Overview
We are seeking an experienced HR Business Partner (Global Mobility) to join our HR team at the University of Surrey in Guildford to play a pivotal role in supporting the University's international strategy. This is a unique opportunity to combine HR partnering with specialist expertise in global mobility, ensuring our people can thrive across our home campus in Guildford and our international branch campuses, joint ventures, and partnerships.
This is a fixed term position available until March 2027.
Responsibilities
* Partner with University leaders in designated business areas to deliver people initiatives that strengthen organisational performance and support international strategy.
* Manage the full lifecycle of international staff assignments including reward/mobility packages, recruitment, relocation and professional development solutions.
* Ensure compliance with global immigration, tax, and social security requirements, working closely with overseas Campus Delivery Partners (where applicable) and building strong relationships with external advisors and overseas payroll providers.
* Provide expert HR advice on the mobility implications of overseas teaching, research collaborations, and branch campus operations.
* Work closely with colleagues in the UK and overseas campuses to ensure joined-up processes and an excellent employee experience.
Qualifications
* You will be an accomplished HR professional with significant experience in international HR, global mobility, or expatriate management, ideally within a large, complex organisation or through consultancy/audit.
* Strong knowledge of international HR practices, mobility processes, immigration, and employment law with experience managing overseas payroll, tax, and compliance obligations from a UK employer base.
* Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and advise senior leaders through a proactive, solutions-focused approach, balancing organisational priorities with staff engagement and wellbeing.
* High levels of cultural awareness and the ability to align global policies with local practices.
* Experience working with operations in India and China in relation to UK-based organisations is particularly welcomed, given the University's international footprint and partnerships.
About the University
The University of Surrey is a global community of ideas and people, dedicated to life-changing education and research. We are ambitious and have a bold vision of what we want to achieve - shaping ourselves into one of the best universities in the world, which we are achieving through the talents and endeavour of every employee. Our culture empowers people to achieve this aim and to collectively, and individually, make a real difference.
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