Overview

About The Role: As the Middle East, Africa, Turkiye (META) Business Development Support Coordinator, you will provide vital coordination and support to the Business Development Director, ensuring our operations run smoothly and efficiently. This role includes:

  • Managing key administrative functions, including data coordination and analysis.
  • Promoting best-practice operating procedures and support planning, team meetings, calendar management, and decision-making processes.
  • Acting as the crucial link between our in-market Regional Managers, Learning & Assessment Consultants, and other internal teams.
  • Ensuring consistent communication, precise record-keeping, and effective collaboration to drive our sales and revenue targets.

Additionally, you will contribute to regular performance monitoring and KPI reporting, master the use of Cambridge systems (including Salesforce, Business Objects, SAP, and PowerBI), and support the seamless execution of business development activities across the META geography.

About You:

You are an organised, proactive professional dedicated to achieving efficiency and fostering collaboration. You will bring prior experience from a regional commercial support role to senior leaders. You will possess strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal abilities, enabling you to build effective relationships across teams. A solutions- and results-oriented mindset with the resilience to work under pressure, handle multiple activities, and meet deadlines.

Additionally, you will demonstrate the following:

  • Adept at applying analytical reasoning to extrapolate actionable insights from complex datasets.
  • Demonstrate proven ability to identify operational gaps and recommend targeted improvements that enhance efficiency and drive business growth.
  • Advanced proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and confidence in using digital tools.
  • Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills with a keen eye for detail.
  • A collaborative spirit, integrity, and an innovative approach to driving continuous improvements.
  • Background in business administration or a related field is desirable.

If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.

About Cambridge University Press & Assessment

We are a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation, and part of the University of Cambridge. We’re driven by a simple mission – to contribute to society through the pursuit of education, learning, and research at the highest international levels of excellence. Our team is one connected, global community, pursuing potential and moving forward, together. We will keep exploring, collaborating, and innovating to find bold new ways to spread knowledge, spark enquiry, and aid understanding.