Commercial Administrator

Job Title:            Commercial Administrator

Salary:                 Competitive

Location:            Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)  

Contract:            Permanent, Fulltime (40 hours)

Do you have business administration experience and are passionate about improving education systems?

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

Partnership for Education (Partnership), Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 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 Commercial Administrator role in to join our Commercial team as we expand and create new workflows and processes.

As the Commercial Administrator, you will support the day-to-day activities of the Partnership team by providing first-in-line business support to the colleagues mainly in the MENA region, ensuring that the Commercial teams receive the required business support in their plans and activities to achieve the strategic objectives and financial targets.

This is a great opportunity for business support professionals, with experience in the administrative tasks, who are interested in playing a key role in connecting with our business executives and stakeholders.

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, and do have relevant business administration experience, please take a look at the attached job description for more information.

About you

This role is a critical position ensuring that the Partnership colleagues have the required admin support to work effectively and efficiently in line with the operational and financial guidelines, allowing the team as a whole to meet service level objectives and targets.

You will have an understanding and experience of the international business environment.

As the Commercial Administrator, you will also bring business acumen, capable of creating and maintaining good internal and external relationships.

The successful candidate will have experience in reporting, note-taking, and meeting arrangements. Fluency in Arabic, in addition to English, both written and spoken is desirable.

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, rewards package.

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 4th April 2025 although we may close it earlier if suitable candidates are identified.  First Interviews (Online) are scheduled to take place week commencing 7 April 2025, and second Interviews (Face-to-Face) will be week commencing 14 April – with a task.

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

Why Cambridge University Press and Assessment?

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.