Planning and Strategy Coordinator - 7637

Job Title: Planning and Strategy Coordinator Salary: £29,700 – £38,550 Location: Cambridge, UK – Hybrid (at least 2 days per week in the office) Contract: Fixed term, 12-month contract Hours: Full-time (35 hours per week) Do you enjoy turning complexity into clarity? Are you at your best when coordinating across teams, bringing structure, visibility, and momentum to strategic work? We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge. This is an opportunity to join our Global Propositions team in English, where you will play a key role in helping a large, global function stay aligned, informed, and focused on delivering its strategic priorities.   About The Role As Planning & Strategy Co-ordinator, you will sit at the centre of planning and strategy activity across Propositions. You will help ensure that teams are working to a clear and consistent rhythm, with the right information, at the right time, to support effective decision-making. You will support major strategic activity, including the Core English Strategy and annual business planning cycle, as well as leadership forums and department-wide communications. Your work will enable greater clarity, alignment and pace across a complex, fast-moving environment. In this role you will:

• Coordinate planning cycles and key forums, ensuring teams are aligned to priorities, timelines, and decision points
• Coordinate inputs from across teams to create a clear view of progress, dependencies, and risks
• Prepare high-quality materials (including presentations, briefings, pre-reads, and communications content) to support strategic initiatives, such as North Star, Core English Strategy and Business Planning
• Ensure clear, timely and consistent communication across the department, translating complex information into accessible updates
• Support the delivery of leadership forums such as Town Halls and strategy updates
• Maintain and improve shared spaces (e.g. Teams, SharePoint) so information is easy to find and up to date
• Work with Internal Communications teams to align messaging and maximise engagement
• Track progress and identify opportunities to improve planning, coordination and communication ways of working 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 You are highly organised, proactive, and comfortable working across multiple teams and priorities. You bring structure to complexity and communicate with clarity and confidence. You will have experience in a coordination, planning or programme support role, and/or communications role, and enjoy working in a collaborative, fast-paced environment. We're looking for someone who can demonstrate:
• Planning and programme coordination
• Organisation and prioritisation
• Communication and storytelling
• Stakeholder management
• Leadership forum support
• Progress tracking and delivery management
• Presentation development
• Collaboration tools (PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint)
• Internal communications
• ELT or Education Sector knowledge
• Strategy and business planning awareness
• Collaboration platform management
• Continuous improvement
• Cross-functional facilitation
• Internal event and town hall coordination For a detailed job description, please refer to the link at the bottom of the advert on our careers site. Please note that Cambridge University Press & Assessment will not ordinarily be able to provide sponsorship for vacancies of less than 12-months in duration. Applicants must therefore have an existing right to work in the UK to be eligible for this position. 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 16 October 2026. We will review applications on an ongoing basis, and shortlisted candidates can expect interviews to take place from the week commencing 26 October 2026. If you are shortlisted and progressed through the stages, you can expect:
• First and final stage virtual interviews via MS Teams. 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.