Head of Education Reform (3993)

Salary: COMPETITIVE
Location : United Arab Emirates, Dubai
Contract: Permanent, Full time (‎40 hours per week)

Cambridge Partnership for Education (CPE) works with Ministries of Education
and other organisations around the world to improve their education systems
through coherent reform strategies. We have an exciting new opening for a Head
of Education Reform role in the United Arab Emirates (or Egypt) to join our
business development team as we expand and create new workflows and processes.
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
As the Head of Education Reform , you will lead on the identification and
development of new opportunities in the Middle East and Africa. You will be
responsible for Cambridge based sales teams to win new business and to
maximise the value from existing customers, delivering growth for CPE and a
great experience and outcome for Cambridge customers and the societies that
they represent.
This is a great opportunity for an experienced senior business development
professional, with experience in the government sector, who is interested in
playing a key role in connecting with our key business executives and
stakeholders.
If you are interested in this exciting opportunity and do have significant
government experience working at the highest level, please take a look at the
attached job description for more information.

About you
This role is a high-profile position dealing with senior dignitaries,
government officials, Ministries of Education, and other international
organisations so experience working in an international market would be highly
valuable.
You will have an understanding and experience of curriculum and assessment in
education with experience working in a publishing or teaching environment.
As the Head of Education Reform, you will also bring a strong commercial
acumen, capable of creating and maintaining great customer relationships at
the highest level to the role.
The successful candidate will have experience in team development and will
have experience in financial reporting, pipeline, and forecasting.
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.
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? Apply now.
We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all
application being 3rd November ‎2023, but will be reviewing applications
throughout the campaign and interviews are scheduled at the week commencing
6th November ‎2023.
Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory
background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

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 everyone has a voice, and where we
learn continuously to improve together. Ensuring that everyone feels they
belong is essential to who we are, and to the contribution we make to society
and our planet. _
_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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