Assessment Data and Analytics Delivery Manager

Salary: £43,800 - £58,500

Location: Cambridge

Contract: Permanent

Here, you can contribute significantly to our global initiatives, you can help to change the lives of millions, give them the vital support they need to unlock their potential, and enable them to succeed. As the Assessment Data and Analytics Delivery Manager, you will lead a team of data analysts to deliver essential processes for our international qualifications and manage innovative projects.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced data literate expert to lead a specialist, technical team and to apply their skills and knowledge across a wide range of business-critical processes in a dynamic and supportive team.

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 management focused role in the Assessment Data and Analytics team within the Assessment and Customer Support directorate. The job holder will lead a team of technical specialists to deliver regular business-critical work, and to define, plan and deliver project work.

Key responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

Defining and planning complex project work, including understanding technical solutions, communicating requirements to non-technical stakeholders and carrying out testing

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Configuring scheduled work for each live exam series, including reviewing and updating program code

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Leading on the scheduling and resourcing of the workload of the team, ensuring that schedules are met. This includes line management of three technical members of staff

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Maintaining, improving and updating procedures and creating and delivering training materials for activities managed in the team;

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Collaboration across the business to share skills and knowledge, and promote data science.

About you

As a team manager, you should have a proven record of delivering business-critical data and analytics services within time-sensitive contexts through your team's efforts. Demonstrable examples of collaborating with various stakeholders are important. You will be responsible for identifying and solving problems and ensuring the successful delivery of projects.

You will be confident in using statistical information. Proficiency in data analysis and visualisation using programming languages such as SAS, SQL, R, or Python is essential, along with familiarity with version control software. Experience with task management tools like GitLab, Jira, MS Planner, or similar, and knowledge of different project management methodologies are necessary.

Experience in delivering induction and training, as well as effective communication skills, are essential. The ability to clearly convey technical information to both specialists and non-specialists, combined with a methodical approach and excellent attention to detail, will be critical to your success.

There is so much more to this role, so for a full brief of what it entails and what we are looking for, please see the job description attached to this vacancy on our careers page.

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:

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28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

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Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance

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Discretionary annual bonus

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Group personal pension scheme

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Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary

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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. 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 8 December 2024 although we may close it earlier if suitable candidates are identified. Interviews are scheduled to take place on between 13 – 17 December 2024.

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 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.

Assessment Data and Analytics Delivery Manager