Administrator

Cambridge University Press & Assessment; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave plus bank hol+

Private medical and Permanent Health保险

Discretionary annual bonus

Group personal pension scheme

Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary

Green travel schemes

Job summary

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is seeking a production-focused professional to manage the end-to-end creation of assessment materials. You will guide your team through each production stage, ensuring accuracy, adherence to timelines and data security.

The role is hybrid, with 40-60% face-to-face collaboration at the location, and flexible arrangements considered from day one. We value strong organisational abilities, attention to detail and a proactive, collaborative approach.

Qualifications

• Ability to learn and apply processes quickly.
• Exceptional accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills.
• Effective communication and a customer-focused mindset.
• Confident user of Microsoft Office.
• Ability to work under pressure while maintaining confidentiality and security standards.

Responsibilities

• Direct your team's work through the production cycle with accuracy and ownership.
• Coordinate typesetting, data setup, and day-to-day problem-solving.
• Ensure assessment materials reach 'approved-for-print' on schedule.
• Collaborate with managers and colleagues to resolve issues.

Skills

Learning quickly

Attention to detail

Organisation

Prioritisation

Communication

Microsoft Office

Confidentiality & security

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

This role will stretch your organisational and prioritisation skills and give you the chance to shine while you do it. You'll take responsibility for the production of your team's assessment materials, moving them through each stage of the production cycle with care, accuracy and a strong sense of ownership. To make this happen, you'll need to direct your team's work, guiding colleagues through the tasks that keep each series on track. Whether it's typesetting, data setup, hard-copy handling, or day-to-day problem-solving, you'll help ensure everyone is focused on the right activities at the right time. This role often brings competing priorities, and you'll be the person who balances them, keeping everything moving while maintaining the high standards our work demands. Day-to-day, you'll be working closely with managers, peers, colleagues, examiners and internal teams, helping solve problems, supporting others, and ensuring the assessment material you oversee reaches 'approved-for-print' on schedule. If you enjoy being at the heart of a fast-paced environment where planning, directing and delivering all come together, this could be the perfect role for you. 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.

Are you someone who thrives in a busy environment where your organisational skills keep complex processes running smoothly? If you enjoy supporting others and making things work behind the scenes, this could be the opportunity for you. You'll be someone who enjoys responsibility and who takes real pride in getting things right. You'll bring accuracy, strong organisation and a positive, collaborative attitude. You're not afraid to ask questions, to learn new processes quickly, and to support the people around you. You'll be comfortable working in a busy, deadline driven environment, and you'll understand the importance of confidentiality and data security in everything you do. Experience in Test Production is helpful but not essential, what matters most is your drive, attention to detail, and willingness to learn.

Essential requirements

• Ability to learn and apply processes quickly
• Exceptional accuracy and attention to detail
• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills
• Effective communication and a customer-focused mindset
• Confident user of Microsoft Office
• Ability to work under pressure while maintaining confidentiality and security standards

Desirable criteria

• Track record of using technology to improve processes and efficiency

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

Our work in Assessment Materials makes a real difference. Every exam series depends on the people and processes that keep question papers accurate, secure, and delivered on time. Right now, we're looking for someone who wants to play a central part in that mission.

Interview process

• 1 interview round via 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 including DBS due to working in a regulated industry. We are committed to an equitable recruitment process.

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 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 is 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.

For a detailed job description, please refer to the link at the bottom of the advert on our careers site.

We are a Disability Confident (DC) employer that is committed to equality and inclusion ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. The DC scheme's Offer of an Interview commitment applies to applicants who opt in, and disclose a disability or a long-term health condition, and best meet the minimum criteria for the role. In instances where interviewing all qualifying candidates is not practicable, we prioritise those who best meet the minimum criteria, as we would for applicants who do not have a disability or long-term health condition.

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