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Closing date: 20th April 2025Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 dependent on experience and location (+bonus +benefits)Location: This role can be based at our London or Sheffield office, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week. Are you a strategic and detail-oriented leader with a passion for publishing operations? Do you thrive on improving efficiency and streamlining workflow for busy teams?&nbsp;We were created over three decades ago to deliver the brightest and best entertainment. Story – real and imagined – lies at the heart of everything for us. We delight in seeking out storytellers and story lovers everywhere. We're serious about keeping people entertained and believe our books should be devoured, not left on the shelf.Headline 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.We’re looking for a Head of Publishing Operations to oversee, improve and implement effective publishing processes, ensuring smooth editorial and design operations and maximising profitability across the Headline and Welbeck imprints. As a key figure in the division, you will oversee editorial, design, and bibliographic operations, manage two junior team members, and ensure that titles and covers meet critical path deadlines while aligning with KPIs. Key responsibilities<ul><li>Develop, implement, and monitor publishing workflows to optimise efficiency.</li><li>Oversee editorial and design operations, ensuring seamless coordination across teams.</li><li>Manage and support the Editorial Operations Assistant and Studio Executive.</li><li>Lead on IT and system integration projects to enhance publishing processes.</li><li>Maintain high bibliographic and metadata quality across the business.</li></ul> Who we are looking for<ul><li>Proven experience in publishing operations or a similar role.</li><li>Strong project management skills with the ability to streamline workflows.</li><li>Excellent leadership and communication skills.</li><li>Experience working with publishing systems, metadata management, and IT integrations.</li><li>A proactive, problem-solving approach and keen attention to detail.</li><li>Experience in Design or Editorial an advantage.</li></ul>If you’re ready to play a pivotal role in shaping the efficiency and success of our publishing operations, we’d love to hear from you. 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>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.Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Carmelite House

Hachette UK

Head of operations

Salary: £28,524 Take the lead on the day-to-day running of Hachette UK Distribution's customer services team in Oxford.We, Hachette UK Distribution, are the leading book distribution company in the UK.&nbsp;We are one of the most advanced distribution centres in Europe, with leading-edge automation and modern systems which will ensure world-class service to customers and publisher clients. We ship in excess of 60 million books globally each year and supply one out of every four books to the UK trade. Our mission is to make it easy for everyone to discover new worlds of ideas, learning, entertainment and opportunity. Hachette UK Distribution is part of the Hachette UK publishing group.We are looking for a Team Leader to manage the team and to drive and empower the team to provide outstanding customer service with expertise and a personal touch, to exceed their customers’ expectations by taking ownership and being solution-focused in order to be a trusted partner to our customers and publishers. We are looking for proven experience of working in a customer focused function, effectively driving engagement and leading the day to day running of the team, managing the workflows and resource, whilst working to agreed deadlines and service levels. What you'll be doingTasks involved in the role include (but not limited to):&nbsp;<ul><li>Developing effective working relationships with clients and customers to become a trusted partner. This includes being involved in regular meetings with Publishers.</li><li>Being required at Publisher Meetings, ranging from attendance to running the meeting. </li><li>Assisting the team members with their personal development through identifying skills gaps via coaching/1:1 sessions, appraisals, training, and up skilling.</li><li>Communicating effectively with the team in respect of day-to-day activity, organising workflows and managing work volumes.</li><li>Producing and publishing reports as required relating to KPIs, SLAs, and productivity.</li><li>Liaising with other departments to ensure full root and branch analysis is complete when problems arise and put remedial steps in place to reduce the risk of the same problem recurring.</li><li>Ensuring Quality, Health and Safety and Environmental standards and all related company policies are adhered to, raising any issues to the relevant parties as appropriate.&nbsp;</li></ul> Who we are looking forThe ideal candidate will:&nbsp;<ul><li>Have proven experience of working within a fast-paced customer focused environment.</li><li>Be able to demonstrate their understanding of Publishers and their needs.</li><li>Have excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.</li><li>Possess good problem-solving skills and have the confidence to use initiative to resolve queries.</li><li>Need to be competent in IT skills such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams and Outlook.</li><li>Have existing knowledge (or be willing to learn) SAP CRM and SAP ECC.</li><li>Be expected to have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal including using Microsoft Teams and the telephone to internal and external customers at all levels.</li><li>Have demonstrable management experience or be ready to step into a people management role.&nbsp;</li></ul> What we offerOur people are our greatest asset and our benefits reflect this. Therefore, we offer an extensive list of benefits that include:<ul><li>33 days annual holiday including Bank Holidays</li><li>Pension Plan and Life Assurance schemes</li><li>Company enhanced family policy including maternity, paternity and shared parental</li><li>Reward programme giving discounts, savings and cash back at numerous retailers</li><li>2 Community Days per year</li><li>Cycle to Work scheme</li><li>Eye care vouchers</li><li>Generous discounts on books we publish</li><li>Mental Health First Aiders / Champions and an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)</li><li>Wide-ranging training library</li><li>Development Programmes including Mentoring</li><li>Staff Events e.g. Burrito van, Pie van, Ice Cream van, Staff Party</li><li>Many employee networks to join</li><li>Free onsite parking</li><li>Free tea and coffee</li><li>Creating an environment of inclusion so everyone can be their true self #Ibelong #AndSoDoYou #OneTeam</li></ul> Our commitmentHachette employs people on the basis of their abilities.&nbsp;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&nbsp;let us know. We will notify all candidates of the outcome of their application.Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Customer services team leader (12 month FTC, maternity cover)

