Marketing Department Coordinator

Salary:

- £23,300 - £27,650- Location:

- Cambridge- Country:

- UK- Business Unit:

- Academic- Vacancy Type:

- Permanent- Closing Date:

- 14 September 2025

**Meet the recruiter**:
Rima Keischa Mafe

**Salary**: £23,300-27,650

Location: Cambridge, Hybrid (1 to 2 days per week in the office)

Contract: Permanent, Part time (21 hours per week)

We're seeking a proactive marketing department coordinator to join our global Academic marketing team in a varied and rewarding role that provides **invaluable administrative support** across marketing operations, finance, events, and team wellbeing. This is a great opportunity for someone who's naturally organised, values teamwork, and takes pride in keeping things running smoothly.
- This is a job share role offered at 21 hours per week, preferably across a minimum of three days._

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**

You'll work closely with the Senior Marketing Department Coordinator to provide essential administrative and marketing support across the global Academic marketing department.
You'll be involved in a wide range of activities, including:

- **Department Administration**: Managing organisation charts, mailing lists, & departmental meetings, proofreading reports and campaigns, and handling ad-hoc queries.
- **Finance & Compliance**: Advising on invoicing and supplier onboarding (SAP, OneTrust, Ironclad, VNDLY), creating and tracking purchase orders, and resolving payment queries. You'll contribute to work instructions, assist with training, and ensure compliance with financial and legal requirements.
- **Events**: Supporting the Senior Marketing Manager with exhibit stand coordination at major book fairs, managing point-of-sale equipment, and assisting with internal and external event planning and logistics.
- **Staff Inductions & Wellbeing**: Coordinating the department's induction programme with a focus on wellbeing, including scheduling welcome meetings, training sessions, and creating welcome packs.

**About you**

You'll be a highly organised and proactive individual who thrives in a collaborative environment. Your attention to detail and enthusiasm for helping others will make you a valued member of the team.
We're looking for someone with:

- Exceptional organisational and time management skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication abilities
- A positive, solutions-focused mindset
- Adaptability and confidence working across global teams
- Strong digital skills (Microsoft Office suite) and numerical competence
- A conscientious and methodical approach to work
- Willingness to support colleagues and take on new challenges

Desirable skills & experience includes:

- A background in office administration
- Knowledge of invoice lifecycle management and supplier onboarding
- Experience in customer-centric roles and event logistics
- Familiarity with any of the following systems: SAP, OneTrust, Ironclad, Salesforce, Sprout Social, or Bitly
- Awareness of GDPR and financial regulations
- Comfort using GenAI tools like Copilot

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 (pro rata) 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
- Please note, Cambridge University Press & Assessment is unable to sponsor this role under the Skilled Worker Visa route as it does not meet the minimum skill requirements._

**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._