We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation, and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.
We are recruiting for a Project Analyst who will be part of our Project Services Team within the Portfolio Office. The Project Analyst advises project managers on best practice, responding to ad hoc requests or through proactive quality assurance reviews. The Project Analyst uses their strong knowledge of project and programme methodology, organisational standards, processes, templates and lessons learned.
Why should you join Cambridge?
Our mission is to contribute to society through the pursuit of education, learning, and research at the highest international levels of excellence. Which is why every year, we give vital support to millions of people in more than 170 countries around the world. From teachers and learners to researchers and academics, we help to build confidence, unlock potential, and enable success. We give people the opportunity to show what they've learnt, we spread knowledge, spark enquiry, and aid understanding.
We achieve this by embracing change, and continuously focusing on our customers' needs. And by collaborating, and carefully listening to our customers and to each other, we keep moving forward, keep innovating, and keep finding newer and better ways of doing things.
When you join Cambridge, you get the best possible combination of a supportive, caring environment, balanced with work that brings out the best in you. You will have access to learning and development opportunities, and business tools essential for your role so that you can perform at your peak.
What can we offer you?
In this role, you will collaborate with colleagues across different areas of the business and branches. It is an opportunity that will enable you to widen your horizon by learning from other cultures.
The role is pivotal to the success of our team in helping project and programme managers and their teams deliver successfully and effectively our organisation's strategic portfolio. There are no limits to the opportunities afforded to learn best practices in this field, work with new and exciting technologies, and collaborate with highly talented people.
On top of these, working with Cambridge will also give you stability. We show our care for our people by allowing them to grow not just professionally but also personally. We promote work-life balance through flexible work schedules, hybrid work arrangements, and generous paid leaves. In addition, you will be entitled to our health care benefits with coverage for dependents, group life insurance, and robust wellbeing programs right on the first day of joining us.
What will you do in this role?
Working under the supervision of the Head of Project Services and with the support of senior project analysts in the UK, you will:
Operate our quality assurance process across a broad portfolio of projects which deliver business and technology change in our global organization;Act as an advisor and coach for all project managers, so they can improve their practice and develop their skills based on your recommendations;Support the development of new standards and processes, their implementation, and monitor, review and improve their level of adoption;Promote and sustain learning in our organization by facilitating the lessons learned process and taking an active part in the project management Community of Practice activitiesWhat makes you the ideal candidate for this position?
You will be ideal for this part if you have over 3 years of experience in a project manager or project analyst (PMO) role. You will make a strong candidate if you have experience or very good and ideally certified knowledge of different project management approaches (such as waterfall and agile methodologies), and can demonstrate good communication and influencing skills.
In addition, experience, knowledge or expertise in the following would give you an advantage:
Using different project management tools (such as Microsoft Project / Project Online, Jira) and collaboration tools, in particular SharePoint and TeamsLeading small projects, or leading workstreams within larger projectsDelivering great user support and advice, empathizing with project managers and being a credible partner to their developmentWorking effectively in global teams