Who is eligible to invigilate UCD examinations?
- UCD graduate students (who are not sitting examinations in the same trimester)
- UCD staff who have invigilated in UCD or in another institution in the Irish Public Sector prior to July 2012
- External applicants who meet the criteria
Who is not eligible to invigilate UCD examinations?
- Current UCD Undergraduate students
- Retired UCD staff or full time UCD staff unless their substantive post is research funded
- Applicants registered to sit any current trimester exams in University College Dublin
- Applicants on a Scientific Researcher Visa
- Applicants on Stamp 2A permission
The following restrictions apply to newly recruited invigilators (if they are to claim payment for work completed).
- Invigilators must be available to complete a compulsory online training session, the details of which will be provided upon successful acceptance of application.
- If an appointed invigilator is in receipt of a research grant, they must confirm with their Principal Investigator whether or not they are eligible to carry out additional paid work.
- Non-EEA Nationals must be in possession of a valid Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB-INIS) card or an Irish Residence Permit (IRP) that entitles them to work in Ireland for the entire exam period. This is a legal requirement. Applicants will be expected to upload a copy of this card/permission in order to receive payment.
- Non-EEA students on a Stamp 2 permission can work up to 20 hours per week during term time. During June, July, August, and September, and between 15 December and 15 January, they can work up to 40 hours per week.
- All invigilators must have a PPS number in order to be paid. If you do not have a PPS number you may apply for one (opens in a new window)here.
- All invigilators must be over 18 years old.
- If a newly recruited invigilator is a member of UCD personnel, who has not invigilated in UCD in addition to their main post with UCD prior to July 2012 without a break in service, in line with direction from the Department of Education and Skills, no allowances or premium payments (this includes invigilation payments) of any kind may be paid to new beneficiaries, that is to full-time employees who have not previously been in receipt of an allowance or premium payment prior to July 2012. To be eligible, the invigilators role prior to July 2012 must also have been full-time.
Please be advised UCD shall be entitled to dismiss invigilators at any time without notice, or payment in lieu of notice, if they commit a breach of the above conditions. In the event that the information provided is discovered to be untrue, inaccurate or misrepresented, UCD shall be prevented from making payment for any work.