Professional Development Managers - 5015

Job Title: Professional Development Managers - (Coaching & Mentoring) and (Teaching)

Salary: SR 324,900 - 434,550 plus 20% housing allowance and (10%) transport allowance and (10%) other allowance

Location: Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. On-Site at Client's Location.

Contract: August 2026 - Fixed Term (potential renewal at end of contract) 40 hours per week)

Ready for a new adventure? Join us as a Professional Development Manager in Riyadh, where you'll play a key role in launching six innovative training programmes for teachers, teaching assistants, and school leaders.

This is your opportunity to make a lasting impact on education and help shape its future. Be part of something incredible.

Please note: Only Saudi Nationals are eligible to apply for this position.

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

The Professional Development Manager in Riyadh will support six new training programmes for teachers, teaching assistants, and school leaders. This role requires excellent organisational and communication skills in Arabic and English, and the ability to manage multiple stakeholders and competing demands. The role will report to a Director of Studies and work alongside 2 Cambridge Programme Leaders and 3 partner Programme Leaders, matrix working across the team who are all based in Riyadh. Programme participants are trained in groups of up to 20 in either an English or Arabic medium using the same programme materials.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the Director of Studies in daily tasks and reporting.
• Liaise with and support Programme Leaders and Mentors, acting as the main contact for addressing queries and complaints.
• Monitor course implementation and feedback, ensuring quality delivery.
• Support assessment processes and liaise with Cambridge.
• Address and escalate programme risks as needed.
  
  

About You

We are seeking a knowledgeable individual with expertise in pedagogy and training principles, fluent in both English and Arabic.

Key qualifications and experience include:

• Relevant degree (Masters desirable)
• Teaching qualification and experience
• Experience leading and managing professional development programmes
• Proven ability to manage, support, and evaluate teachers/trainers
• Line management or teaching team coordination experience
• Record-keeping and reporting skills
• Flexibility and adaptability under time pressure
• Strong verbal and written communication in Arabic and English
• Time management, project management, and people management skills
• Proficiency in IT, including learning management systems
  
  

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.

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 transportation allowance, housing allowance, and other allowances.

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 2nd February and interviews are scheduled to take place in early February.

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

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 that 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 believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background, and approach. We actively seek to employ people from a wide range of different communities.