The Ministry Partnerships Manager's main responsibility is to manage client contracts, building an excellent relationship with clients and coordinating work across teams to ensure we provide excellent service.,

Produce effective plans and schedules for the delivery of work. If appropriate, manage dependencies between teams.
Lead on training delivery for your contracts and ensure effective delivery in various formats.
Assist Senior Ministry Partnerships Managers and the Head of Ministry Partnerships
Lead or contribute to relevant Working Groups.
Chair the Annual Review Meetings for the contracts you manage, oversee the production of the minutes and contribute to Annual Review meetings of any other contracts you work on.
Contribute to the overall relationship management by building effective relations with clients, partner organisations and internal delivery teams.
Provide effective written and verbal communications with all stakeholders (the client, senior teams, across Cambridge and partner organisations, etc).
Carry out research on the national education systems and developments of countries you work on and provide updated reports when required.
Lead and support activities around evaluation of contract deliverables, risk management and lessons learned.

Knowledge of proven project management methodologies and concepts
Knowledge and experience of cost and budget management
Educated to a degree level or equivalent experience.
Background / interest in international education and educational assessment
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships and work collaboratively in a team.
Excellent planning and organisational skills with attention to detail, including the ability to prioritise and schedule workloads effectively.
Experience of working in an international context and having cross-cultural awareness and diplomacy with a customer service focus.
Project management experience, including the ability to deliver projects using project management methodologies.
Managing technical teams and resources.
Financial acumen and analytical skills to effectively manage budgets, track finances and report on financial performance.
High proficient in written and spoken English
Responsible: Ability to self-manage, highly pro-active with a positive 'can do' attitude
Innovative: Adaptable, flexible, and innovative
Empowerment: Dedication to delivering a high-quality service with excellent customer service skills.
Collaboration: Builds excellent working relationships internally and with clients
Works independently, plans and monitors work and hits deadlines
Varies pace of work to suit business needs
Keeps line manager informed on progress
Have a problem solving, business analysis approach with attention to detail
Achieving- being responsive, decisive and accountable to further our mission
Inspiring- role models optimism, motivation, authenticity
Inclusive- curious, open minded, and ready to learn from others
Trusted & trusting- enables individuals, teams and organisations to collaborate with integrity
Confidence with humility- has confidence in her/his abilities, with the willingness to learn and adapt

Working with Governments, Ministries of Education and National Examinations across the world
First stage virtual interview via MS Teams. You will be provided with a brief to complete a role related task which will need to be returned by email in advance of your interview.
Final stage interview: in-person at our offices in Cambridge.

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

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