Job Description

Salary: Competitive
Location: Kuala Lumpur
Country: Malaysia
Business Unit: Cambridge International
Vacancy Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 16 October 2025

Meet the recruiter

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Stephanie Pass


stephanie.pass@cambridge.org



Salary: Competitive



Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia



Contract: Permanent, Full Time





Are you passionate about education and business development? Join Cambridge University Press & Assessment as our Senior Education Advisor for SE Asia & Pacific and play a key role in shaping educational opportunities and partnerships across the region.



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, 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 Senior Education Advisor role in SE Asia & Pacific to join our business development team as we expand and create new workflows and processes.



As the Senior Education Advisor, you will lead on the identification and development of new opportunities in the region. You will be responsible for supporting the Cambridge based sales teams to win new business and maximise the value from existing customers, delivering growth for Partnership for Education and a great experience and outcome for Cambridge customers and the societies that they represent.



This is a great opportunity for experienced business development professionals, with experience in the government sector, who are interested in playing a key role in connecting with our key business executives and stakeholders.



If you are interested in this exciting business development opportunity, and have significant government / education experience, please take a look at the attached job description for more information.

About you

In this role, you will be communicating with senior dignitaries, government officials, Ministries of Education, and other international organisations so experience working in an international market would be highly valuable.



You will have an understanding and experience of curriculum and assessment in education with experience working in a publishing or teaching environment.



As the Senior Education Advisor, you will also bring a strong commercial acumen, capable of creating and maintaining great customer relationships. You will also have experience in team development and will have experience in financial reporting, pipeline, and forecasting.

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.



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

Thursday 16

th

October

. Interviews are scheduled to take place

shortly after the closing date.

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks.

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.