WE ARE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS & ASSESSMENT, A WORLD-LEADING ACADEMIC PUBLISHER AND LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT ORGANISATION, AND A PROUD PART OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

We are looking for someone with experience managing the administration of a legal department.
This is an opportunity for you to join the legal operations team which sits within the Legal & Business Affairs (L&BA) department.
The Legal and Business Affairs (L&BA) department provides legal support and ensures regulatory compliance against business delivery in 170 countries.
We actively seek new team members who share our passion and our values: collaborative, innovative, empowering and responsible.

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

WHAT WILL YOU DO IN THIS ROLE?

In this role, you will report to the Director of Legal Operations and provide essential support to the General Counsel, whilst also improving key processes within the wider L&BA department.
The overall purpose of the role is to support the smooth and efficient operation of the Legal and Business Affairs department.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:

• Understanding the business strategy and priorities of the General Counsel.
• Acting as the process owner for standard/central L&BA administrative processes.
• Overall responsibility for managing the diary of the General Counsel.
• Ownership of communications within L&BA and co-ordination with the wider corporate Internal Communications team.
• Management of L&BA’s business facing Sharepoint site.
• Supporting the implementation and day to day running of legal systems within L&BA.
• Ownership of departmental reporting and a best practice approach to metrics.
• Responsibility for the starters and leavers process within L&BA including improvements to existing processes.
• Organising and co-ordinating a departmental training plan.
• Managing the procure to pay and expenses process as it relates to the General Counsel.
• Organising departmental meetings, travel and events.
• Monitoring incoming communications on behalf of the General Counsel.
• Managing departmental subscriptions including Solicitors Regulation Authority renewals.
• Acting as the on-site point of contact for external visitors to L&BA.