Senior Project Manager (3169) Cambridge, East of England, England
Job description
Salary: £40,000 - £49,000
Contract: Fixed Term Contract - 18 months
Location: Cambridge
We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.
Make a difference to people's futures. Make a difference to yours.
About the role
We are recruiting Senior Project Managers who want to see their work making a difference to people's futures. As part of a community of change leaders delivering strategic and tactical projects, you will be responsible for defining, shaping and coordinating people, process and technology change globally, improving access to education and life opportunities for millions of people.
We are a modern organisation with a proud legacy and a global reputation for excellence. As one of the oldest established media organisations in the world we have been on a digital transformation journey and now are looking for people who can help us move beyond good to world-leading in the digital era.
We offer continuous learning opportunities including training, mentoring, coaching, communities of practice and the resources you need to grow your career in whichever direction you choose. Whether you want to increase your expertise in a particular area or broaden your skills and experience across the business, we will support you.
We are recruiting for a fixed term role and will consider requests for full or part-time hours. We operate a hybrid working arrangement combining remote working with attendance at our Cambridge office as required, by mutual agreement.
The range of projects you could be working on is broad and could include:
- acquisition and integration of new businesses to grow our product offer
- implementing new technologies into the business to improve our ways of working, drive efficiency and enhance customer experience
- driving policy and process change to support new initiatives such as environmental sustainability
About you
- You can take a brief for a business opportunity and turn it into a plan through robust engagement and analysis
- You embrace good governance and communication to achieve successful outcomes
- You have great people skills, can recognise the viewpoints of multiple stakeholders and identifying the best way forward
- You are comfortable in accepting and providing challenge to senior colleagues to ensure the best outcome for your projects
- You are proactive and highly motivated by your accountability to make change happen
To find out more, please see the job description attached.
If you choose to apply, please include a short cover letter with your application, making sure you specify you are applying for a Senior Project Manager position. We look forward to hearing from you.
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
We will consider any work arrangements if you wish to work flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.
Ready to pursue potential? Apply now.
We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 29th March and interviews are scheduled to take place shortly after.
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, and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.
We believe that diversity of thought, background, and approach create better outcomes. More importantly, fostering an inclusive culture is the right thing to do, and it's part of how we achieve our purpose: to contribute to society through the pursuit of education, learning and research at the highest international levels of excellence. Ensuring that anyone, no matter who they are, feels they belong here is an essential part of who we are and the contribution we make to society, and to our planet.
To enable an environment which our people can thrive in, our customers benefit from, and where work complements life, we empower everyone to manage their time and capacity, and to prioritise their wellbeing. That's why from day one everyone at Cambridge University Press & Assessment can discuss flexible working options to find the best solution for them and their role.
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