Salary: £30,000 - £35,000, dependent on experience and location (+bonus +benefits)Location: The role will be based at our London office, Carmelite House, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week. We are looking for a motivated and experienced operations associate to join our dynamic and fast-growing team.&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 12 publishing divisions and over 60 imprints. Everyone here is proud to be in the business of opening doors and minds.In this role, you will be responsible for providing support to our product, sales and inventory teams, by performing a variety of tasks such as facilitating forecasting requirements, assisting with customer service, order processing, data processing and sales reporting. This is a key-role within our Product Operations’ strategy in developing and maintaining process improvements, cost saving initiatives and customer data analysis. The ideal candidate will be familiar with the principles of Lean management and have strong communication and problem-solving skills, as well as some experience in sales with a clear focus on international markets as well as a solid background in operations and customer service.&nbsp; What you'll be doing<ul><li>Manage the full sales order cycle, ensuring accurate processing of retailer and distributor orders </li><li>Work closely with Inventory, Distribution, and Production teams to track customer/distributor stock levels and ensure timely fulfilment. </li><li>Own the reprints drop shipments process and international trade deliveries, ensuring compliance with customs and retailer requirements, EUDR and GPSR. </li><li>Process and track trade direct delivery invoicing, ensuring accuracy in financial reporting. </li><li>Act as a point of contact for order escalations, liaising with key stakeholders to resolve issues efficiently. </li><li>Work with Production, Sales and Distribution teams to implement more efficient workflows and best practices. </li><li>Drive and support initiatives to reduce unnecessary costs. </li><li>Collaborate with internal teams to automate manual processes, such as iPage inbound shipment notifications. </li><li>Identify and resolve recurring fulfilment and invoicing challenges, improving operational efficiency across the division. </li><li>Provide clear, data-driven reports to Sales Managers and Key Account Managers. </li><li>Support the sales team by tracking order trends. </li><li>Support finance teams by providing accurate invoicing and promotional discount tracking.&nbsp;</li></ul>The above list is not exclusive or exhaustive, and the job holder may be required to undertake such other duties as may reasonably be required. Who we are looking forSkills and knowledge<ul><li>Solid experience in an operations role with a strong focus on sales ops</li><li>Strong interpersonal skills to deal with customers and collaborate closely with a variety of departments such as sales, distribution and inventory.</li><li>Exemplary customer service skills to deal politely and effectively with customers’ inquiries or complaints</li><li>Excellent written and verbal communication</li><li>Publishing industry experience preferred but not required</li><li>Highly computer and systems literate (with strong working knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint)</li><li>Strong understanding of order fulfilment, invoicing, and inventory management workflows</li><li>Familiarity with CRM and order management systems (e.g. SAP, Extent).</li><li>Ability to analyse sales trends, order bottlenecks, and operational efficiency metrics</li></ul>KPIs<ul><li>Produce accurate, relevant, and timely information as and when required</li><li>Build effective relationships with key departments and teams </li><li>Execute consistent order processing</li><li>Arrange printer direct deliveries in a timely and efficient manner</li></ul>Need to be<ul><li>Strong communicator (essential)</li><li>A collaborative team player (essential)</li><li>Solid commercial foundations (essential)</li><li>Proactive and delivery orientated (essential)</li><li>Ability to work under pressure and prioritise effectively (essential)</li><li>Ability to manage a varied workload (essential)</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>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>Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Operations associate

