Assessment Manager, Education reform projects with Arabic (3175)

Contract: Full time, fixed term until June 2024

Salary: £40,000-£48,000

Location: Cambridge, Hybrid (May be required to be in the office on a weekly basis)

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

We are an organisation that values collaboration, working together with purpose to deliver products that set the global standard for international education. Our programmes and qualifications prepare school students for life, helping them develop an informed curiosity and a lasting passion for learning.

Based in our headquarters in Cambridge, our state-of-the-art office environment, with cafe, restaurant, wellbeing centre and library, is just a short walk from the train station and major bus routes.

If you enjoy a dynamic and evolving working environment, where your contributions and achievements are valued, we welcome your application

About the role

The Assessment Projects Group (APG) is part of the Assessment and Customer Services Division. It has two teams of Assessment Managers, a typesetting team and a team of Senior Assessment Advisors. APG works closely with the Cambridge Partnership for Education (CPE) to deliver the assessment aspects of its projects to develop partners' education systems These include supporting the establishment of new awarding organisations. and advising governments and other agencies on their assessment policy. APG also delivers the curriculum aligned assessments that support the Cambridge primary and lower secondary programme.

About you

The role would suit a person with a background in teaching and a high standard of both English and Arabic. You will be educated to degree level or equivalent experience, with a knowledge of educational assessment.

You will manage the development and delivery of assessments of Arabic language and of humanities/social sciences through the medium of Arabic, with assessment work in English, possibly related to other subjects, as required.

You will contribute to reviews of assessment systems at policy and implementation level and reviews of clients' assessment instruments against specified criteria. You may also support our customers with their training and capacity development needs.

Meticulous in your approach, the ability to follow procedures is essential as you will be checking, proofreading, and signing off assessment materials, as well as managing examiners to ensure accuracy of marking and conformity to our assessment standards.

You will be comfortable working under pressure and to tight deadlines, working during periods of high workload in the running of an examination series, as well as working in a project-based environment.

With plenty of opportunity to use your outstanding organisational skills, you will have the ability to prioritise, self-manage your workload, and deliver against your objectives.

A can-do, positive attitude to work and team working is also essential.

This role can be a secondment opportunity for internal applicants. We advise discussing this with your line manager prior to applying.

For more information about the role, please see the attached job description.

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 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 potential? Apply now.

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 19th March.

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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