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Job Title: Ministry Partnerships Manager
Salary: £35,200 – £45,700
Location: The Triangle – Cambridge (Hybrid working)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time (35 hours)
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.
About The Role
As a member of the Ministry Partnerships Team, you will act as an umbilical link between a range of international clients and internal Cambridge University Press & Assessment departments and teams. Your drive, diplomacy and high levels of customer service will continue to inform how Cambridge supports these long-standing partners to navigate their own education and assessment journey.
Responsibilities
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.
Additional responsibilities and accountabilities include:
- 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.
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About You
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.
Essential knowledge:
- Educated to a degree level or equivalent experience.
- Background / interest in international education and educational assessment
- Experience of managing contracts, projects, or programmes with multiple deliverables.
If you meet the above minimum requirements, we encourage you to apply. Your application will be even stronger if you can also demonstrate the following desirable criteria:
- Knowledge of proven project management methodologies and concepts
- Knowledge and experience of cost and budget management
For a detailed job description, please refer to the link at the bottom of the advert 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
Application Process
We aim to support candidates by making our interview process clear and transparent. The closing date for all applications will be Monday 21 September 2026. We will review applications on an ongoing basis, and shortlisted candidates can expect interviews to take place week commencing 28 September 2026.
If you are shortlisted and progressed through the stages, you can expect:
- First stage virtual interview via MS Teams. You will be provided with a brief to complete a role related task which will need to be returned by email in advance of your interview.
- Final stage interview: in-person at our offices in Cambridge.
Equal Opportunities
We are committed to an equitable recruitment process. As such, applications must be submitted via our official online application procedure. Please refrain from sending your CV directly to our recruiters. If you experience technical difficulties or require additional support with submitting your online application, contact the Recruiter.
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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.
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 the gov.uk website 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 will belong to a collaborative team that is 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 is 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.
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