Umalusi seeks to appoint suitable persons with the desired competencies and skills, as
External Moderators for the National Senior Certificate (NSC) for the Grade 12 subjects
listed below. Subject experts (i.e., Educators, Subject Advisers, Curriculum Developers,
Examiners, Moderators and subject experts from the Higher Education Institutions etc.)
The current recruitment is for prospective external moderators in the following NSC
subjects:
LANGUAGES: Indicate the language level you are applying for as reference:
HL- Home Language; FAL – First Additional Language; SAL – Second Additional Language
CONTENT SUBJECTS: Indicate the name of the subject as reference.
CONTENT SUBJECTS NON – OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
Consumer Studies Nautical Sciences Arabic Modern Greek
Dance Studies Maritime Economics French Portuguese
Design Mathematics German Serbian
Dramatic Arts Religion Studies Gujarati Spanish
Engineering Graphics
and Design
Sports & Exercise
Science
Hebrew Tamil
Equine Studies Visual Arts Hindi Telegu
Geography Life Orientation Italian Urdu
Latin Mandarin
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
Afrikaans HL
IsiNdebele HL, FAL & SAL
IsiZulu HL
Requirement Moderator
Qualification • Have at least a recognised four-year post-grade 12
qualification, which includes the subject for, or related
subjects at third year or honours level.
• Be in possession of a valid driver’s license as they are
expected to travel extensively
Experience in teaching the
subject
• Have at least eight (8) of teaching experience in the subject
applied for in schooling sector or related sector. In the case
of newly introduced subjects, the applicants have five (5)
years if teaching experience in related subjects.
• Be a practicing teacher/ subject advisor at Grade 12 or an
expert in the subject to be moderated at an institution of
higher learning.
• Have experience as an examiner and/ or moderator of the
subject at provincial and/ or national level.
Experience in marking • Have at least five (5) experience in the marking of national
examinations and/ or must have served as a Senior marker,
Deputy Chief Marker or internal Moderator.
• Be able to conduct external moderation in English/Afrikaans
in the subject applied for.
Knowledge and
understanding of the
Curriculum and Assessment
Policy statement ( CAPS)
• Have thorough knowledge and understanding of the
Curriculum and Assessment Policy statement (CAPS) Grade
10-12, Subject Assessment Guidelines ( SAG) and all the
related curriculum policies and guidelines documents.
Skills • Have extensive report writing skills.
• Have advanced computer skills (MS Word, Excel and
PowerPoint)
• Be willing to work in a team of moderators as a panel.
• Be willing to work under tight timeframes and be ready to
respond to requests to assist Umalusi at short notice at
times.
Duties • Conduct external moderation of question papers, SchoolBased Assessment (SBA), Practical Assessment tasks,
Practical Examinations and verification of marking across
assessment bodies and make recommendations for
improvement.
• Develop and submit external moderation reports to Umalusi
for the various moderation processes according to the set
timelines.
• Respond to requests/ queries in relation to the subject
appointed to moderate at short notice times.
• Be able to conduct investigation and verification of alleged
irregularities related to the subject appointed for.
Interested persons may visit the Umalusi website to view the full job advertisement and its
requirements. To apply for these positions submit a covering letter quoting the relevant
position and a detailed Curriculum vitae to the following email address:
recruit.moderator@umalusi.org.za Closing date for applications is 03 March 2023.
Communication will be limited to shortlisted candidates only.
Shortlisted Candidates will be subjected to a competency test as part of the recruitment
process. The successful applicants will be required to sign a contract with Umalusi for a
minimum period of five years, agree to a sworn statement of confidentiality, declare
conflict of interest if any and be subjected to performance evaluation. Appointed
external moderators will not be allowed to participate in the setting and marking of NSC
examinations at National and or Provincial level during the duration of the contract.