Proofreader

**Salary**: - £24,300-£28,500**Location**: - Cambridge**Country**: - UK**Business Unit**: - Cambridge International**Vacancy Type**: - Permanent**Closing Date**: - 23 October 2024**Meet the recruiter**: - Ian Brooks **Salary**: £23,500-£28,500 Location: Cambridge, Hybrid (Weekly attendance in Cambridge will be required) Contract: Full time, permanent **We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.** This is an opportunity to join the proofreading team for an exam board. The team provides a high-quality proofreading service for question paper material. The required standard is that the materials are 100% error free. This is an in-house position, which can be performed in a hybrid manner within the UK. We are a small friendly team, and we provide a formal, structured induction. **About the role** - Proofreading question paper materials to make sure they are free of grammar, spelling, typographical, layout and formatting errors. - Contributing to the continual improvement of team processes and procedures. - Helping keep our style guide up to date - Helping reply to queries on style from our internal customers **About you** You will be: - A highly accurate and experienced proofreader. The role is not suitable for entry-level proofreaders and it is not available as a freelance position. - Used to working with a large and complex style guide and detailed checklists. - Ideally familiar with exam board materials. - Used to spending the majority of your time proofreading. The role does not include editing materials. - A quick learner. **More about you** You will need to demonstrate: - An excellent understanding of English grammar and plain English - Grade A/B GCSE English language and education to degree level - Evidence of proofreading training either via a recognised qualification or by being trained on the job by an experienced proofreader - A methodical and meticulous way of working - The ability to sustain accuracy and attention to detail when proofreading similar formats repeatedly - Experience of working to agreed processes and procedures - Excellent communication skills verbally and in writing - Flexibility and adaptability - A commitment to continual improvement - Your proofreading training, including Intermediate or higher-level membership of the CIEP - The types of complex documents you have proofread, including any exam board materials, and any areas of specialist proofreading knowledge. - Your experience of working with a large and complex style guide and detailed checklists **As a part of the shortlisting process, you may be asked to complete a proofreading task.** **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, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including: - Group personal pension scheme - Discretionary annual bonus - Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary - Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance - Green travel schemes - 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays We also offer flexible and hybrid working options from day one. We will consider any work arrangements if you wish to work flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability. **Please note, Cambridge University Press & Assessment is unable to issue sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Visa route for this role as it does not meet the minimum skill requirements.** **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 - Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where everyone has a voice, and where we learn continuously to improve together. Ensuring that everyone feels they belong is essential to who we are, and to the contribution we make to society and our planet._

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