Closing date for applications: 2 April 2025Salary: £24,840 - £26,000 dependent on experience (+bonus +benefits) Detail-oriented and curious about working in finance? Grow your finance career with Hachette UK's Treasury teamHachette 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.Hachette UK is part of&nbsp;Hachette Livre, the world's third largest trade and educational publisher. As well as our headquarters in Carmelite House, London, and our state-of-the-art book distribution centre in Didcot, Oxfordshire, we have recently opened five new offices in Manchester, Bristol, Sheffield, Newcastle, and Edinburgh. The UK region also includes offices in Australia, New Zealand, India, Singapore, the Caribbean, and Ireland.It's an exciting time to join our business because the publishing market continues to grow and thrive. The UK remains the largest exporter of physical books in the world and book adaptations for film and TV are the foundation of the UK's creative industries. Join Our Treasury Team!Are you ready to take on a challenging and rewarding role where your meticulous attention to detail and financial management skills can truly shine? As a Treasury Assistant in Hachette UK Ltd., you’ll be an essential part of our Treasury team, ensuring the smooth processing of payments and daily financial transactions. If you're passionate about delivering excellence and thrive in a collaborative, dynamic environment, this opportunity is for you! &nbsp;Key ResponsibilitiesIn this role, you’ll handle a variety of tasks critical to the company's financial operations, including:<ul><li>Daily Financial Management: Process bank statement transactions with precision and efficiency, ensuring all daily banking activities are up-to-date and accurate.</li><li>Payment Processing: Manage both manual and automated payment runs, including our regular royalty payments, ensuring timely and accurate transfers.</li><li>Refund Processing: Accurately process refunds using Secure Trading and other banking platforms, ensuring refunds are managed efficiently.</li><li>Direct Debits &amp; Standing Orders: Accurately record and process direct debits and standing orders, maintaining an organized approach to recurring payments.</li><li>Monthly Reconciliations: Prepare detailed and accurate monthly bank reconciliations to ensure all financial records align with bank statements.</li><li>Cheque Management: Handle cheque banking and reconciliations with great attention to detail, ensuring nothing slips through the cracks.</li><li>Proforma Payments: Collaborate closely with our Customer Services team to ensure timely dispatch of orders as soon as payment is received.</li><li>Stakeholder Communication: Maintain clear, consistent, and effective communication with all stakeholders, delivering exceptional service and ensuring all queries are addressed promptly.</li><li>Administrative Support: Perform essential administrative duties such as scanning, filing, and archiving, ensuring the Treasury Department operates smoothly and efficiently.</li><li>Additional Responsibilities: Take on any other tasks as required to support the team, showcasing your flexibility and commitment to the department’s overall success.</li></ul> What You'll Bring to the TeamWe’re looking for someone who has:<ul><li>Strong MS Office skills, particularly Excel.</li><li>Knowledge of SAP and double-entry bookkeeping (preferred, but we’re happy to train the right person!).</li><li>Experience with bank reconciliations or payment processing (a bonus!).</li><li>A keen attention to detail and a methodical approach to tasks.</li></ul>Experience and Qualifications<ul><li>Ideally, some experience in a similar role within a shared service environment.</li><li>GCSEs in Maths and English (or equivalent) are required.</li></ul>Why You'll Love Working HereAt our company, we believe in fostering a positive, inclusive environment where your work is recognised and valued. By joining our Treasury team, you will:<ul><li>Be part of a proactive and forward-thinking team where your contributions will be key to our success.</li><li>Develop your skills in a supportive, growth-focused environment.</li><li>Enjoy a balanced work-life schedule with flexible working options, both in the office and remotely.</li><li>Feel the impact of your work as you contribute to critical financial operations, ensuring smooth payments and reconciliations.</li></ul> The Ideal CandidateWe’re seeking someone who is:<ul><li>Numerate, reliable, and accurate in handling financial tasks.</li><li>Self-motivated and flexible with strong analytical and organisational skills.</li><li>A strong communicator, both written and verbal, with a customer-focused mindset.</li><li>Well-organized and able to manage multiple tasks while meeting strict deadlines.</li><li>Adaptable and proactive, comfortable working both independently and collaboratively, with the ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.</li><li>Keen to grow and develop in a role where your contributions are noticed and appreciate</li></ul> What we offerAt Hachette UK Ltd., we believe in nurturing talent and fostering a work environment where every contribution matters. If you’re looking for a role where your expertise will be valued and your growth supported, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and take the next step in your Treasury career!Our 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>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 (HHC) office, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week. 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 make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.

