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Closing date for application: 16 June 2025Salary: £29,000 - £43,000 dependent on experience and location (+bonus +benefits)Location: Sheffield, LondonContract: Fixed-term &nbsp;Take your editorial experience and knowledge of the UK's Christian community to this position with Hodder Faith.We publish books of excellence and lasting value written by authors with passion and expertise. We're home to popular fiction and non-fiction writers alongside some of the most progressive new voices in publishing. Established in 1768 and with a rich and illustrious history, we are the oldest imprint in the business and oldest surviving trade list in British publishing.John Murray Press is a division of Hachette, one of the largest publishing groups in the UK, with 11 publishing divisions and over 60 imprints. Everyone here is proud to be in the business of opening doors and minds. &nbsp;What you'll be doingTo take on editorial and publishing responsibility for a number of existing key book and author brands across the Hodder Faith list as assigned by the publishing director, and to oversee these titles working alongside the authors through to publication and beyond.To take overall editorial responsibility for key titles and authors on the Hodder Faith list:<ul><li>To oversee the editorial and publishing process for existing key titles, as delegated by the publishing director</li><li>To develop strong and effective relationships with relevant authors</li><li>To work effectively with the wider editorial team, ensuring communication is timely and effective</li></ul>To assist the publishing director and other editors’ forward commissioning for the Hodder Faith books list:<ul><li>To read and assess new manuscripts as directed, and provide feedback to the publishing director and in the regular editorial team meeting</li></ul>To publish titles imaginatively and with conviction, with agreed sales goals and cost control in mind:<ul><li>Following acquisition, to working with contracts team to ensure contract process is complete for each project</li><li>To work with authors to ensure delivery of manuscripts in line with contract and agreed scope</li><li>To make initial editorial assessments and undertake overall content edit</li><li>To write cover copy and selling copy for title information sheets</li><li>To drive the publishing of your books through the editorial, design and production process</li></ul>With others on the team, to share responsibility for monitoring market trends:<ul><li>Reading bookfair reports, monitoring competitor activity, including internationally</li><li>undertaking research in subject areas and market sectors as agreed with the publishing director</li><li>attending book fairs and conferences, especially during the Christian festival season, etc.</li></ul> &nbsp;Who we are looking for<ul><li>We are looking for candidates with solid editorial experience, confident working in detail on manuscripts and alongside authors. </li><li>Applicants must be solutions orientated, with high diplomacy skills and a flexible approach. </li><li>This role would suit somebody who enjoys working as part of a close team and who is able to prioritise their own workload to meet schedule and budget parameters. </li><li>Good working knowledge of the Christian scene in the UK will be essential.</li><li>Demonstrable experience, knowledge, or certification indicating a broad understanding of Christian theology.</li><li>Strong and wide knowledge of the UK and US Christian Church scene, across denominations.</li><li>Experience working with authors, and confident working with high-profile authors</li><li>Strong developmental/structural text editing abilities</li><li>Strong organisational skills</li><li>Good interpersonal skills, communication ability and resilient attitude</li><li>Effective influencing skills</li><li>Confident presentation skills</li><li>Knowledge of UK sales channels for Christian books</li><li>Proven experience at editorial assistant level or assistant editor level</li></ul>&nbsp; What we offerOur staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:<ul><li>28 annual leave days per year, increases to 29 days after 2 years' service and goes up to 30 days after 5 years' (+ bank holidays)</li><li>Generous pension schemes</li><li>Rent deposit loans</li><li>2 community days per year</li><li>Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)</li><li>Retail discounts through Hachette rewards</li><li>Cycle to Work scheme</li><li>Eye care vouchers</li><li>Wide-ranging training library</li><li>Development programmes (including mentoring)</li><li>Up to 70% off book purchases</li><li>A charity bookshelf</li><li>12 Staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including&nbsp;Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing&nbsp;and religious networks</li><li>Season ticket loans</li><li>And much more!</li></ul>The role will be based at our London or Sheffield office, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week.&nbsp; Our commitmentHachette employs people on the basis of their abilities. We aim to attract and develop talent from a base as broad as the world of readers we want to reach, with a wide and representative range of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds.If you are shortlisted and need us to make any adjustments to help you attend for interview, please let us know.The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews and undertaking junior roles. For more information visit&nbsp;<a href="http://www.booktradeentrysupport.org/" target="_blank">www.booktradeentrysupport.org</a>Please include in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Carmelite House

