Job Title: Head of Colleague Solutions 

Salary: £80,000 - £100,00 

Location: Cambridge/Hybrid

Contract: 12 month Fixed Term Contract Maternity Cover 

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation, and a proud part of the University of Cambridge. 

The Role 

 In this role, you will provide strategic leadership to our technology solutions for organisation-wide collaboration, People and Legal systems. 

Reporting to the CTO as part of the Core Technology senior leadership team, you will provide the thought leadership, technical direction and inspirational people management to deliver the right solutions to our growing business. 

You will partner with key stakeholders in our People and Legal shared service functions to ensure their technology needs are met.  You will work with stakeholders globally across our organisation to develop our collaboration solutions offerings and evangelise on the use of the best tools. 

You will lead technical teams (many of whom are offshore) to ensure that  service delivery is optimised and developed in accordance with business needs and with minimal downtime and disruption. 

Our organisation is experiencing a great deal of change following a merger in 2021 as we establish new and better ways of working across the globe.  This role is critical to enabling colleagues to work together effectively in the new organisation. 

About you 

 You will have a passion for Technology and understand the true value the right solution can bring to every aspect of the organisation, enabling everyone to perform at their best. 

 This is a role with a broad scope so as well as strong technical knowledge, you will be adept at people relationships.  You will have the ability to influence at a high level but also able to engage with non-technical audiences and see things from their perspective. 

 A track record of technology management roles is essential. With a combination of business acumen and leadership qualities, you will bring our values to life and provide a clear sense of direction, gaining the confidence of everyone from senior leaders to end users. 

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.

 The closing date for application is 26th July 24 and interviews will take place as soon as possible. We reserve the right to close this advert early if we find the right person for the prior to the closing date.

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

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 that diversity of thought, background, and approach create better outcomes. More importantly, fostering an inclusive culture is the right thing to do, and it's part of how we achieve our purpose: to contribute to society through the pursuit of education, learning and research at the highest international levels of excellence. Ensuring that anyone, no matter who they are, feels they belong here is an essential part of who we are and the contribution we make to society, and to our planet.

To enable an environment which our people can thrive in, our customers benefit from, and where work complements life, we empower everyone to manage their time and capacity, and to prioritise their wellbeing. That's why from day one everyone at Cambridge University Press & Assessment can discuss flexible working options to find the best solution for them and their role.

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