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Assessment specialist talent & development lead - 5953

Coventry
Permanent
Cambridge University Press
Posted: 5 July
Offer description

Job Title: Assessment Specialist (AS) Talent and Development Lead

Salary: £,- £, per annum

Location: Cambridge or Coventry/Hybrid ( days a week in the office)

Contract: Full Time/Permanent ( hours per week)

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Assessment Specialist Management Team who provide support development and training for thousands of Assessment Specialists based around the world.

An Assessment Specialist is involved with producing and marking qualifications for learners around 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. This role is in the Assessment Specialist Management team which works with Cambridge International and OCR.

About the role

You will be responsible for leading the provision of quality development opportunities for assessment specialists for UK and International Education. AS part of this role you will:

1. Manage the design, delivery and evaluation of development programmes workshops, and seminars to enhance assessment specialist skills and leadership capabilities.
2. Identify and develop high-potential assessment specialists for key assessment specialist leadership roles in through targeted development plans, coaching and mentoring programmes.
3. Foster a culture of continuous learning and development, promoting assessment specialist engagement and retention
4. Identify areas of alignment across UK and International Education development opportunities for assessment specialists.
5. Work closely with experts in Assessment from UK and International Education to pull their expertise into appropriate development packages.
6. Line Manage administrators

About you

As the AS Talent and Development Lead you will need to be able to work collaboratively with colleagues to drive the delivery of training and development opportunities. You will have knowledge of learning and development methodologies and be able to produce engaging, multimedia training packages which cater to different learning styles.

To be successful in the role, you will have:

7. Experience with learning and development systems such as Moodle and content creation software such as Articulate, Canva, Adobe Pro and Vimeo.
8. Experience creating engaging learning embedding instructional design principles.
9. Excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
10. Excellent influencing skills to ensure assessment specialists are at the heart of everything we do.
11. Excellent planning and organisational skills which enable successful outcomes.
12. Excellent communication and inter-personal skills - communicate and drive relationships at a senior level, both internally and with key stakeholders internally and externally.
13. Clear commitment to achieving high standards of customer service.
14. Embrace change and be adaptable.

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.

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:

15. days annual leave plus bank holidays
16. Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
17. Discretionary annual bonus
18. Group personal pension scheme
19. Life assurance up to x annual salary
20. Green travel schemes.

As part of our hybrid working approach, the successful candidate will be expected to spend around -% of their time in the office. From day one, we offer flexible hybrid working options and reasonable adjustments to make that balance work for you.

Ready to pursue potential? Apply now.

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being th July and interviews are scheduled to take place w/c th August.

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

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 website for guidance to understand your own eligibility based on the role you are applying for

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

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