Are you a strategic thinker who can support business leaders to find creative solutions? Are you clear thinking and pragmatic? Do you enjoy communicating with colleagues from all areas of an organisation? Can you develop team capability and create a team environment that motivates and unites people?
We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.
The Role
Wehave an exciting opportunity foradriven, proactive and innovative individual to take on the role of Portfolio Business Partnerinour busyPortfolioOffice, ensuring the alignment between delivery and the strategic objectives of the business.
As Portfolio Business Partner,you will work across a range of exciting, transformational projects and programmes and, support the Senior Portfolio Business Partner in shaping and delivering the strategic portfolio. You will also play a key part in ensuring theExecutive teams are well briefed with accurate reports and provide insights to allow them to make informed decisions.
You may also have line-management and matrix-management responsibilities for members of the Portfolio Office, including senior project and programme managers who will be available to work on the projects within the portfolio.
We are a modern organisation with a proud legacy and a global reputation for excellence. As one of the oldest established media organisations in the world we have been on a digital transformation journey and now are looking for people who can help us move beyond good to world-leading in the digital era.
We offer continuous learning opportunities including mentoring, coaching, communities of practice and the resources you need to grow your career in whichever direction you choose. Whether you want to increase your expertise or broaden your skills and career experience, we will support you.
About You
You will have:
* Excellent communication, influencing, presentation and negotiating skills, particularly with senior stakeholders
* Experience with strategic planning frameworks including their definition, operation and ongoing management
* Experience of facilitating and leading stakeholder meetings to reach consensus
* Motivating teams to drive progress forward
* Portfolio planning and management experience
* A background delivering technology and business change projects/programmes
* Experience managing large programme budgets and complex schedules
* Comprehensive understanding and application of sound governance, programme and project delivery principles to define and deliver business change.
* Strong understanding of both waterfall and agile methodologies
* Recruitment, line management, coaching/mentoring and performance management experience
* Experience of the publishing industry is desirable, but not essential.
We value thefollowingpersonalqualities:
* Stakeholder management. Can you skilfully manage your portfolio stakeholders?
* Can you translate acrossbusiness and technical environments, communicating effectively at all levels of the organisation?
* Will you go the extra mile to support your stakeholders across the business, to help them create and deliver their projects and programmes to maximise benefits.
* Can youmotivate project and programme managers to successfullydeliverbusiness outcomes?
* Youwill also be expected to be an advocate and role model for our values.
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
Wewill 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, flexiblerewards 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 workingorganisation, 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 pursueyour potential? Apply now.
We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications 4th February 2025 being although we may close it earlier if suitable candidates areidentified. Interviews are scheduled to take place shortly after it closes.
Please note that successful applicantswill be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.
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 thegov.ukwebsite for guidance to understand your own eligibility based on the role you are applying for.
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 identityand sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.
We believe better outcomes come throughdiversity 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.