Salary: £35,200 - £45,700
Location: Cambridge, UK – Hybrid
Contract: Fixed Term until November 2027
Hours: Full time
Are you motivated by bringing structure and clarity to complex international people challenges, while ensuring organisations operate compliantly across different countries?
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 for a Global Employment & Mobility Specialist to join our People & Culture team. This is an opportunity to play a key role in strengthening how we manage employment foundations and global mobility across our international operations, helping us deliver on our purpose of pursuing potential.
About the role
This role supports the development, maintenance and implementation of compliant employment foundations for Cambridge's employing entities outside the UK. You will coordinate the identification and resolution of gaps in core employment documentation, while ensuring changes in employment law and global requirements are assessed, communicated and implemented effectively.
You will also act as the central point of coordination for global mobility requests, ensuring these are managed through agreed governance processes, with clear oversight of risks, dependencies and outcomes. The role works closely with People & Culture colleagues and specialist functions to ensure a coordinated and compliant approach to international people activity.
Additional responsibilities and accountabilities include:
- Coordinating the development, review and maintenance of employment contracts, policies, handbooks and related documentation to ensure compliance across international locations
- Monitoring employment law and regulatory developments and assessing their impact on existing practices and documentation
- Working with Legal, Tax, Payroll, Reward, Finance, HR systems and external advisers to agree and implement required changes
- Identifying and resolving gaps in employment foundations to support compliant operations in overseas entities
- Managing and coordinating global mobility requests from initial enquiry through to implementation
- Providing clear guidance and communication to stakeholders on global mobility processes and employment changes
- Supporting international People & Culture projects by coordinating delivery plans, tracking progress and managing dependencies
- Ensuring effective handover of changes to operational teams, including People Service Delivery
- Developing and maintaining structured delivery plans and tracking tools
- Supporting knowledge sharing and ensuring information is accessible and consistently applied across teams
- Identifying risks, blockers and dependencies, and escalating where appropriate
- Promoting continuous improvement in ways of working and governance practices
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 their dedicated location. 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
You will bring experience of working in an international People or HR-related role, with strong knowledge of employment practices and the ability to coordinate complex, multi-stakeholder activities. You will be confident interpreting requirements and translating them into clear actions, documentation and practical outcomes. You will also demonstrate:
- Strong knowledge of employment law and practices across different international jurisdictions
- Experience working with employment contracts, policies, handbooks and related documentation
- Understanding of how People processes interact with areas such as payroll, tax, reward and systems
- Experience of global mobility or coordinating internationally focused people activity
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, work independently and navigate complexity
- Experience contributing to continuous improvement or change implementation in People or HR functions
If you meet the above essential requirements, we encourage you to apply. Your application will be even stronger if you can also demonstrate the following desirable criteria:
- Experience supporting global mobility governance and processes
- Experience coordinating international projects or programmes of work
- Familiarity with delivery tracking tools such as Jira or similar
- Experience working with People systems such as Workday
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.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is an approved UK employer for the sponsorship of eligible roles and applicants under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please refer to the gov.uk website for guidance to understand your own eligibility based on the role you are applying for.”
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
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 [Date]. We will review applications on an ongoing basis, and shortlisted candidates can expect interviews to take place from W/C 30th July
If you are shortlisted and progressed through the stages, you can expect:
- A 15-minute screening call with the Hiring Manager.
- 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 by email in advance of your interview.
- Final stage 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.
