Senior Research Manager

Job Title: Senior Research Manager

Salary: £45,100 - £60,400

Location: Cambridge -The Triangle Building, UK (Hybrid - 2 to 3 days on site minimum)

Contract: Fixed Term/Secondment (14 months)

Hours: Full time 35 hours per week

This is a particularly exciting time to join the Education Futures and Research Directorate and as a Senior Research Manager you will join a passionate Research team embracing change to better serve and meet the needs of our people.

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

We are seeking an enthusiastic and innovative professional for a fixed-term position who can tap their real-world experience of conducting and leading a range of educational research projects that provide research-based evidence to support International and UK Educations' products, services and processes.

About the role

As the Senior Research Manager, you will play a pivotal role in providing expert insight and advice on emerging developments in AI, their implications for education and informing the organisation's research priorities and activities

You will drive the design, direction, and execution of substantial and complex research projects addressing key research questions and generating robust, actionable evidence aimed at maintaining the high standards and quality of our products and services.

You will lead research efforts focused on International and UK Education's offerings, providing expert guidance and advice to colleagues across the organisation on emerging. Managing clusters of research projects, you'll supervise and guide the work of consultants, practitioners, and other researchers, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives.

Contributing to the Research Team strategy, you'll assist in developing research programmes and provide in-depth domain expertise. Representing our organisation, you'll contribute to our vision of building the world's most influential teaching, learning, and assessment community through the production of reports, research papers, blogs, and presentations.

This position has been classified as a hybrid role, requiring the selected candidate to typically spend 40-60% of their time collaborating and connecting face-to-face at their dedicated location. Aside from our hybrid principles, other flexible working requests will be considered from the first day of employment, including other work arrangements should you require adjustments due to a disability or long-term health condition.

About You

Bachelor's degree in any discipline.

Expertise in emerging technologies, particularly AI developments and their implications for education.

Strong research capability using on any of the following: qualitative, quantitative and/or mixed-methods approaches.

Experience designing, directing and delivering substantial and complex research projects.

Background or experience within education or an educational context.

If you meet the above minimum requirements, we encourage you to apply. Your application will be even stronger if you can also demonstrate the following desirable criteria:

Postgraduate qualification in educational or social science research or a subject with an equivalent research element (PhD desirable)

Knowledge or experience of assessment and examinations.

Track record of scholarly publications in academic journals or other high-quality research publications.

Experience leading interdisciplinary projects, including mentoring, coaching or supporting other researchers.

Experience communicating and disseminating research findings to a range of specialist and non-specialist audiences.

For a detailed job description, please refer to the link at the bottom of the advert on our careers site.

We are a Disability Confident (DC) employer that is committed to equality and inclusion ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. The DC scheme's Offer of an Interview commitment applies to applicants who opt in, and disclose a disability or a long-term health condition, and best meet the minimum criteria for the role. In instances where interviewing all qualifying candidates is not practicable, we prioritise those who best meet the minimum criteria, as we would for applicants who do not have a disability or long-term health condition.

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.

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

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

We aim to support candidates by making our interview process clear and transparent. The closing date for all applications will be Wednesday. 4 November. We will review applications on an ongoing basis, and shortlisted candidates can expect interviews to take place on week commencing Monday, 9 November.

If you are shortlisted and progressed through the stages, you can expect:

First stage interview via MS Teams/In-premise.

Final stage: You will be provided a task while in Teams call to be completed.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process due to a disability or a long-term health condition, there will be an opportunity for you to inform us via the online application form. We will do our best to accommodate your needs.

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

We are committed to an equitable recruitment process. As such, applications must be submitted via our official online application procedure. Please refrain from sending your CV directly to our recruiters. If you experience technical difficulties or require additional support with submitting your online application, contact the Recruiter.

Why join us

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You will belong to a collaborative team that is 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 is 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.