Hachette UK

Editor / assistant editor (1 year fixed-term), Hodder Faith

&nbsp;This programme will give four talented LGBTQIA+ writers of nine months of mentoring from a published author, plus a tutorial with a literary agent.This mentoring will run from June 2025 to March 2026 and seeks to support five aspiring authors with one-to-one guidance from a published author-mentor, plus a tutorial with a literary agent.Mentoring sessions will take place via Zoom/phone calls. We are able to make accessibility adjustments to the programme if required. For example, by providing a British Sign Language interpreter.You can apply to be mentored for a project at any stage of writing (from just starting to redrafting) and written in any of the following genres/categories:<ul><li>Novel written for adults</li><li>Novel written for children (older than 7) or young adults</li><li>Collection of short stories</li><li>Memoir</li><li>Narrative non-fiction</li></ul> &nbsp;<h4>Eligibility</h4>This mentoring is open to anyone over the age of 18, who identifies as LGBTQIA+ and fulfils our low-income eligibility criteria. Your submission does not necessarily have to be about LGBTQIA+ experiences, although we are particularly interested in stories with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer characters or themes.Applicants must also fulfil our financial criteria:<ul><li>Unmarried&nbsp;and not co-habiting with a partner,&nbsp;with an annual (gross, pre-tax) income of less than £25,000 and personal savings of less than £5,000.</li><li>Married or co-habiting with a partner, with a total annual (gross pre-tax) household income of less than £35,000 and personal savings (jointly or individually) of less than £5,000.</li></ul>If you don’t quite fit our financial criteria but are nonetheless financially challenged, then do apply, explaining your circumstances in the form. &nbsp;<h4>Terms &amp; conditions</h4><ul><li>Applicants to&nbsp;the Breakthrough Mentoring Programme for LGBTQIA+ Writers must fulfil our eligibility criteria. Our form asks you to make statements about your gender identity and sexuality, your financial income and the reason you deserve this fully funded opportunity.</li><li>With respect to the earnings thresholds set out in our eligibility section: for salaried applicants, your&nbsp;current salary at date of application must be under the threshold. For self-employed applicants, your gross pre-tax profits (average figure for the last two financial years) must be under the threshold. State benefits such as jobseeker’s allowance should be counted as income.</li><li>Applicants may be asked to provide proof of their financial circumstances in support of their application.</li><li>Applicants must not be currently represented by a literary agent.</li></ul> &nbsp;<h4>Ready to apply?</h4>Curtis Brown Creative offers mentoring places on the basis of proven writing ability. We ask applicants to send us the first 3,000 words of a novel/memoir/short story/ narrative non-fiction project in progress, with a one-page synopsis, and to fill out our application form. Mentoring places will be awarded to applicants with submission material that shows the greatest potential and promise in our view. The decision will be made by the Curtis Brown Creative team.Our application process is simple, and we encourage all writers meeting the eligibility criteria to apply.Don’t worry if you have little or nothing to say in response to questions about e.g. writing experience or employment. Just fill out the form, upload your work and we’ll be in touch soon.The deadline for applications is&nbsp;Sunday 8 June, and we will respond to applicants by&nbsp;Thursday 12 June 2025. If you encounter any problems during the application process or have any more questions about the courses, please email&nbsp;<a href="mailto:help@curtisbrowncreative.co.uk" target="_blank">help@curtisbrowncreative.co.uk</a>&nbsp;for assistance.Please include in your application that you found this opportunity through Creative Access.