Treasury assistant

Closing date: 24 March 2025Salary: £38,000 - £40,000 dependent on experience and location (+bonus +benefits)Location: Sheffield, London, Bristol, Edinburgh, NewcastleContract: Permanent&nbsp;Ready for the next step in HR? Become a Junior HR Business Partner at Hachette UK, shaping talent solutions in a dynamic publishing environment.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.Hachette UK is part of&nbsp;Hachette Livre, the world's third largest trade and educational publisher. As well as our headquarters in Carmelite House, London, and our state-of-the-art book distribution centre in Didcot, Oxfordshire, we have recently opened five new offices in Manchester, Bristol, Sheffield, Newcastle, and Edinburgh. The UK region also includes offices in Australia, New Zealand, India, Singapore, the Caribbean, and Ireland.It's an exciting time to join our business because the publishing market continues to grow and thrive. The UK remains the largest exporter of physical books in the world and book adaptations for film and TV are the foundation of the UK's creative industries. What you'll be doingAs a Junior HR Business Partner for a range of Hachette UK’s divisions, you will work closely with the Senior HR Business Partner to drive improvements in management capability, ensure a fair and consistent approach to employee relations and deliver continual improvement of the HR offering. You will also support the Senior HR Business Partner with implementing a wide range of HR solutions that support business objectives.The HR team are responsible for delivering the people vision of the company working in collaboration with the business to provide strategic talent solutions that add value to Hachette UK and its people.This is an exciting position working across multiple divisions within Hachette UK and will play a crucial role in supporting our managers across all levels whilst supporting and developing the HR Assistant and Senior HR Officer.We’re looking for a HR Advisor who is ready for their next step up into business partnering, working in a supportive and collaborative environment! Who we are looking forPersonal Attributes/Skills<ul><li>Adaptable and able to take both a strategic and ‘hands-on’ approach</li><li>Credible, proactive professional with excellent judgment and the ability to instil confidence in others</li><li>Great communicator, both written and oral, with the ability to clearly present information to others</li><li>Proactive, solutions focused, and a pragmatic problem solver</li><li>Well networked with great interpersonal skills and capable of easily and naturally building relationships</li><li>Analytical skills including the ability to quickly and accurately assimilate information from complex verbal and numerical data</li><li>Ability to prioritise and handle ever changing and conflicting workload priorities</li><li>Ability to think innovatively and generate ideas and solutions offering a range of options</li><li>The ability to build trusted and positive relationships with staff at all levels</li><li>Accurate and exacting standards</li><li>High level of resilience with the ability to read people and adapt approach accordingly</li><li>Take pride in providing a first-class customer service to senior leaders and managers across our business</li><li>Tactful, diplomatic and approachable</li></ul>Experience/Knowledge&nbsp;<ul><li>Currently working as an Advisor looking for the next step in their role</li><li>Experience of working with and building rapport and strong relationships with very senior managers</li><li>Experience of managing a team- ability to prioritise, set a clear direction and be a role model within the function and the team that aligns with our culture and goals</li><li>Proven experience of managing complex employee relations issues, restructures, advising on organisational design and talent management processes</li><li>Strong understanding of employment legislation</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>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>This role can be based at our London office, or at any of our national offices in Sheffield, Edinburgh, Newcastle, or Bristol, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week. 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.Please make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.

Junior HR business partner

Salary: £30,000 - £34,000 dependent on experience (+bonus +benefits)Location: Sheffield, LondonContract: PermanentClosing date: 24 March 2025 &nbsp;Do you love managing complex publishing projects? Bring your expertise to Hachette Learning and inspire learners.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 12 publishing divisions and over 60 imprints. Everyone here is proud to be in the business of opening doors and minds. What you'll be doingHachette Learning is looking for an Editorial Project Manager to deliver a wide range of complex and demanding digital and print resources from handover of manuscript to publication, with expertise and autonomy. The job holder will be responsible for ensuring that allocated projects keep to schedule, budget and quality standards and other business areas are aware of progress.&nbsp; Responsibilities<ul><li>Manage highly illustrated, multi-component projects through the product delivery process, keeping to agreed schedule, budget and quality standards. Manage risks, adapt to change, identify major issues and propose solutions </li><li>Create high quality digital assets and courses that are adaptable, reusable and pedagogically sound</li><li>Outsource projects to external suppliers, managing budgets, schedules and quality</li><li>Liaison with external suppliers and authors throughout the product delivery and production process</li><li>Represent Editorial on cross-functional, cross-subject projects where necessary&nbsp;</li></ul> Who we are looking forThe ideal candidate will be an experienced editorial project manager, ideally in educational publishing, who is familiar with the requirements of highly illustrated, multi-component digital and print projects,&nbsp;and has delivered high quality educational resources for a wide range of global markets.&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>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, Carmelite House, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week. 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 make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.

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