Global Mobility Officer
| Posting date: | 17 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £33,002.00 to £39,906.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 March 2026 |
| Location: | LA1 4YW |
| Company: | Lancaster University |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 0026-26 |
Summary
About Lancaster University
Lancaster University is an academic powerhouse that combines high quality teaching and research with a strong sense of community and belonging. Lancaster’s strengths are in teaching, research and the student experience reflecting their distinctive community.
Lancaster does things its own way: it is confident, friendly, authentic, responsible and empathic in its approach. It combines academic excellence with a wonderful student experience in a supportive community. Lancaster's beautiful campus is one of their greatest assets and manages to provide the best of both worlds for students and staff, having a busy urban vibe, while surrounded by green parkland and sports facilities.
The Opportunity
We are seeking a confident, detail-oriented, and highly motivated Global Mobility Officer who thrives in a busy, fast-paced environment. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the development of the Global Mobility function, which supports the University’s Transnational Education (TNE) agenda and its international partnerships.
The role will be responsible for managing day-to-day Global Mobility operations, while also contributing to wider transformation and development initiatives across the function.
You will ideally:
- Have previous experience working in Global Mobility and/or Finance/Payroll.
- Have experience working within a Higher Education HR environment.
- Demonstrate strong critical thinking skills, with the ability to understand and interpret technical compliance advice.
- Be well organised, highly motivated, and capable of creating, developing, and embedding efficient processes.
- Be able to work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders and team members.
In return the University provides a competitive annual salary, generous annual leave allowance of 25 days, plus 6 closure days (to be taken over Christmas and Easter) and Bank Holidays. The University offers membership of the Local Government (occupational) Pension Scheme, alongside a variety of other benefits such as car leasing, additional annual leave purchase, a cycle-to-work scheme, on-site pre-school centre and sports centre.
Lancaster University provides an environment that strongly supports the individual needs of each employee, promoting a healthy work-life balance. They are committed to family-friendly and flexible working policies on an individual basis, as well as the Athena Swan Charter, which recognises and celebrates good employment practice undertaken to address gender equality in higher education.
The University is committed to enhancing the diversity of our workforce and ensuring our culture is inclusive. We encourage applications from all diversity groups and people from the Global Majority for this position.
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