Job Title: Assessment Manager
Contract: Full time, fixed term until 1 August 2025
Salary: £33,300-£43,400 per annum
Location: Cambridge, Hybrid
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, 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.
About the role
You will be one of our subject specialists in Sciences and will be signing off the question papers taken by learners in the many exam series that we offer. You will oversee the production of all assessment materials associated with the syllabuses to ensure their successful delivery for learners. As well as developing and signing off question papers, you will work on grading, setting the thresholds that determine grades.
As part of the University of Cambridge, we work to incredibly high standards. All our question papers need to be 100% accurate and error-free. Every paper must assess what we say it assesses, and the grade thresholds that we set provide a reliable indication for employers and universities around the world of candidates' attainment in the subject. You must ensure question papers are comparable from series-to-series, year-to-year, and are fair to candidates from different countries and backgrounds.
Working with a range of stakeholders, you will manage the recruitment of our Assessment Specialists, including Setters, Revisers, Vetters, and Principal Examiners. You will manage teams of examiners and contribute to capacity building for the future. You will work collaboratively with our ministry partners around the world to develop and revise their syllabuses.
About you
As one of our specialists in Sciences, ideally you will have a degree in Biology or Chemistry. Your standard of English will be very high, and knowledge of assessment in an education setting is essential. You will have teaching or project management experience and may have knowledge of international education.
A post-graduate qualification in educational assessment, educational project management, or experience as an examiner would be an advantage for this role.
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
The role is based in our Cambridge offices but we offer flexible and hybrid working options from day one. We will consider any work arrangements if you require adjustments due to a disability.
Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.
Ready to pursue potential? Apply now. We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 22nd January.
Why join us
Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's supporting students and teachers 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 that 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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