Ministry Partnerships Manager - 7205

Job Title: Ministry Partnerships Manager

Salary: £35,200 - £45,700 per annum

Location: The Triangle - Cambridge

Contract: Secondment/FTC until end of July 2027

Hours: Full time, permanent, 35 hours per week

Working with Governments, Ministries of Education and National Examinations across the world

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

The Ministry Partnerships Manager's main responsibility is to manage client contracts, building an excellent relationship with clients and coordinating work across teams to ensure we provide excellent service.

• Produce effective plans and schedules for the delivery of work. If appropriate, manage dependencies between teams.
• Lead on training delivery for your contracts and ensure effective delivery in various formats.
• Assist Senior Ministry Partnerships Managers and the Head of Ministry Partnerships.
• Lead or contribute to relevant Working Groups.
• Chair the Annual Review Meetings for the contracts you manage, oversee the production of the minutes and contribute to Annual Review meetings of any other contracts you work on.
• Contribute to the overall relationship management by building effective relations with clients, partner organisations and internal delivery teams.
• Provide effective written and verbal communications with all stakeholders (the client, senior teams, across Cambridge and partner organisations, etc).
• Carry out research on the national education systems and developments of countries you work on and provide updated reports when required.
• Lead and support activities around evaluation of contract deliverables, risk management and lessons learned.

You are likely to have experience in a complex customer facing and contract management role in an international setting with either direct experience of, or deep interest, in education development and assessment practice.

• Knowledge of proven project management methodologies and concepts.
• Knowledge and experience of cost and budget management.
• Educated to a degree level or equivalent experience.
• Background / interest in international education and educational assessment.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships and work collaboratively in a team.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills with attention to detail, including the ability to prioritise and schedule workloads effectively.
• Experience of working in an international context and having cross cultural awareness and diplomacy with a customer service focus.
• Project management experience, including the ability to deliver projects using project management methodologies.
• Managing technical teams and resources.
• Financial acumen and analytical skills to effectively manage budgets, track finances and report on financial performance.
• High proficient in written and spoken English.

• Responsible: Ability to self manage, highly pro active with a positive 'can do' attitude.
• Innovative: Adaptable, flexible, and innovative.
• Empowerment: Dedication to delivering a high quality service with excellent customer service skills.
• Collaboration: Builds excellent working relationships internally and with clients.
• Works independently, plans and monitors work and hits deadlines.
• Varies pace of work to suit business needs.
• Keeps line manager informed on progress.
• Has a problem solving, business analysis approach with attention to detail.
• Achieving - being responsive, decisive and accountable to further our mission.
• Inspiring - role models optimism, motivation, authenticity.
• Inclusive - curious, open minded, and ready to learn from others.
• Trusted & trusting - enables individuals, teams and organisations to collaborate with integrity.
• Confidence with humility - has confidence in her/his abilities, with the willingness to learn and adapt.

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 Disability Confident (DC) employer that is committed to equality and inclusion ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. The DC scheme's Offer of an Interview commitment applies to applicants who opt in, and disclose a disability or a long term health condition, and who best meet the minimum criteria for the role. In instances where interviewing all qualifying candidates is not practicable and/or appropriate, we prioritise those who best meet the minimum criteria, as we would for applicants who do not have a disability or long term health condition.