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Closing date: Friday 23rd May 2025Contract: Full-time, permanent positionSalary: £30,000 per annum This is an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Editor to join the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack team, working on perhaps the most famous sports book in the world, published annually since 1864.&nbsp;The successful candidate will be self-motivated and possess an excellent attention to detail, a love of cricket, and high standards of literacy and numeracy.The role will involve some work with an XML database, but there is significant scope for the right person to make their mark on the Almanack, as well as the opportunity to write reports on major matches.The role reports to the Editor and Co-Editor of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack and sits within the Special Interest division of Bloomsbury Publishing. &nbsp;Responsibilities<ul><li>Editing and fact-checking content</li><li>Inputting content and corrections</li><li>Writing for various sections of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack</li><li>Providing ideas for the reporting of the game through words and figures</li><li>Selecting, obtaining, editing and captioning photographs</li><li>Helping the editorial team maintain Wisden’s social media presence</li><li>Helping the Wisden’s statistical editor with the handling of scorecards, averages, records, etc.</li><li>Providing administrative support to the Wisden team</li></ul>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Knowledge, skills and experience&nbsp;<ul><li>Excellence in written English, a keen eye for detail and a confidence in the world of numbers</li><li>Demonstrable love of cricket</li><li>Excellent communication within and beyond the small Wisden team</li><li>Strong organisational skills and an ability to meet strict deadlines</li><li>Some experience of working in XML is desirable, but not essential</li></ul> &nbsp;Additional informationThe role is based at&nbsp;our London office 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP on a hybrid-working pattern of 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred).&nbsp; Allocated office days for this role are: Monday and TuesdayThis position is eligible for Bloomsbury’s Rental Deposit Loan Scheme. To assist candidates who want to start and to establish a career in publishing, Bloomsbury offers an interest-free rental deposit to support securing somewhere to live. The rental deposit loan can be up to £3,000 and will be paid back over 2 years.Please apply with a CV and covering letter addressed to Human Resources (Word or PDF format only) via the ‘APPLY NOW’ button, detailing how you meet the requirements outlined above for this role by Friday 23rd May 2025.For best results, please use a desktop to apply as some mobile browsers may not fully support the application portal.Bloomsbury reserve the right to close the role early if we exceed the required number of applications&nbsp; &nbsp;Bloomsbury BenefitsAs well as a fantastic opportunity to join a global award-winning organisation, Bloomsbury offers the following competitive benefits package:Working Pattern&nbsp;<ul><li>Hybrid working pattern of: 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred)</li></ul>Holidays<ul><li>25 days holiday</li><li>3.5 days Christmas company holiday</li></ul>&nbsp;Other Benefits<ul><li>Two paid Personal Wellness Days</li><li>Flexible Fridays –&nbsp;take Friday afternoon off by working an additional&nbsp;3 hours and 30 minutes earlier in the week</li><li>Work Anywhere Fortnight -&nbsp;For two weeks of any calendar year. The minimum period for Working Anywhere is one week, the maximum period is two weeks.</li><li>Season Ticket Loan</li><li>Share Save Scheme</li><li>AXA Healthcare Plan (Private Medical Insurance)</li><li>Peppy Health App</li><li>In-house Doctor</li><li>Eye Care Voucher Scheme</li></ul>&nbsp;Company culture – Employee Voice Meetings, Staff Networks (Bloom, Accessibility, Mental Health, Pride, and Parents, Guardians and Carers, Multi-Faith) and 14 Mental Health First Aiders trained across the UK offices, Publishing Events and access to free Publishing Resources&nbsp; &nbsp;For additional benefits see belowBloomsbury is a place where anyone of any background, race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, gender identity, age, ability, or socio-economic status can thrive, feel comfortable, and be heard and accepted. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please flag to the recruitment team if required.Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.&nbsp;&nbsp;Please include in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Head Office - London

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Bloomsbury Publishing UK: Bedford Square Office

