Publishing Operations Executive - 4653

at  Cambridge University Press Assessment

Job Title: Publishing & Operations Executive
Salary: £24,300- £30,600 per annum
Location: Cambridge, Hybrid
Contract: Full time, fixed term until 20 December 2024

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

We are looking for a full-time Publishing and Operation Executive to work within the Business Support Team in the English department. Your role will be wide and varied offering support to teams across the department in all aspects of their jobs.

ABOUT YOU

You will have excellent communication and administrative skills, be flexible, able to work as part of a team and take on extra responsibilities and tasks as required, in a busy but friendly office environment. You will need to have strong organisational skills and be comfortable multi-tasking and switching quickly to more urgent requests when appropriate. Thorough knowledge of Microsoft Office is required and relevant qualifications and/or experience in administration are essential.
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.

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

You will be part of a team working on a wide variety of editorial assistant tasks across the English portfolio so an excellent understanding of the English language and keen eye for detail are essential. Other responsibilities include dealing effectively with correspondence and general enquiries, processing invoices through SAP, maintaining files and databases, administering contracts and other publishing documentation, uploading documents to SharePoint sites, booking travel, assisting with market research, supporting audio and video recording sessions, preparing reports in Word as well as presentations in PowerPoint and helping to organise meetings and conferences. You will also be required to support with organising training courses for colleagues.