Learning & Assessment Consultant, Manta

Job Title: Learning and Assessment Consultant 

Salary:Competitive

Location: Manta, Ecuador – Field-based / Hybrid

Contract:Permanent

Hours:Full time

Are you passionate about education and driving commercial growth?

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.  

We are looking to appoint a motivated and customer-focused Learning and Assessment Consultant to support the achievement of our commercial objectives in Ecuador by developing new business opportunities and growing existing customer relationships within an allocated territory.

This role offers the opportunity to represent Cambridge as a trusted partner in education, working closely with schools, institutions, channel partners and educators to deliver meaningful impact for learners.

About the role 

Reporting to the Sales Manager, Ecuador, the Learning and Assessment Consultant is responsible for driving revenue growth and supporting the delivery of the country's strategic plan. The role focuses on expanding the reach of Cambridge English Learning and Assessment solutions by developing new business opportunities and strengthening existing customer relationships.

You will work closely with distributors, agents and exam centres to maximise performance across the territory, while acting as a trusted advisor to customers. You will also play an important role in gathering market insight and promoting the recognition of Cambridge English qualifications.

Key responsibilities include:

• Growing revenue and profitability within the assigned territory and maintaining a healthy pipeline.
• Managing both new and existing customers through direct visits and tailored support.
• Supporting partners to ensure effective sales delivery and order fulfilment.
• Accurately recording customer activity in Salesforce to enable reliable forecasting.
• Contributing to local marketing activity and providing valuable market and competitor insights.
• Upholding Cambridge University Press & Assessment values, ethics and compliance standards.

About You   
You are an experienced sales or business development professional with a strong understanding of the education sector. You excel at building relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and thrive in a consultative sales environment. Highly organised and confident presenting to diverse audiences, you work independently while collaborating effectively as part of a wider team. You bring resilience, a solutions‑focused approach and a clear motivation to achieve results.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• A degree or high‑school‑diploma‑level education.
• Knowledge of the local educational system.
• Proven experience in sales or business development, ideally within education.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong presentation and negotiation abilities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and CRM systems (Salesforce preferred).
• Language skills at minimum C1 level in the local language, with B2 English desirable.
• A consultative selling approach and customer‑focused mindset.
• A full, clean, current local driving licence (a must).

If you meet the above minimum requirements, we encourage you to apply. Your application will be even stronger if you can also demonstrate:

• Sales or marketing qualification.
• Teaching qualification.
• Knowledge of Cambridge products.

Working context:
The role follows a seasonal cycle, with peak activity during the school year and planning periods outside of term time. Some weekend work and additional hours may be required. Extensive travel within the assigned territory is expected, including occasional overnight stays.  

For a detailed job description, please refer to the link at the bottom of the advert 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 world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

• Social benefits and days of vacation established by Law: legal premium, severance pay and interest on severance pay.
• Social security: EPS, pensions, ARL and Compensation Fund
• Medical major insurance

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

We review applications on an ongoing basis. With a closing date for applications being 21st June, however, this is a rolling campaign, and therefore we will conduct interviews as and when candidates apply. We reserve the right to close this vacancyonce we have received sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested in this exciting opportunity, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible. We aim to support candidates by making our interview process clear and transparent.    

If you are shortlisted and progressed through the stages, you can expect: 

• One stage virtual interview via MS Teams. You will be given a role related task to complete before your interview. 

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process due to a disability or a long-term health condition, there will be an opportunity for you to inform us via the online application form. We will do our best to accommodate your needs.   

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry. 

We are committed to an equitable recruitment process. As such, applications must be submitted via our official online application procedure. Please refrain from sending your CV directly to our recruiters or any other member of our organization. If you experience technical difficulties or require additional support with submitting your online application, contact the Recruiter. 

Why join us

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You will belong to a collaborative team that is 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 is 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.