Job Description

Salary: Competitive
Location: Kolkata
Country: India
Business Unit: Cambridge International
Vacancy Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 18 December 2025

Meet the recruiter

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Sadhna Jha


sadhna.jha@cambridge.org

JOB DESCRIPTION

Academic Advisor - East India

Department / Business Unit:

CAIE / IN

Location:

Kolkata, East India

Reports to (job title):

Head - Academic Advisor (South Asia)

JOB PURPOSE

The Academic Advisor will become a critical function within the school sales and support network.


The Academic Advisor's role is to support and build strong relationships with schools in South India.


The objective is to ensure quality implementation of Cambridge programmes and qualifications with the goal of empowering schools and teacher impacting the student performance and therefore helping us retain existing schools and attract new ones.


This will be done by growing course and support offerings with the ultimate goal of improving schools' performance year on year. This function would be primarily accountable for improving our support offer to existing schools but also for helping Business Development Managers (BDMs) grow the number of schools in their respective territories.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

Provide oversight of the performance of schools in the assigned territory, evaluate performance by the school and collaborative work with schools to improve performance and uptake of Cambridge in new subjects at existing Schools

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Qualifications

Master's Degree, Teaching qualification

Skills

Strong understanding of Cambridge programmes and qualifications, including Cambridge Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSE and Cambridge International AS & A Level

Ability to present to small/large groups, especially teachers and other academic stakeholders, about the Cambridge offer

Strong understanding of Cambridge assessments and exam cycles

Experience

Cambridge School Leader/Cambridge Coordinator and/or Exams Officer experience is preferred

Cambridge teaching experience is mandatory

At least 7 years of work experience in a Cambridge International school

Behaviours

Confident

Self-starter

Willingness to work as an individual as well as collaborative capacity

Team player

Effective communicator - written and verbal

Reflective