Assistant Assessment Manager, English

Assistant Assessment Manager, English Salary: £11,520-£14,970 (£28,800-£37,425 FTE) Location: Cambridge, Hybrid (approx. 1 day a week in the office) Contract: Fixed Term (15 months), Part Time (14 hours per week). Are you ready to step into a role where your contributions have a direct impact on the quality of educational assessments? As an Assistant Assessment Manager, you\’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring the success of our English Team, making a real difference in the world of education. Join our team and be part of a rewarding journey where your efforts directly contribute to the success of educational assessments and the satisfaction of our candidates and customers. We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge. About the role Your work as an Assistant Assessment Manager is crucial to the quality of the syllabuses managed by our team. You will work with Assessment Managers to ensure the smooth completion of tasks throughout the assessment cycle. Ultimately, it\’s all about ensuring that candidates receive fair assessments, and that our valued customers, including schools and Ministries, are delighted with the services provided by Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Your responsibilities will encompass a range of tasks throughout the assessment cycle, from supporting with syllabus development through to the production of assessment materials and live examination series work. You will play a critical role in the production, checking, and proofreading of assessment materials, including question papers and mark schemes, ensuring they meet the highest quality standards and deadlines. Additionally, you will support with the efficient management of examiners and the meticulous monitoring of marking and grading processes to ensure that accurate results are issued to candidates on time. You will support with post-series work, such as appeals and proofreading mark schemes and Principal Examiner reports to make sure they are accurate and useful for teachers. About you As a member of our English team, you will have a degree in English or a closely related subject, or equivalent experience. You will have experience working in teaching, education or project management, and will have an excellent standard of English communication skills. Collaboration is at the heart of what we do, and your positive teamwork approach will fit right in. Empowerment is part of our culture, so you\’ll have the autonomy to make decisions about your work. If you\’re someone who can spot opportunities for improvement and drive change, you\’re exactly who we\’re looking for. Your ability to advocate for improvements in our processes will be highly appreciated. You\’ll use your strong organisational skills to plan and execute tasks efficiently with a keen eye for detail. Delivering your work on time and with precision is a top priority, so you will have excellent time management skills and the ability to prioritise effectively. If you have knowledge of education-related assessment or international education, that\’s a plus. Experience in marking candidate responses in examinations and assessments would be a great addition. If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site. Rewards and benefits We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including: * 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays * Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance * Discretionary annual bonus * Group personal pension scheme * Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary * Green travel schemes We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability. Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now. We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 1 June 2025 although we may close it earlier if suitable candidates are identified. Interviews are scheduled to take place on w/c 9th June 2025. Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry. Please note, Cambridge University Press & Assessment is unable to sponsor this role under the Skilled Worker Visa route as it does not meet the minimum skill requirements. Why join us Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You\’ll belong to a collaborative team that\’s exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration. Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it\’s safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background. We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different