Overview
This role offers a unique opportunity to lead and shape the operational security strategy for exams, ensuring robust measures are in place while driving continuous improvement across the function.
Responsibilities
* Manage key internal and external stakeholder relationships, influencing others and making a case for change
* Shape, define, and implement robust security measures
* Lead and develop a dedicated team, fostering engagement and growth
* Oversee and improve processes for efficiency and effectiveness
* Ensure policies align with regulatory requirements and industry standards
* Challenge the status quo and drive continuous improvement across the function
* Lead the Head of Operational Security role for Cambridge English language assessments, focusing on designing security into all stages of the process to prevent malpractice and exam fraud and to ensure exam results are valid and fair
Qualifications
* Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills
* Evidence-based decision-making
* Constructive approach to challenging current practices and implementing improvements
* Experience in exam security or a related field
* Global risk mitigation awareness
* Understanding of regulatory and recognition requirements affecting assessments
* Strong problem-solving and critical thinking abilities
* Proven leadership in inspiring teams to embed and sustain meaningful change
About Us
We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge. 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'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.
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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
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