Job Title: Human Resources Specialist
Salary: $61,300 - $82,075
Location: New York, US with hybrid working
Contract: Permanent, Full time (35 hours per week)
Are you passionate about shaping workplace culture and supporting employees across the US and Canada? As a Human Resources Specialist, you will play a pivotal role in delivering a broad range of HR services across the US, Canada, and office services teams.
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
Reporting to the Vice President, People & Culture – Americas, you will act as a trusted advisor to employees and managers, supporting day-to-day HR operations, fostering a positive workplace culture, and ensuring consistency in the application of policies and procedures. You'll collaborate closely with the wider People & Culture team and the Country Manager to support business objectives and employee engagement, ensuring local HR practices align with both regional compliance requirements and our global people strategy.
Key accountabilities include:
About you
You are a certified Human Resources Specialist (e.g., SPHR/PHR or equivalent) with a Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field. You bring proven experience in HRIS and digital HR tools, payroll systems, and employee compensation management. Your strong interpersonal and communication skills, strategic mindset, and ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment make you an ideal fit. You are committed to confidentiality, collaboration, innovation, empowerment, and responsibility.
If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.
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:
We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.
Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.
We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being Tuesday 11th October. Interviews are scheduled to take place shortly after the closing date.
Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks.
Why join us
Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's 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's 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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