Assistant editor, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack

Closing date for applications: 25th May 2025Salary: £34,000 - £36,000, dependent on experience and location (+bonus +benefits) &nbsp;We're looking for a highly creative and consumer focused Marketing Manager to join our award-winning team.&nbsp;The Orion Publishing Group, a division of Hachette UK, publishes award-winning fiction, non-fiction and gift, and is home to bestselling authors and brands such as Ian Rankin, Adam Kay, Michael Connelly, Candice Carty-Williams, Emily English, Dr Nicole LePera, Brandon Sanderson, Santa Montefiore, Philippe Sands and many more.At Orion, we believe every story matters. Open, agile, passionate and innovative, our mission is to bring the best publishing to the greatest variety of people. Ambitious to continually raise the bar, we believe good stories can come from anywhere and so encourage and value contributions from everybody here.This exciting role will sit in our multi award-winning Communications team who have a proud track record of delivering high-impact, creative, sales-driving campaigns to help bring our books and gifts to the widest possible audience. &nbsp;What you'll be doing<ul><li>You'll lead on your own marketing campaigns, working across the wide variety of Orion's imprints, as well as have the opportunity to work with senior members of the team on some of the biggest brands and launches in the market.</li><li>You'll play a key role in every step of a book's journey, from acquisition to publication and beyond – devising creative, effective and eye-catching marketing campaigns that bring our books to life, engage consumers and drive sales. </li><li>You'll be collaborating widely with retailers and influencers, planning and implementing paid and organic digital activity, working with partners and third party stakeholders, maintaining excellent relationships with authors and agents, and reporting on campaign performance throughout. </li><li>You'll also work closely and collaboratively with wider departments, particularly Publicity, Sales and Editorial, to ensure each publication is perfectly positioned in the market and effectively reaching our target audiences.</li></ul> &nbsp;Who we are looking for<ul><li>Our ideal candidate will bring initiative, creativity and passion to their work, and have experience planning and executing standout marketing campaigns. </li><li>A clear understanding of audience and the wider market is essential, as is a passion and excitement for Orion’s books and gifts.</li><li>They will have a meticulous eye for detail, experience working with and managing budgets, be highly organised and able to work in a fast-paced environment managing multiple projects and timelines. </li><li>They’ll also be able to demonstrate first-class communication skills and thrive working and collaborating as part of a team.</li></ul> &nbsp;What we offerOur staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:<ul><li>28 annual leave days per year, increases to 29 days after 2 years' service and goes up to 30 days after 5 years' (+ bank holidays)</li><li>Private medical insurance</li><li>Dental insurance</li><li>Generous pension schemes</li><li>Rent deposit loans</li><li>2 community days per year</li><li>Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)</li><li>Retail discounts through Hachette rewards</li><li>Cycle to Work scheme</li><li>Eye care vouchers</li><li>Wide-ranging training library</li><li>Development programmes (including mentoring)</li><li>Up to 70% off book purchases</li><li>A charity bookshelf</li><li>12 Staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including&nbsp;Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing&nbsp;and religious networks</li><li>Season ticket loans</li><li>And much more!</li></ul>The role will be based at our London or Sheffield office, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week. &nbsp;Our commitmentHachette employs people on the basis of their abilities. We aim to attract and develop talent from a base as broad as the world of readers we want to reach, with a wide and representative range of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds.If you are shortlisted and need us to make any adjustments to help you attend for interview, please let us know.The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews and undertaking junior roles. For more information visit&nbsp;<a href="http://www.booktradeentrysupport.org/" target="_blank">www.booktradeentrysupport.org</a>Please include in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Marketing manager

