Directorate Coordinator – 7148 Full Time NEW

Salary: £26,600 – £32,600

Location: Cambridge, UK – Hybrid (at least 2-3 days per week in the office)

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week

Join the Global Marketing team in our International Education group and help build the world’s most trusted education community at Cambridge.

We are part of Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge. We work with schools and governments in 160 countries, shaping impact across early, primary and secondary education. Together, we help learners be ready for the world and transform societies through education.

About The Role

This role is part of our Global Marketing team in International Education. You will provide proactive, confidential and well‑organised administrative and coordination support to the Director, Global Marketing and senior leadership team.

Additional responsibilities and accountabilities include:

• Support the effective planning and organisation of meetings for SLT and the whole Global Marketing directorate.
• Help arrange meetings, prepare for them well and follow up on them effectively. You’ll also support our reporting processes.
• Coordinate travel arrangements, support financial administration and help us organise any office moves.
• Support the onboarding of new starters and support the leadership, and act as a central point of coordination for Global Marketing.
• Work collaboratively with teams in International Education and across the wider organisation, including those working on finance, property, travel and HR.

This position is a hybrid role, requiring the selected candidate to typically spend 40-60% of their time collaborating and connecting face-to-face at their dedicated location. Aside from our hybrid principles, other flexible working requests will be considered from the first day of employment, including other work arrangements should you require adjustments due to a disability or long-term health condition.

About You

To do this role well, it’s essential that have strong organisational skills and can manage diaries, meetings, and competing priorities. You’ll need very good written communication skills and pay attention to detail when working with templates and guidance.

You’ll be proficient in common office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and be comfortable using tools to track actions, book travel and manage meeting logistics. You’ll have significant experience in an administrative or personal assistant role supporting senior colleagues, and experience working in a complex, fast‑paced environment with multiple stakeholders.

Proactive and well organised, you’ll be able to plan ahead, professional and confident in working with others. You’ll be flexible and resilient, so you can reprioritise work and remain effective when there’s a lot happening. This role gives the opportunity to work with colleagues in different countries and time zones, so you’ll be collaborative and approachable so you can build strong relationships with them.

For a detailed job description, please refer to the link at the bottom of the advert on our careers site.

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.

Please note, Cambridge University Press & Assessment is unable to sponsor this role under the Skilled Worker Visa route as it does not meet the minimum skill requirements.

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

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

We aim to support candidates by making our interview process clear and transparent. The closing date for all applications will be Friday, 8 May 2026. We will review applications on an ongoing basis, and shortlisted candidates can expect interviews to take place week commencing 18 May 2026.

If you are shortlisted and progressed through the stages, you can expect:

• First stage: In-person interview at our office in Cambridge
• Second stage: Meeting in-person at our offices in Cambridge.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process due to a disability or a long-term health condition, there will be an opportunity for you to inform us via the online application form. We will do our best to accommodate your needs.

Successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

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.

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.