Director of Online Education (3657) Cambridge, East of England, England
Job description
Salary: Appointable salary between £100,000 - £140,000 depending on experience
Location: Cambridge UK
Contract: Permanent
The Director of Online Education is a new role, combining two existing programmes to maximise our impact and opportunities in online learning. The role will also be a member of the Academic Board, reporting into the Managing Director of Academic (Cambridge University Press).
You will be responsible for the product strategy and development of our online learning programme aimed at the HE and professional sectors. This includes our online courseware and short courses and links with the programme of online textbooks. This is a growing and strategically important programme, capitalising on the strengths across Cambridge University Press.
Cambridge University Press is the Academic Product Group of Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.
About the role
This role is responsible for the strategy, product proposition, market positioning, pedagogy, learning design, course content delivery and the P&L for online learning (HE/professional).
- A holistic product strategy across online learning for the HE and professional sectors, building on our areas of strength and capitalising on the synergies within Cambridge University Press
- A critical part of the role will be the continued collaboration across the University of Cambridge to provide online learning capabilities, including the growth and development of Cambridge Advance Online.
- Developing our programme of dynamic, profitable courseware based on our adaptive learning platform.
- Act as a Cambridge University Press brand ambassador, maintaining its high reputation within the academic community.
Please review the job description for a full outline of this opportunity
About you
You will have strong vision for online education including how the HE and professional markets are evolving and the opportunities this creates. Your experience is likely to include developing and delivering profitable programmes of online courses for the HE and/or professional markets.
Our ideal candidate will be highly effective with communication, influencing and decision-making, including the ability to quickly establish rapport and experience of working closely with academics, notably in UK academic institutions. You will understand how a University Press is well positioned to support learners and instructors to deliver exceptional learning outcomes.
Demonstratable proven ability to work inclusively and collaboratively as part of a senior team to define and implement effective communication channels, develop, and empower diverse high performing teams, and support the wellbeing of all staff. You will have strong solutions focus, with a proactive and innovative approach utilising critical thinking, with the expertise and confidence to challenge accepted practices and promote this approach in others
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:
- Group personal pension scheme
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
- Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
- Green travel schemes
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
The expectation is that you will be in the Cambridge office at least 2 days a week. We also offer flexible and hybrid working options from day one. We will consider any work arrangements if you wish to work 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 13th August 2023 and interviews are scheduled to take place the week commencing 21st August 2023
Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.
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 everyone has a voice, and where we learn continuously to improve together. Ensuring that everyone feels they belong is essential to who we are, and to the contribution we make to society and our planet.
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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