Closing date: 27th May 2025Salary: £55,000 - £65,000 dependent on experience (+bonus +benefits)Location: The role will be based at our London office, Carmelite House,&nbsp;with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week. This is an exciting opportunity for a talented individual to lead on impactful projects at a leading educational publisher.&nbsp;At Hachette Learning (formerly Hodder Education), there’s one thing we’re certain about. No two students learn the same way. That’s why our approach to teaching begins by recognising the needs of individuals first. Our mission is to enable every learner to fulfil their unique potential by empowering those who teach them. From our expert teaching and learning resources to our digital educational tools that make learning easier and more accessible for all, we provide solutions designed to maximise the impact of learning for every teacher, parent and student.Aligned with our parent company, Hachette Livre, founded in 1826, we’re proud to deliver high-quality learning solutions on a global scale. We make it easier for everyone to unlock a new world of learning. Hachette Learning is a division of Hachette, one of the largest publishing groups in the UK, with 11 publishing divisions and over 60 imprints. Everyone here is proud to be in the business of opening doors and minds.Hachette Learning is in its third year of digital transformation, delivering content through print, digital, and hybrid learning solutions. The PMO within the Operations Department oversees programme management, governance, process standardisation, and operational alignment to strategic objectives.As the Head of the PMO &amp; QA you will lead Project and Delivery Managers, and QA teams, ensuring structured governance, risk management, and seamless cross-functional coordination. This role is responsible for embedding best practices in programme execution, workflow optimisation, QA frameworks and technology adoption to drive efficient and scalable content production and delivery. What you'll be doing<ul><li>The ownership of the business roadmap, manage interdependencies across projects, facilitate resource allocation and forecast resource demand.</li><li>The execution of the divisional technology roadmap, ensuring projects are clearly scoped, signed off, and deliver measurable business benefits.</li><li>You and your team will set-up and lead project teams, bringing together the necessary blend of knowledge and experience, ensuring clarity on roles, and encouraging collaboration and effective ways of working.</li><li>You’ll work closely with a network of stakeholders to provide a strong technical and organisational capability to drive co-ordinated change, including all functional teams, the IT and other Hachette UK teams.</li><li>You’ll be key in the selection, onboarding and tracking of third-party suppliers to deliver elements of the programme whilst retaining a holistic perspective on systems and data design.</li><li>Change management, ensuring teams effectively adopt new publishing workflows, tools, and processes.</li><li>Strong governance to oversee progress, manage risks and track investment spend and returns, keeping the overall programme on target in terms of scope, cost and quality.</li><li>You’ll ensure that learnings and good practice are shared.</li><li>You’ll ensure that our change is informed by the Hachette Learning values and the needs of our customers remain central in our thinking and investment.</li></ul> Key responsibilities<ul><li>Oversee and support Project Managers, Delivery Manager and QA teams, driving consistency in execution, risk management, and reporting.</li><li>Implement and maintain governance frameworks, ensuring structured project ownership, decision-making, quality control, reporting, and risk mitigation.</li><li>Manage project interdependencies, ensuring resource efficiency and seamless operational alignment.</li><li>Monitor project costs and budgets, ensuring financial accountability and ROI.</li><li>Ensure seamless integration of digital assets, publishing workflows, and technology platforms into BAU.</li><li>Act as a centre of excellence across all business and digital systems and workflows, ensuring continuity and improvement of processes and documentation.</li><li>Ensure compliance with publishing, digital, and data protection regulations, collaborating with IT and Legal.</li><li>Provide governance support to leadership, ensuring strategic alignment and data-driven decision-making.</li></ul> Who are we looking for<ul><li>Able to demonstrate a successful track record in delivery and management of business transformation, digital and technology projects, both large and small. Ideally this will have been delivered in an EdTech or education setting.</li><li>Expertise in programme governance, complex workflows, risk management, and project methodologies, ensuring efficient project execution.</li><li>Experience in QA frameworks and QA best practices.</li><li>Strong leadership and a commitment to continuous improvement.</li><li>A proactive planner who is comfortable working at strategic and operational levels.</li><li>Excellent stakeholder management and ability to collaborate effectively with interdisciplinary teams.</li><li>Excellent organisational, planning, and decision-making skills to drive programme efficiency and execution.</li><li>Able and willing to play a key role in shaping the future of the business through fostering a team culture that always seeks to bring the best in each other.</li></ul> We’d expect you to have the following skills / knowledge:<ul><li>Good understanding of programme management approaches as applied to digital development, e-commerce and user-centric learning. You will be familiar with the principles and implementation of lean practices and processes and used to working with both waterfall and agile project management methodologies.</li><li>Good grasp of IT architecture, data management and cyber security.</li><li>Excellent communicator, able to work cross-functionally, involving a wider range of stakeholders at all levels in the organisation and beyond.</li><li>Proven and demonstrable commercial negotiation skills, including management of tenders, and familiar with legal language and requirements.</li><li>Strong management skills, with an empowering, delegative and mentoring style.</li></ul> You’ll need to be:<ul><li>Able to lead inter-disciplinary teams</li><li>Well-organised – consistently meet tight deadlines</li><li>Excellent problem-solver with a can-do attitude</li><li>Structured and disciplined in approach to planning own and team workload</li><li>Good team-member, respected and trusted by colleagues</li><li>Passionate about achieving real change to the business and its users in Education</li></ul> What we offerOur staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:<ul><li>28 annual leave days per year, increases to 29 days after 2 years' service and goes up to 30 days after 5 years' (+ bank holidays)</li><li>Private medical insurance</li><li>Dental insurance</li><li>Generous pension schemes</li><li>Rent deposit loans</li><li>2 community days per year</li><li>Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)</li><li>Retail discounts through Hachette rewards</li><li>Cycle to Work scheme</li><li>Eye care vouchers</li><li>Wide-ranging training library</li><li>Development programmes (including mentoring)</li><li>Up to 70% off book purchases</li><li>A charity bookshelf</li><li>12 Staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including&nbsp;Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing&nbsp;and religious networks</li><li>Season ticket loans</li><li>And much more!</li></ul> Our commitmentHachette employs people on the basis of their abilities. We aim to attract and develop talent from a base as broad as the world of readers we want to reach, with a wide and representative range of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds.If you are shortlisted and need us to make any adjustments to help you attend for interview, please let us know.The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews and undertaking junior roles. For more information visit&nbsp;<a href="http://www.booktradeentrysupport.org/" target="_blank">www.booktradeentrysupport.org</a>We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.&nbsp;Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.&nbsp;

