Job Title: Legacy Press Admin Assistant

Salary: £22,200 - £26,400

Location: Cambridge (min. 3-4 days onsite)

Contract: Fixed Term, Full time 35 hours per week

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

Are you highly organised with an eye for detail? Join us as a Legacy Press Admin Assistant in the Academic Books department. Based in Cambridge, you will play a vital role in supporting the efficient management and preservation of legacy Press files, ensuring that materials are accurately catalogued and maintained for long-term research . 

Please note that this position is for a fixed term contract until Dec 19^th 2025.

About the role 

In this role as Legacy Press Admin Assistant, your responsibilities will be to: 

• Conduct office administration tasks, including cataloguing information, processing file transfers, and updating records.
• Undertake document preservation duties, such as physical scanning and digitizing materials for long-term storage.
• Provide support for policy meetings, including minute-taking and maintaining documentation.
• Act as a key point of contact for colleagues and stakeholders with queries about legacy Press holdings and processes.

Training will be provided to support you in digitisation processes and retention evaluation. 

About You

• You will be organised and detail-oriented with prior administrative experience, preferably in an archive, library, or corporate information management environment.
• Tech-savvy, with advanced skills in Microsoft Office and a strong aptitude for learning new systems.
• You will be a great communicator, able to collaborate effectively with colleagues and stakeholders.
• Interested in history and publishing, appreciating the value of preserving  
• Familiarity and knowledge of GDPR, Data Protection, and Freedom of Information legislation.

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. However, this position requires onsite presence for at least 3-4 days per week due to the physical processing and document handling accountabilities. 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 8^th December 2024 and interviews are scheduled to take place between 7^th – 9^th January 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 communities.