Senior Assessment Manager, Physics - 7319

Cambridge University Press & Assessment; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Permanent health insurance

Discretionary annual bonus

Group pension scheme

Life assurance

Green travel schemes

Job summary

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is seeking a Senior Assessment Manager, Physics in Cambridge. You will oversee the development of Physics assessments, ensuring quality and consistency across international qualifications, and collaborate with subject experts to maintain high standards.

The role requires a Physics degree, strong English, and extensive experience in education or assessment, with hybrid working (2 days in the office per week) and a 35-hour week.

Qualifications

• A Physics degree or closely related discipline with substantial Physics content.
• Experience in education, assessment, or related roles.
• Ability to review assessment materials and support standards setting.

Responsibilities

• Oversee development and production of international question papers ensuring accuracy and validity.
• Ensure materials are comparable over series and time, upholding fairness.
• Contribute to standards setting, including grade thresholds.
• Collaborate with Setters, Revisers, Vetters and Principal Examiners to maintain quality.
• Recruit, manage and develop examiner teams, supporting succession planning.
• Collaborate with ministry partners worldwide to review syllabuses and qualifications.
• Provide specialist Physics expertise to support ongoing assessment development.

Skills

English CEFR C2

Physics expertise

Education/assessment knowledge

Standards-setting understanding

Stakeholder management

Collaborative / proactive

Education

Physics degree

Job description

Job Title: Senior Assessment Manager, Physics

Salary: £45,100-£60,400 per annum

Location: Cambridge, Hybrid (minimum 2 days per week in the office)

Contract: Full time, Permanent

Hours: 35 hours per week

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

Here, you can make an incredible impact on our world, you can help to change the lives of millions, give them the vital support they need to unlock their potential, and enable them to succeed. You will be managing some of our most important products that directly influence our learners around the world. Being part of Cambridge means you have a strong reputation behind you.

About The Role

We are home to many former teachers, examiners and education professionals who have built successful careers in assessment, working on qualifications ranging from Cambridge IGCSE and O Level to Cambridge International A Level.

In this valued role, you will be one of our Physics subject specialists, providing expert input across our Physics and General Sciences qualifications. You will play a key role in ensuring the quality, validity and reliability of assessments taken by learners around the world.

Working at the heart of the assessment process, you will help shape qualifications taken by hundreds of thousands of learners globally. Drawing on your subject expertise, you will contribute to assessment design, standards setting, syllabus development and examiner management, helping to maintain the high standards and international reputation of Cambridge qualifications.

As part of this role, you will:

• oversee the development and production of question papers for our international qualifications, ensuring they are accurate, valid and free from error.
• ensure assessment materials are comparable across series and over time, while maintaining fairness and accessibility for candidates from diverse educational and cultural backgrounds.
• contribute to standards-setting activities, including the determination of grade thresholds, to ensure the consistent application of assessment standards.
• work closely with a range of subject experts and stakeholders, including Setters, Revisers, Vetters and Principal Examiners, to maintain the quality and integrity of assessments.
• recruit, manage and support teams of examiners, while contributing to examiner development and succession planning.
• collaborate with ministry partners and other stakeholders around the world to develop, review and revise syllabuses and qualifications.
• provide specialist subject expertise to support the ongoing development, quality and validity of our assessments.

As part of the University of Cambridge, we work to incredibly high standards. Every question paper must assess what we say it assesses, and the grade thresholds that we set must provide a reliable indication for employers and universities around the world of candidates' attainment in the subject.

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

As one of our Physics specialists, you will hold a degree in Physics or a closely related discipline with substantial Physics content. You will bring strong subject expertise in Physics, together with experience in education and/or assessment. This could include teaching, examining, assessment development, curriculum design or other relevant educational roles.

You will have the confidence to review and challenge assessment materials, support standards-setting activities and work with a range of subject experts to ensure the quality and validity of our qualifications.

You'll bring:

• an exceptional command of written and spoken English, with meticulous attention to detail and the ability to identify and resolve inaccuracies of language, ambiguities and inconsistencies in high-stakes assessment materials. You will have English language competence comparable to Level C2 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
• strong subject expertise in Physics, with the ability to evaluate assessment materials accurately, confidently and critically.
• an awareness of current developments in education and assessment, and the ability to apply this knowledge to qualification and assessment development.
• strong organisational, planning and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines effectively.
• excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build effective relationships and deliver results through collaboration.
• a collaborative and proactive approach, with a commitment to working with others to achieve shared objectives and maintain high standards.

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 who best meet the minimum criteria for the role. In instances where interviewing all qualifying candidates is not practicable and/or appropriate, 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.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is an approved UK employer for the sponsorship of eligible roles and applicants under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please refer to the gov.uk website for guidance to understand your own eligibility based on the role you are applying for.

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 aim to support candidates by making our interview process clear and transparent. The closing date for all applications will be 25/09/2026. We will review applications on an ongoing basis, and shortlisted candidates can expect interviews to take place week beginning 05/10/26.

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

• Face-to-face interview in Cambridge.
• Interview tasks focusing on subject expertise, analytical skills, attention to detail and command of written English.

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. As such, applications must be submitted via our official online application procedure. Please refrain from sending your CV directly to our recruiters. If you experience technical difficulties or require additional support with submitting your online application, contact the Recruiter.

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.