Excellence and Achievement Ltd (EAL)

Interim Exams Delivery and Quality Manager (January 2015 - June 2017)

Marina Pareas was asked by EAL to take over as Interim Exams Delivery and Quality Manager, initially for 6 months, but then extended for another two years due to the retirement of the outgoing manager. The role involved the management of a team of ten in the delivery of 154 VRQ exams, as well as overseeing Functional Skills English, Maths and ICT. Marina was involved in a range of activities including the provision of reports to the senior management team, running team events, providing compliance reports to the Governance team, running writer training days and overseeing the work of the Exams team. In February 2016, Marina oversaw the provision of evidence for a successful Ofqual Functional Skills audit.

EMTA Awards Ltd (EAL)

Project Managers ensuring Smooth Transition to the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) 2008 - 2018

Our responsibilities included co-ordinating work and activities across the departments within EAL, arranging and chairing meetings, monitoring progress and producing reports for senior managers, driving the project and dealing with any issues that arose. Reporting to the managing director, Marina Pareas chaired the monthly project meetings and fortnightly teleconferences, ensuring that all desired outcomes were achieved within the agreed schedule.

External Project Management (2007-2013)

Marina Pareas worked with the EAL Exams Department as external project manager assisting in developing questions for EAL's online multiple-choice exam question banks. This involved liaising with specialist project leaders, writers, exam co-ordinators and chief examiners to ensure the production of high- quality questions for all EAL qualifications.  As a team Pareas Associates provided the editing and review procedures, as well as recruiting, training and managing writers and reviewers, facilitating and running writer training days and co-ordinating the technical review and finalisation of questions. It also involved managing the review and update of question banks and the development of new questions. We then expanded our service to include managing the development of short answer question exams.

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