Head of programme management office and quality assurance

Closing date: 31st May 2025Salary: £35,000 plus unsociable hours allowance (+bonus +benefits) &nbsp;This late-shift WMS analyst role, ideal for someone with Blue Yonder experience, offers the chance to help power the distribution behind some of the world’s most celebrated books.Hachette UK is a creative powerhouse and the UK's second largest book publishing group. Our mission is to make it easy for everyone to discover new worlds of ideas, learning, entertainment and opportunity. We're made up of 11&nbsp;autonomous publishing divisions and over 60 imprints with a rich and diverse history and an incredible range of authors. We're also the market leader in e-books and publish a range of bestsellers in audio format, the fastest growing part of our business.Our award-winning adult publishing divisions are Orion, which won Publisher of the Year at the 2021 British Book Awards; Little, Brown; John Murray Press; Hodder &amp; Stoughton; Headline; Quercus; Octopus, and Bookouture. They publish fiction and non-fiction in digital, audio and print format, from the world's best and most diverse authors, including Brit Bennett, Candice Carty-Williams, Martina Cole, Michael Connelly, John Grisham, Stephen King, Stieg Larsson, Nelson Mandela, Stephenie Meyer, Maggie O'Farrell, Delia Owens, Ian Rankin, J.K. Rowling, Colson Whitehead, and Malala Yousafzai. Hachette Children's Group publishes a wide and vibrant range of books for children across all age ranges, while Hachette Learning is a market leader in resources for both primary and secondary schools.&nbsp; What you'll be doing<ul><li>As part of a small, dedicated IT team based at the state of the art Hely Hutchinson Centre in Didcot, your primary role is to provide Blue Yonder support to the Hachette UK Distribution team.</li><li>You will be asked to monitor, maintain, and provide support for the Blue Yonder Warehouse Management System, including product configuration. </li><li>You will be expected to work on the support tickets assigned to the WMS team, liaise with colleagues and customers and escalate as necessary to ensure that tickets are actioned and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction as quickly as possible. </li><li>The role is to work the late shift (primarily 2pm to 10pm Monday to Friday) although occasionally you may be asked to provide cover for your colleagues on day shifts.</li></ul>&nbsp; Who we are looking for<ul><li>We are looking for an excellent WMS Analyst with Blue Yonder experience, possessing the ability to work with all levels of the Distribution business and IT.</li><li>You must demonstrate trustworthiness, integrity and honesty and can accept feedback from others positively.&nbsp;</li><li>Hachette Distribution’s business is time critical, therefore you must be able to work to tight deadlines, be able to focus on the present and manage your own tasks accordingly. </li><li>As this role is a late shift role, you will be expected to be a self-starter and manage your time effectively &amp; efficiently.</li><li>A strong understanding of Distribution methodologies, processes, and guidelines, along with a proven track record in a Support or Operational role within an organisation is essential, </li><li>As is the ability to communicate &amp; manage expectations at all levels and have experience of JDA 9.1 Discrete, JDA/Blue Yonder 2019 or 2021.</li></ul>&nbsp; What we offerOur staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:<ul><li>28 annual leave days per year, increases to 29 days after 2 years' service and goes up to 30 days after 5 years' (+ bank holidays)</li><li>Private medical insurance</li><li>Dental insurance</li><li>Generous pension schemes</li><li>Rent deposit loans</li><li>2 community days per year</li><li>Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)</li><li>Retail discounts through Hachette rewards</li><li>Cycle to Work scheme</li><li>Eye care vouchers</li><li>Wide-ranging training library</li><li>Development programmes (including mentoring)</li><li>Up to 70% off book purchases</li><li>A charity bookshelf</li><li>12 Staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including&nbsp;Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing&nbsp;and religious networks</li><li>Season ticket loans</li><li>And much more!</li></ul>The role will be based at our Didcot office, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week.&nbsp; Our commitmentHachette employs people on the basis of their abilities. We aim to attract and develop talent from a base as broad as the world of readers we want to reach, with a wide and representative range of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds.If you are shortlisted and need us to make any adjustments to help you attend for interview, please let us know.The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews and undertaking junior roles. For more information visit&nbsp;<a href="http://www.booktradeentrysupport.org/" target="_blank">www.booktradeentrysupport.org</a>Please include in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

