Risk & Compliance Coordinator

• Salary:

£26,600 \- £32,600

• Location:

Whittlesford

• Country:

UK

• Business Unit:

Operations

• Vacancy Type:

Permanent

• Closing Date:

14 June 2026
Meet the recruiter
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Emma Barrett

emma.barrett@cambridge.org

Salary:*)*£26,600 \- £32,600

Location: Whittlesford, Near Duxford, UK/Hybrid

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time \- 35 hours per week

*Are you looking for a role that* *offers variety, growth, and real impact?*

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 Risk and Compliance Coordinator, who will help drive improvements that keep us meeting our legal and ethical responsibilities, while supporting colleagues to build a strong culture of safety, quality and continuous improvement.

About the role

As our Risk and Compliance Coordinator, you will play a key role in driving improvements that ensure we meet our legal and ethical responsibilities across health, safety, environment, and wellbeing.

You will be part of the Group Print and Operations team, supporting colleagues on quality, risk, and business continuity—helping to embed a strong culture of safety, compliance, and continuous improvement across the organisation.

What you'll be doing:

• Supporting and developing management systems across quality, risk, HSE and business continuity (including ISO standards)


• Coordinating audits, training schedules, and compliance activities across the team


• Supporting internal and external audits, and helping track and implement improvement actions


• Leading risk reviews, workshops, and business continuity exercises


• Investigating incidents (including GDPR breaches) and ensuring effective preventative action


• Partnering with global teams to support training, processes, and communications


• Providing guidance on health \& safety, including risk assessments and wellbeing support

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

We are looking for someone with strong organisational and communication skills, and an interest in building a career in risk and compliance. We will support you with the training and development you need to succeed.

You'll bring:

• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret data and make sound judgements


• Clear written and verbal communication, including report writing and presentations


• The ability to build relationships and influence a wide range of stakeholders


• Good organisational skills, with the ability to manage and prioritise your workload


• Strong IT skills including systems and tools


• A proactive, self\-motivated approach

If you meet the above minimum requirements, we encourage you to apply. Your application will be even stronger if you can also demonstrate the following desirable criteria:

• Qualifications covering Risk Management, BCDR Planning and Internal Auditor


• IOSH Managing Safely as a minimum


• Training/Coaching qualification


• Ergonomic assessor training experience

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.*

*Please note, Cambridge University Press \& Assessment is unable to sponsor this role under the Skilled Worker Visa route as it does not meet the minimum skill requirements.*

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 14th June 2026\. We will review applications on an ongoing basis, and shortlisted candidates can expect interviews to take place on24th and 25th June 2026\. We reserve the right to close this campaign early should sufficient applications be received, so please do not delay in submitting your application.

If you are shortlisted and progressed through the stages, you can expect:

• An in\-person interview at our office in Whittlesford, Near Duxford, UK

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.

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