Operations Administrator

Cambridge Assessment has a unique opportunity available for an Operations Administrator to join their expanding team. The role is a full time, permanent position offering a salary of £20,985 - £23,800 per annum plus excellent benefits!

Cambridge Assessment International Education prepares school students for life, helping them develop an informed curiosity and a lasting passion for learning. We are part of Cambridge Assessment, a department of the University of Cambridge. Our international qualifications are recognised by the world’s best universities and employers, giving students a wide range of options in their education and career. As a not-for-profit organisation, we devote our resources to delivering high-quality educational programmes that can unlock learners’ potential.

About the Operations Administrator Role

The Assessment Services & Marking team work together to support our examiner community through our three exam series, from managing the recruitment and coordination of examiners, to operating a dedicated helpdesk. The team is also responsible for ensuring that marking is completed in a timely fashion, collaborating with various across Cambridge Assessment. At present, the team is split in to two sections, Pre-Exams and Post-Exams and we are looking for an Operation Administrator to join our pre exams team.

What we’re looking for in our Operations Administrator

Excellent customer skills are paramount, as you will be required to liaise with our internal and external examiner community via telephone, email and face-to-face, as is the ability to work to deadlines, providing reports on progress as required to senior management.

Working to quality standard guidelines in what can be at times a high-pressured environment, you will have the ability to learn new skills and processes easily and already have proven your administrative and organisational skills.

We would like you to be educated to A-level or equivalent, be comfortable using MS Office packages and with strong team player skills and a diplomatic approach, you will have trustworthy, pragmatic and personable qualities to boot.

Benefits of becoming our Operations Administrator:

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a comprehensive package of benefits to help with your life both inside and outside of work:

- Generous contributory pension

- 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays

- Annual performance related bonus and increases (discretionary)

- Enhanced maternity/paternity pay and childcare voucher scheme

- Childcare vouchers

- Employee discount and cash back scheme at 2,500 retailers

- Cycle scheme

- Season Ticket Loan

- Subsidised staff restaurants

- Support for professional qualifications

- Discounted access to the University of Cambridge Sport Centre, along with various other local gyms.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 15 April 2018 and interviews will be held on 25 April 2018.

Why not click ‘apply’ today to become part of our expanding team as our Operations Administrator! We’d love to hear from you!

Work/life balance is important to us here at Cambridge Assessment, and we offer colleagues a range of flexible working options which suit both the business and the employee.  Please let us know of flexible working requirements when applying and we can see how we can support you.

As a fair and equal employer, we want to make sure you have all the information you need about the job, so we always incorporate the job description into our ads. If you’re invited for interview, you’ll also receive that job description as a separate document.

In this spirit of transparency, if you’re successful at interview stage we will ask you to undergo background screening (carried out by Credence Background Screening Ltd), to ensure that all information provided to us is accurate. We wish you all the very best with your application.