Curriculum Development Manager

Curriculum Development Manager

Salary: GBP33,300-GBP43,400 per annum

Location: Cambridge, Hybrid, UK

Contract: 14 hours per week, fixed term until April 2025

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a dynamic team with a passion for education.

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 role is a hybrid-working role within the Curriculum Programmes team. We work with groups of schools and national bodies in a range of countries aiming to improve education systems as part of education reform projects. We are also responsible for developments for our Early Years, Primary and Lower Secondary programmes.

This wide-ranging work includes developing curricula, support materials and training for teachers, and other bespoke solutions to meet specific needs.

The role involves:

• coordinating the development and review of curricula and support materials across the 3 19 age range, as well as, from time to time, other developments as required
• sourcing appropriate consultants for this work, ensuring they are fully briefed and complete the work to a high standard
• developing and maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders, such as colleagues in other areas of our project work, or representatives of our customers
• managing a number of development projects to tight deadlines and to high quality standards.

This role may be of particular interest for existing part-time colleagues interested in taking on additional days in a different role in order to develop new skills and experience.

About you

You will:

• have experience of working in the education sector and bring excellent knowledge and understanding to the developments you will manage in this role
• have expertise in the age range, with expertise in mathematics or science highly desirable
• have experience of identifying and managing teams of consultants
• have the confidence and ability to run your own projects and co-ordinate the work of other team members across a range of subjects.

You may also:

• have a background in curriculum and/or support material development
• have worked within an international context
• be able to conduct business in language(s) other than English.

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 21 January 2024 and interviews are scheduled to take place w/c 29 January 2024.

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.