Learning & Assessment Consultant 2023

Play an essential role in helping increase sales of our English Language Assessment and teaching & learning materials in the UK and Ireland.

We are looking for a dynamic person with experience in the English language teaching sector to join our business development team to help us achieve our ambitious targets.

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 the Learning & Assessment Consultant, you will support the achievement of annual revenue targets by implementing the approved country strategic plan. You will develop both existing and new business in the UK and in the Republic of Ireland. You'll also:

• travel within the allocated territory with some overnight stays
• develop a detailed understanding of Cambridge's learning and assessment portfolio for English so as to contribute to the achievement of annual revenue and profitability targets in the UK and Ireland, and to provide expert consultation with decision makers and influencers.
• build strong relationships and rapport with our key partners across learning, assessment and distribution channels, providing extensive support and facilitating the best possible experience of Cambridge products
• carry out a combination of in-person and online meetings with key existing customers and potential new customers, according to agreed prioritisation and country strategic plans.
• grow and maintain an accurate pipelineof leads and opportunities within our Customer Relationship Management system (CRM)

About you

The L&A Consultant will, in all transactions represent the Cambridge mission in the eyes of the customer, so we are seeking a team member who shares our passion and our values: collaborative, innovative, empowering and responsible.

You will be creative, industrious and have outstanding interpersonal and communication skills. You will be highly organised and be able to plan your work around individual needs and those of your team and customers. More about you:

• educated to a degree level (or equivalent experience) with good knowledge of the English language teaching & assessment industry.
• You will have a demonstrable ability to ensure outstanding record-keeping enables you to work towards achieving strategic objectives and budgetary targets.
• You will have C1 level of English as a minimum, and a full clean UK/Irish driving licence is mandatory

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:

• Group personal pension scheme
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Green travel schemes
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Company Vehicle

We also offer flexible and hybrid working options from day one. We will consider any work arrangements if you wish to work flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.

Even though we are unable to offer this role fully remote, we are happy to be flexible with a hybrid working arrangement so please do not be put off from applying if you are based outside of the Cambridge area.

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 23rd July and virtual interviews are scheduled to take place w/c 31st July.

You may be invited back for a second interview. This interview will be face-to-face in Cambridge. We anticipate this happening w/c 7th August. Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

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 everyone has a voice, and where we learn continuously to improve together. Ensuring that everyone feels they belong is essential to who we are, and to the contribution we make to society and our planet.

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.