Job title: Programme Coordinator (EE)

Salary: ZAR 334,200 - ZAR 434,400
Location: Cape Town, South Africa (As relocation support is not available for this position, applicants must be based in Cape Town or the surrounding area)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time (37.5 hours per week)

Do you enjoy coordinating projects, improving processes and keeping multiple workstreams running smoothly?

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

We are looking for a proactive and highly organised Programme Coordinator to join our Cambridge Online Education team. This is an exciting opportunity to support the delivery of high-quality online and blended learning experiences, working alongside Programme Managers, Project Managers, Academics and cross-functional teams to deliver educational products that reach learners around the world.

About the role

As a Programme Coordinator, you will play a key role in coordinating and delivering course maintenance, course customisation and other small-scale projects across our portfolio. You will be responsible for managing project schedules, tracking progress, coordinating stakeholders, supporting governance activities and helping ensure projects are delivered on time and to a high standard.

Working closely with Programme and Project Managers, you will act as a central coordination point across multiple workstreams, helping to establish consistent delivery practices, streamline administrative processes and support effective portfolio management.

You will also contribute to process improvement initiatives and help drive continuous improvement across the Programme Management function.

Additional responsibilities and accountabilities include:

• Managing course maintenance and optimisation projects, coordinating stakeholders and production teams to implement updates across the portfolio.
• Coordinating the customisation of courses and products for corporate clients, ensuring delivery aligns with agreed requirements and timelines.
• Supporting the delivery of small projects and initiatives, including events, business development activities and marketing-related workstreams.
• Acting as a central coordination point for project and programme governance activities, including project setup, stakeholder onboarding, reporting and administrative support for contract-related processes.
• Collaborating with Programme and Project Managers to improve processes, tools, templates and ways of working.

This position has been classified as a hybrid role, requiring the selected candidate to typically spend 40–60% of their time collaborating and connecting face-to-face at their dedicated location. Aside from our hybrid principles, other flexible working requests will be considered from the first day of employment, including other work arrangements should you require adjustments due to a disability or long-term health condition.

About You

You are a highly organised and detail-oriented coordinator who enjoys bringing structure to complex activities and supporting teams to deliver successfully. You thrive in a collaborative environment, are comfortable managing multiple priorities and take a proactive approach to solving problems and improving processes.

To be successful in this role, you will be able to demonstrate:

• Experience supporting or coordinating projects within a project, programme or operational environment.
• Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management and coordination skills.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate documentation and records.
• Experience using project management and productivity tools to track activities, schedules and actions.
• A proactive and solutions-focused approach to problem solving.

If you meet the above minimum requirements, we encourage you to apply. Your application will be even stronger if you can also demonstrate the following desirable criteria: 

• Knowledge of project or programme management methodologies and governance processes.
• Experience working within an education, publishing, production or course delivery environment.
• Experience contributing to process improvement or change initiatives.

• Exposure to online learning, higher education or digital product delivery environments.

For a detailed job description, please refer to the link at the bottom of the advert 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 reward package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including: 

• 24 days annual leave, increasing to: 25 days after 5 years' service & 26 days after 10 years' service
• Pension scheme with employer contributions of 10.75% of gross salary (employee contribution: 7.5% of gross salary)
• Private health insurance provided, with employer contributions of ZAR 5,235 per month
• Group life insurance included as part of the pension fund benefits
• Dental cover included within the health insurance plan

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

We aim to support candidates by making our interview process clear and transparent. The closing date for applications will be 9^th August. We will review applications on an ongoing basis, and shortlisted candidates can expect interviews to take place on the 18^th, 19^th and 20^th August 2026.

If you are shortlisted and progressed through the stages, you can expect:

• A first-stage interview conducted virtually via Microsoft Teams.
• Meet the team interview: Second stage virtual informal meet and greet with Programme Management Team via MS Teams.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process due to a disability or a long-term health condition, there will be an opportunity for you to inform us via the online application form. We will do our best to accommodate your needs.

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks in line with company policy.

We are committed to an equitable recruitment process. Applications must be submitted via our official online application procedure. Please refrain from sending your CV directly to recruiters. If you experience technical difficulties or require additional support when submitting your application, please contact the Recruitment team.

Why join us

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You will belong to a collaborative team that is 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 progression in an environment that embraces difference, change and aspiration.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it is safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together.

We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics, educational attainment, cultural background or lived experience.

We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We actively seek to attract and retain talented people from a wide range of communities and backgrounds.