Careers Executive Assistant

You will be the administrative centre of a directorate of over 100 colleagues who work on business performance across the International Education group. You'll plan and deliver an efficient and responsive administrative service, focusing on people, budget, communications, quality and risk management, and effective collaboration and equality. Your work will be in three main areas: 1. supporting the day-to-day work of the Director, dealing with mail, preparing reports, managing diary and timetable, arranging travel, and setting up meetings and following up actions. 2. providing a range of administrative services to help the directorate and its people to collaborate and be productive and inclusive, including record keeping, budget management, internal communications, and emergency planning. 3. helping organise an internal audit programme (part of our quality management system) and arrange hearings for schools to appeal exam results before an independent panel. You'll have the chance to work closely with the Director and managing team, developing the conditions for success of this directorate. You'll also collaborate with, and learn from, friendly colleagues who are expert in a range of disciplines including: equality, diversity, inclusion and belonging; governance and performance reporting; quality and risk management; malpractice inspections and investigations; safeguarding; textbook and resource endorsement; and project and programme management. You'll deputise for the Executive Assistant to the Group Managing Director and network with a team of fellow directorate support managers, each responsible - like you - for their own directorate.

Are you a 'can do' person with well-established organisational and communication skills?, You'll enjoy working with people and finding ways to support them and make them belong. You respect confidential and sensitive information, and can exercise compassion or assertiveness when situations demand. You are a 'can do' person, determined and resourceful to do a good job, customer-focused, calm under pressure and embracing change. You will have a good range of administrative experience, excellent communication and organisation skills, and be able to plan and prioritise in busy situations. You'll have experience as an executive assistant and of effective diary management. If you know about education systems and/ or ISO 9001 (2015) quality management systems, this would be an advantage. You are an advanced user of Microsoft Office and Teams.

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge, and we are looking for an experienced Executive Assistant for our business performance directorate. You will provide comprehensive, confidential, and professional support to the Director of Business Performance in International Education, and will enable the smooth running of the business performance directorate which oversees and assures the running of a thriving international education group, serving 10,000 schools in 160 countries - as well as education ministries - on education reform, publishing, training and qualifications., Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry. Please note, Cambridge University Press & Assessment is unable to issue sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Visa route for this role as it does not meet the minimum skill and/or salary requirements. 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 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, 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.

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