Salary: £35,200 - £45,700
Location: Cambridge, UK – Hybrid
Contract: Fixed Term or Secondment (18 months)
Hours: Fulltime – 35hrs p/w
As part of our Global Entity Management (GEMC) activity, we are strengthening how we establish, integrate and operate across countries ensuring that our people frameworks, policies and practices are consistent, compliant and scalable, while remaining grounded in local context. This is not just about delivering change. It is about building the foundations that enable our organisation to operate effectively across markets, now and over time.
This is an opportunity to play a hands‑on role in delivering our Global Entity Management programme, helping shape how we operate across countries while supporting colleagues through change in a way that is compliant, practical and locally relevant.
We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.
About the role
As a People Partner within GEMC, you will play a hands‑on role in delivering and embedding people solutions that support how we operate globally. You will work closely with local teams, business leaders and specialist colleagues to ensure that people considerations are understood early and embedded through every stage of entity setup, change or integration.
You will bridge global intent and local reality, ensuring that people frameworks not only meet legal and organisational requirements, but can be adopted, supported and maintained in practice.
Additional responsibilities and accountabilities include:
- Supporting delivery of people aspects of entity set‑up, integration or structural change
- Assessing current state and identifying gaps in policies, processes and employment arrangements
- Bringing local insight and context into global design decisions
- Supporting change impact assessments and advising the business on engagement and consultation approaches and supporting them through the engagement and consultation processes
- Developing clear communications, manager guidance and employee support materials
- Working with Reward, Policy, HR systems and external advisers to translate requirements into practical outputs
- Supporting implementation and ensuring effective handover into business‑as‑usual
This position has been classified as a hybrid role, requiring the selected candidate to typically spend 40-60% of their time collaborating and connecting face-to-face at our Cambridge offices. Aside from our hybrid principles, other flexible working requests will be considered from the first day of employment, including other work arrangements should you require adjustments due to a disability or long-term health condition.
About You
Experience of working in a People Partnering capacity, ideally across multiple countries or complex organisational environments. You are confident navigating change and translating complexity into practical action.
Additionally will bring:
- Experience supporting people‑related change or implementation activity in a business partnering capacity
- Knowledge of employment practices and how they shape policy, documentation and engagement
- Strong stakeholder skills, with the ability to build trust across diverse groups
- Degree educated (relevant HR / People qualification), or equivalent level of relevant professional experience.
- Ability to interpret data, local insight and input from others to identify risks and solutions
- Clear communication skills, including translating complex topics into accessible messages
- Confidence working in a fast‑moving, collaborative environment
It would be advantageous if you also have:
- Experience working across different countries or cultural contexts in Business Partnering capacity including navigating differing local employment practices, stakeholder contexts and organisational needs.
- Experience supporting more complex or multi-country change activity where there are multiple stakeholders or competing requirements
- Experience working with external advisers or specialist teams to interpret requirements and translate them into practical outputs
For a detailed job description, please refer to the link at the bottom of the advert on our careers site.
We are a Disability Confident (DC) employer that is committed to equality and inclusion ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. The DC scheme's Offer of an Interview commitment applies to applicants who opt in, and disclose a disability or a long-term health condition, and who best meet the minimum criteria for the role. In instances where interviewing all qualifying candidates is not practicable and/or appropriate, we prioritise those who best meet the minimum criteria, as we would for applicants who do not have a disability or long-term health condition.
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:
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Group personal pension scheme
- Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
- Green travel schemes
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 Sunday 19th July 2026. We will review applications on an ongoing basis, and shortlisted candidates can expect interviews to take place on/from week commencing 30th July
If you are shortlisted and progressed through the stages, you can expect:
- First 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 presented on the day of your interview.
- Second interview: in-person at our offices in Cambridge.
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. 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.
At Cambridge University Press & Assessment, we are dedicated to fostering an environment where your career aspirations are not only recognised but actively supported. Whether you are looking for new responsibilities within your current team, interested in a promotion or secondment, or exploring a different career path, we offer various resources to support your professional development. Our Online Learning Platform, leadership development pathways, and mentorship schemes are readily available to all employees, ensuring you have the tools to reach your fullest potential.
If you are ready to take the next step in your Cambridge journey, we welcome your application. Together, we continue to shape a culture where everyone feels empowered to succeed and motivated to make a difference— for ourselves, for each other, and for learners worldwide
