Job Title: Senior Research Manager
Salary: £43,800 - £58,500
Location: Cambridge, Hybrid
Contract: Fixed Term (12 months), Full Time (35 hours per week)
We are looking for a Senior Research Manager to join our internationally renowned and diverse research team. In this pivotal role, you will conduct impactful research to help achieve Cambridge University Press and Assessment's (CUP&A) mission to support language education. This is a 12-month fixed-term position to cover parental leave.
As part of this role, you will collaborate effectively across the Cambridge Ecosystem – encompassing Cambridge University Press and Assessment as well as the University of Cambridge. You will play a key role in driving our research agenda, which underpins the development of English products and capabilities for language learners, test takers, and other relevant stakeholders. Your work will be vital to delivering CUP&A's ambitions through targeted research in language learning and assessment.
About the role
This is a research-focused position with key responsibilities that include:
* Conducting high-quality research, which ensures that products, propositions, capabilities, and services are underpinned by robust research evidence.
* Providing an expert domain and research perspective on the maintenance and development of learning and assessment products.
* Designing rigorous quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods research studies, incorporating both traditional and innovative methodologies.
* Leading research projects that meet high theoretical and technical standards and communicating findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.
* Building strong relationships with internal teams to ensure that key learning and assessment principles inform decision-making processes.
* Developing/maintaining a strong academic profile in areas relevant to language education.
About you
To excel in this role, you will bring:
* An advanced degree in Applied Linguistics, Language Learning, Language Testing, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
* A deep understanding of language learning and assessment, with demonstrated expertise in delivering research projects using a range of methodologies.
* The ability to confidently engage with internal and external stakeholders and convey research ideas and technical concepts to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
The ideal candidate will have experience conducting research in areas such as accessibility, test accommodations, and broader EDI (Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion) considerations within language education. Familiarity with AI-supported learning and assessment, particularly in addressing ethical issues, would be highly desirable.
If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.
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 are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.
Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.
We review applications on an ongoing basis. The closing date for all applications is 4 February 2025, and interviews are scheduled to take place in the w/c 10 February 2025.
Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.
Please note that Cambridge University Press & Assessment will not ordinarily be able to provide sponsorship for vacancies of less than 12-months in duration. Applicants must therefore have an existing right to work in the UK to be eligible for this position.
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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