Job Description

Salary:

25,200-31,800

Location:

Cambridge

Country:

UK

Business Unit:

Technology

Vacancy Type:

Permanent

Closing Date:

3 August 2025

Meet the recruiter

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Ian Brooks
ian.brooks@cambridge.org

Salary:25,200-31,800 per annum



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



Contract: 35 hours per week, Full time, permanent

Join us as a PMO Coordinator to play a key role in driving efficiency and excellence across our projects in our Portfolio Office.

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 PMO Coordinator, you will gain hands-on governance experience playing an important role in supporting the Portfolio Office by ensuring effective financial and administrative services. You will work closely with Project Managers and Project Leads to ensure adherence to best practices, manage purchase orders, and deliver timely reports. This role is essential for the smooth running of our projects and contributes directly to the success of our organisation.

Key Responsibilities include:

Managing purchase orders and financial processes through SAP Investigating and resolving invoice queries Coordinating with project teams to ensure adherence to PMO processes Preparing reports for senior governance meetings Driving continuous improvement in PMO processes

About you

We are looking for a detail-oriented, proactive individual with a passion for making a real impact in project management. You excel in fast-paced environments, ensuring financial processes are handled smoothly and administrative tasks are completed with precision.



This role offers a unique opportunity to develop your financial, administrative, and project management skills within a supportive and collaborative environment.

You will bring:

Proven experience in raising purchase orders and processing invoices Strong organisational and multitasking skills A basic understanding of project management and financial processes Excellent communication skills and attention to detail A positive, proactive attitude with the ability to work across teams

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 03 August 2025 and interviews are scheduled to take place w/c 11 August 2025



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.