students.
- Communicate effectively in both oral and written form.
- Operate computers, peripheral equipment, scanners and other office equipment
- Schedule and coordinate a variety of academic tests.
- Ensure student compliance with ethical standards in testing.
- Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with faculty, staff and others.
- Provide testing information and assistance to students and faculty.
- Work independently with minimal supervision.
- Train and supervise student assistants (readers/scribes).
- Maintain security and confidentiality of testing materials/results and student information.
- Relate effectively to people of varied academic, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds using tact, diplomacy and courtesy.
Application Procedure
To be considered, applicants must submit
ALL of the following required material before or by the filing deadline:
- An online job application.
- Letter of interest, which addresses how the applicant's experience and/or education enables him/her to be able to perform the job duties.
- Resume
- Unofficial copies of transcripts of all college/university work. Official transcripts required upon employment. Note: Applicants who have completed college or university course work at an institution outside of the United States that is not a post-secondary institution accredited by an accreditation agency recognized by either the US Department of Education or the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) must obtain a complete evaluation of foreign transcripts, degrees, and other relevant documents by either NACES or AICE.
Recruitment Analyst: Nancy Yanes 559-737-4886 or nancyy@cos.edu
The Sequoias Community College District is an equal employment opportunity employer committed to prohibiting unlawful discrimination, harassment, including sexual harassment, intimidation, and bullying based on actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, national origin, immigration status, ancestry, age (40 and above), religious creed, religion, political belief or affiliation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, mental or physical disability, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy or parental status, childbirth, breastfeeding/lactation status, medical condition, military and veteran status, or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. College of the Sequoias does not sponsor H-1B Visas To apply, visit COLLEGE OF THE SEQUOIAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER: The College of the Sequoias Community College District is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity. It is the District's policy to ensure that all qualified applicants for employment and employees have full and equal access to employment opportunity and are not subject to discrimination in any program or activity of the District on the basis of ethnic group identification, race, gender, color, language, accent, citizenship status, ancestry national origin, age, sex, religion, sexual orientation, transgender, parental status, marital status, veteran status, physical or mental disability or medical condition, or on the basis of these perceived characteristics.
Job Tags
Full time, H1b, Afternoon shift, Monday to Friday,