Job Title: Head of Thought Leadership & PR

Salary: £57,100 - £76,450

Location: Cambridge/Hybrid (minimum 2 days in the office)

Contract: Permanent, Full time 35 hours per week

As the Head of Thought Leadership & PR, you will play a pivotal role in driving our brand awareness, enhancing our reputation, and solidifying our position as an authority in the education sector. This senior role requires a visionary who can strategically lead public relations efforts, deliver impactful thought leadership content and manage reputational risks. You will be instrumental in positioning Cambridge English as a global leader in learning, teaching, and assessment.

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

•  Leads and executes an integrated PR and Thought Leadership strategy for Cambridge English, to enhance brand visibility and establish Cambridge English as a trusted authority in the field.
• Shape, identify and distil key media messages from research and complex content to position Cambridge English as a thought leader 
• Cultivate strong relationships with key international media outlets, securing high-quality coverage through press releases and innovative thought leadership content marketing.
• Oversee reputational risk management, developing proactive strategies to safeguard and strengthen our organisation's image.
• Implement and maintain a robust framework of metrics to measure and evaluate the impact of PR and Thought Leadership activities, ensuring ongoing improvement.
• Manage external PR agencies, Freelancers and Content Creators, alongside a small internal team.

About you

We're looking for an experienced PR and communications professional with a proven track record of success in thought leadership and media relations at an international level.

The ideal person candidate will have:

• Exceptional communication and storytelling skills.
• Experience in reputation risk management and crisis communication planning.
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills, with the ability to build relationships across a global organisation.
• Excellent project management and organisational skills, with good attention to detail.

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 12^th January 2025 although we may close it earlier if suitable candidates are identified. Interviews are scheduled to take place week commencing 20^th January 2025.

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 an approved UK employer for the sponsorship of eligible roles and applicants under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please refer to the gov.uk website for guidance to understand your own eligibility based on the role you are applying for.

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 communities.

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