Regional Compliance Lead

Salary: Competitive

Location: Lahore, Pakistan

Contract: Full time, Permanent

Cultivate Connections, Drive Demand: Join us in elevating Cambridge International Education as the premier trusted education partner for delivering global programs and qualifications to 5–19-year-olds.

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

This role of Regional Compliance Lead ensures the integrity and quality of Cambridge exam processes in Pakistan by conducting regular reviews, spot-checks, and reporting. It supports Cambridge schools, upholds assessment standards, and drives continuous improvement to maintain fairness, security, and excellence in exam delivery and service. Key Responsibilities Include:

Centre Support & Training

• Train new centres to implement best practices
• Provide year-round support to ensure compliance
• Empower schools to meet Cambridge regulations

Inspection Management

• Plan and manage biannual inspection programmes
• Conduct spot checks and monitoring visits
• Ensure adherence to safety and security protocols

Team Development & Oversight

• Recruit and support local inspectors and supervisors
• Extend support across Pakistan
• Maintain inspection quality standards

Compliance & Security Assurance

• Investigate question paper security concerns
• Liaise with local and UK teams to resolve issues
• Proactively reduce regulatory and reputational risks

About you

You will hold an undergraduate degree in any discipline and possess good knowledge of international education examinations and exam delivery standards.

Familiarity and knowledge of Cambridge Exam Quality Standards as per Cambridge International Handbook and a certification in Quality Assurance is desirable.

You will bring demonstrated experience of investigating non-compliance incidents and, ideally, an understanding of the Cambridge regulatory framework.

In addition:

• You will bring experience from fast-paced, customer-focused environments, with strong analytical skills and the ability to identify and report risks.
• Excellent communication skills - diplomatic, diligent, and ability to operate with integrity.
• Confidence in interpreting policies, assessing risks, writing reports, and asking the right questions.
• You value innovation, collaboration, and responsibility. You lead by example—being responsive, inclusive, and trusted—while showing the confidence to act and the humility to learn and grow.

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:

• 24 days annual leave per annum plus the statutory public holidays
• Private Medical Healthcare – includes a spouse or partner and up to two dependants.
• Utility allowance
• Provident Savings Fund
• Discretionary Annual Bonus

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 10th September and virtual interviews via MS Teams are planned to take place towards the end of September.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested in this exciting opportunity, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

We are dedicated to conducting a fair and equitable recruitment process. Therefore, we kindly ask that all applications be submitted exclusively through our official online application form. Please do not send your CV directly to our recruitment team.

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 everyone has a voice, and where we learn continuously to improve together. Ensuring that everyone feels they belong is essential to who we are, and to the contribution we make to society and our planet.

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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