Job Description

Salary:

28,800-37,425

Location:

Cambridge

Country:

UK

Business Unit:

Academic

Vacancy Type:

Fixed Term

Closing Date:

1 June 2025

Meet the recruiter

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Ian Brooks
ian.brooks@cambridge.org

Contract: Full time, fixed term until 31 July 2026



Salary: 28,800-32,250 per annum



Location: Cambridge, Hybrid (minimum of 2 days per week in Cambridge)

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:

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Academic Content Operations team. As a Content Manager, your role will be to support authors through the entire publication process across a range of subject areas, from submission of manuscripts to the final delivery of print and digital files. You will liaise with both external contacts (Academic Editors and high profile authors) and internal colleagues (Editorial, Content Services, Digital publishing, Marketing, Platform, and Sales) to achieve the best results for Cambridge and the Academic community.



This role is ideal for a person who can be both innovative and organised; we have a high volume of manuscripts to handle alongside our improvement initiatives. A willingness to trial new workflows, excellent communication skills and efficiency are key for this role. You will be provided on-going training and development opportunities to support our products and your own career goals.



Content Managers sit within Content Operations, the team responsible for the publication processes and quality assurance for our Academic Books, Elements and Journals. There are therefore opportunities to learn more about other content types and subjects and we encourage learning and

About you:

You will have a strong relationship with our six press behavioral values; collaborative, decisive, empowering, innovative, responsible and responsive. You will have great organisational skills, thrive in collaboration with other colleagues, and will enjoy the challenge of developing relationships and trust with key external and internal contacts. You will enjoy working in a fast pace environment and coming up with and implementing new ideas for ways of working, demonstrating an intrapreneurial spirit.



You will have experience from a previous publishing role, ideally in an editorial or production role, which gives you insights into the key priorities for our industry, in particular the Academic business. You will be familiar with the pressure and priorities for our customers and be confident in corresponding with external and internal colleagues at any level of seniority. You will be dependable, engaged and able to tackle problems with a 'can-do' attitude to set us up for success in an evolving industry landscape.



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:


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

We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being Tuesday 3rd June, although we may close it earlier if suitable candidates are identified. Interviews are scheduled to take place 11th, 12th, 13th June.

As a part of this recruitment process, you will be required to carry out a post interview task.

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

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.

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.