Job Title: Project Manager

Salary: £34,500 - £42,000 per annum

Location: Cambridge/ Hybrid (2-3 days per week in the office)

Contract: 12 months secondment or 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.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to be responsible for the planning and project management of a range of print and digital educational products in a fast-paced and growing educational publishing business, with the mission of supporting students and teachers internationally.

The Project Manager will work closely with colleagues in Commissioning, Content, Design, and Permissions to manage key titles from the planning stage through product development, endorsement reviews, and publication. Responsibilities include budget, schedule, risk, and change management throughout product development, as well as supplier management during the production phase

This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly motivated delivery team focused on advancing projects and addressing challenges to deliver quality materials to the market within budget and target sales windows.

About you

We seek a calm, confident, proactive individual who collaborates well in teams. You should maintain a positive outlook on challenging projects and adapt well to changes.

In this role you will need to be highly organised, with excellent time management and workload management skills. You must have proven planning and project management competencies and be an excellent communicator who has experience of supplier and stakeholder management.

Experience of publishing production and editorial processes would be advantageous. Any formal project management qualifications (such as APM or PRINCE2) and familiarity with project management tools and reports (for example at the Press we use Smartsheet, Trello, MS Teams) would also be of interest.

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

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

Please note that Cambridge University Press & Assessment will not ordinarily be able to provide sponsorship for vacancies of less than 12-months in duration. Applicants must therefore have an existing right to work in the UK to be eligible for this position.

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.