Job Title: Professional Learning and Development Specialist
Salary: Competitive + benefits
Location: Indonesia, Jakarta Hybrid (with travel)
Contract: Permanent, Full-Time
Are you passionate about education and eager to make a difference in Indonesia? Join us as a Professional Learning and Development Specialist and help transform the educational landscape. If you're ready to inspire and drive change, we want to hear from you!
We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.
This role is essential in encouraging the use and supporting the sales of Cambridge English products and services across Indonesia. Working closely with the Country Managers and regional teams, the individual will rely on their academic expertise to help schools choose solutions that fit their educational needs. By delivering top-quality training and consultancy, this position builds lasting relationships with stakeholders and ensures continued satisfaction with Cambridge's offerings.
About The Role
As a Professional Learning and Development Specialist, this role involves designing and delivering learning experiences that demonstrate the application of Cambridge resources in classroom settings. The position provides support to customers before and after product adoption, assisting with implementation and ongoing engagement. Academic initiatives are guided by market requirements and regional strategies established by the Cambridge sales teams.
Based in Indonesia, this role supports schools across Southeast Asia and the NSAP region, working with local teams to deliver academic consulting, product training, and professional development in line with Cambridge's Integrated Learning and Assessment approach.
Additionally, you will:
- Work with local and regional teams to expand Cambridge English product use through client engagement and academic presentations. Deliver training and consultancy sessions showing classroom application and supporting product adoption.
- Facilitate in-person and online professional learning for educators and stakeholders and assist with product implementation. Represent Cambridge at trainings, events, and conferences. Update training materials as needed and support team training.
- Adapt academic content to align with Indonesia's curriculum and advise on education trends. Represent Cambridge at academic events.
- Record outcomes, gather feedback, report results, and manage training logistics and documentation.
Based in Jakarta, this role operates on a hybrid working model, with a mix of office‑based work, travel, and some remote working. The initial onboarding period will involve more time in the office, with flexibility increasing as the role progresses. The role includes significant travel, primarily within Indonesia and occasionally across Southeast Asia.
About You
This role requires a balanced combination of subject expertise, practical teaching experience, and the ability to inspire, support, and develop educators across Southeast Asia and beyond.
Essential Requirements
- Degree in Education, Applied Linguistics, or a related field
- Recognised English language teaching qualification (e.g., DELTA, MA TESOL or equivalent)
- Strong understanding of the Indonesian education system and curriculum
- Proven experience in teacher training and professional development delivery
- Proven classroom teaching experience in English language education
- Proven classroom teaching experience in preparing students for international English language qualifications
- Familiarity with international English language qualifications, assessments, or learning materials
- Near-native level of English (written and spoken)
- Strong presentation, facilitation, and communication skills
- Ability to adapt content to different audiences and cultural contexts
- Strong digital literacy and organisational skills
- Experience working in international or multicultural environments
If you meet the above minimum requirements, we encourage you to apply. Your application will be further strengthened if you can also demonstrate the following desirable criteria:
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate qualification in Education, Applied Linguistics, or related field (in addition to language teaching specific qualifications such as MA TESOL)
- Experience in English language teaching sector within Southeast Asian countries other than Indonesia
- Familiarity with training teachers in using international English language qualifications, assessments, or learning materials
- Experience adapting global content to local curricula and education systems
- Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills
- Ability to assess training impact and apply insights to improve learning outcomes
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.
Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.
We aim to support candidates by making our interview process clear and transparent. The closing date for all applications will be
10th May 2026. We will review applications on an ongoing basis, and shortlisted candidates can expect interviews to take place from week commencing
11th May 2026. 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:
- A 15-minute screening call with the Hiring Manager. From week commencing 11th May 2026.
- Final stage virtual interview via MS Teams. You will be provided with a brief to complete a role related task which will need to be returned by email in advance of your interview. From week commencing 25th May 2026.
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. 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.
