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Job Title: Senior Engagement Manager

Location: Cambridge, UK (with flexible/hybrid working arrangements) min 40% of time on site

Contract: Permanent, Full time (35 hours per week)

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

Are you passionate about shaping the future of education on a global scale?

We are seeking a dynamic Senior Engagement Manager to lead the development and management of strategic partnerships with private sector and philanthropic foundations, supporting Cambridge International Education's global mission. This is a key opportunity to drive high-value, long-term collaborations that advance research, innovation, and impactful education initiatives, working alongside our Head of Partnerships in the Education Futures directorate and with teams across International Education.

About the role

As Senior Engagement Manager, you'll shape and drive strategies to attract external partnerships and funding in support of Cambridge International Education's global mission. You'll manage high-value, long-term relationships with private sector organisations and philanthropic foundations, acting as a trusted ambassador for Cambridge. Your role includes identifying and prioritising partnership opportunities, co-creating compelling proposals with internal teams to deliver innovative education initiatives aligned with funding priorities and partner interests. You'll also monitor global funding trends, provide strategic advice to senior colleagues and help evolve partnership processes to ensure continuous improvement.

About you

You will be degree-qualified or possess equivalent related experience and bring a deep understanding of donor motivations, funding structures, and strategic partnership development, especially within philanthropy, the private sector, or international development. You are an excellent communicator and an adept relationship manager, skilled at influencing and aligning diverse stakeholders around shared goals. You enjoy working in a fast-paced environment to deliver results and you possess strong commercial acumen and a creative approach to problem-solving. Experience of securing multi-year funding, presenting proposals, and negotiating contracts with high-value partners is essential. Experience with international education is desirable.

If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please click on the apply button to access and view the full job description.

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
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary

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? Click apply now.

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 3rd August and interviews are scheduled to take place during August. There will be a 2 stage interview process.

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

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve teachers and learners and the future of education – 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

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