WMS analyst (2pm-10pm)

Closing date for signing up:&nbsp;Tuesday&nbsp;20th May 2025 at 5pmEvent date:&nbsp;Wednesday 21st May 2025Event time:&nbsp;5pm - 6pm via Zoom Are you interested in building a career in or around bookselling? Or keen to hear more from booksellers from across the UK? If so, our upcoming Booksellers Association webinar is perfect for you.Join us for an exclusive webinar arranged by the <a href="https://www.booksellers.org.uk/" target="_blank">Booksellers Association</a> – the membership organisation for all booksellers in the UK &amp; Ireland, representing over 95% of bookshops – to learn more about careers in bookselling, and hear from the President of the Booksellers Association as well as managers and owners of bookshops across the UK.This will also be an excellent opportunity to learn more about our upcoming Creative Access &amp; Booksellers Association mentoring programme, now open for applications. Please note the mentoring opportunity is a Positive Action Scheme open to individuals from groups that are under-represented in the creative industries. The session will conclude with an audience Q&amp;A to the Chair and panel speakers. Meet our speakers:<ul><li>Panel chair: Fleur Sinclair, Owner-manager of Sevenoaks Bookshop &amp; current president of the Booksellers Association</li><li>Amanda Truman, Owner-manager of Truman Books, Leeds</li><li>Emily Adsett, Manager of Haslemere Bookshop, Surrey</li><li>Helen Tamblyn-Saville, Owner-manager of Wonderland Bookshop, Retford, Nottinghamshire</li><li>Paul Lynch, Area people support for Waterstones</li></ul> To sign up for the Learn More session, please:&nbsp;&nbsp;<ul><li>Log in to your Creative Access account or  register today </li><li>Click the apply button to book your place on the session</li><li>If you have questions prior to submitting an application please submit these via the registration form.</li></ul>&nbsp;This event is aimed at individuals from groups that are under-represented in the creative industries. This includes, but is not limited to, individuals who identify as Black, Asian, or from other ethnically diverse backgrounds,&nbsp;or people of any ethnicity who belong to the following under-represented groups: disabled people,&nbsp;people with the characteristic of gender reassignment,&nbsp;individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, carers and asylum seekers.Explore the Creative Access and Booksellers Association mentoring programme <a href="https://opportunities.creativeaccess.org.uk/job/creative-access-booksellers-association-mentoring-programme-2025-34327" target="_blank">here</a>. Applications close Friday 6th June at 12pm midday.

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