Job Title: Digital Skills Specialist and Trainer (Finance)

Salary: £34,500 - £44,850 pa

Location: Cambridge (hybrid – 40-60% onsite)

Contract: Fixed term contract until December 2026, full time (35 hours a week)

Do you want to passionately enable finance professionals to develop their digital skills?

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

Our organisation continues to grow and develop, embracing change and technology. In Finance we are continuing to drive our Finance Transformation Programme to enable us to support the ambitions of our organisation globally.

A rare opportunity has arisen for a Digital Skills Specialist and Trainer to join our Finance team. We are looking to appoint this role on a fixed term contract initially until December 2026.

About The Role

As Digital Skills Specialist and Trainer, you will deliver a cutting-edge training programme tailored to the needs of our Finance department and internal customers. You will play a key role in delivering high quality change and skill improvement over the next 18 months.

As part of our Transformation Team, you will design, develop, and deliver the training programme as part of our global Finance Transformation Programme.

This programme will focus on enhancing digital skills in Power BI, Power Query, Advanced Excel, Data Modelling, Data Visualisation, and Process Automation using Power Automate.

The role will emphasise self-learning and self-service training, complemented by some face-to-face delivery for a global audience.

This programme is pivotal to ensuring the future finance function is as efficient as possible and enabling our people to continue to make significant impact.

About You

You are an experienced trainer with a background in Finance or a strong understanding of Finance processes, coupled with expertise in instructional design and the latest trends in digital learning.

You will be able to identify a full comprehensive digital and professional skills programme tailored specifically to the needs of our finance community. From identification, to developing and delivering the programme, you will be used to creating engaging and effective training materials and approaches to enable a clear and impactful step change in how professionals deliver their responsibilities.

If you are able to communicate and influence; collaborate with multiple stakeholders and be contextually relevant; enable a self-learning focus and inspire continuous skill improvement; and understand and embrace emerging technologies, then we want to hear from you.

Rewards and benefitsWe 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, Dental and Permanent Health Insurance
Discretionary annual bonus
Group personal pension scheme.
Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
Green travel schemes

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 applications being Sunday 16th March 2025 although we may close it earlier if suitable candidates are identified. Interviews will be scheduled to take place from 24th March onwards.

Applications must be submitted through our Applicant Tracker System. Emailed applications cannot be accepted. Thank you.

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

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.

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 it's 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.

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