Senior Global Mobility Advisor

nrf; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Norton Rose Fulbright is seeking a Senior Global Mobility Advisor to lead international assignments from start to finish and to manage relationships with mobility vendors across EMEAPAC. The role reports to Reward and operates within the global Mobility team based in the UK.

The successful candidate will act as a trusted advisor to business leaders, manage immigration, tax, and relocation needs, and drive process improvements while ensuring compliance and cost efficiency across offices.

Qualifications

• Experience in international mobility or global mobility operations is preferred.
• Knowledge of immigration, tax, and relocation considerations.
• Strong stakeholder management and advisory capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders on global mobility.
• Serve as first point of contact for mobility enquiries across EMEAPAC and related stakeholders.
• Conduct comprehensive risk assessments for mobility cases including immigration, tax, and employment law risks.
• Partner with our MSP to manage day‑to‑day logistics for mobility cases and related services.
• Brief cases with full relocation details before logistics are organised, and maintain contact during assignments.
• Drive continuous improvement of mobility processes, policies and reporting across regions.
• Regularly assess performance and value of global mobility vendors.
• Ensure global mobility policies are adhered to across offices.
• Manage the Global Mobility Cases tracker and flag arrivals/departures to stakeholders.
• Advise on international trainee seats in line with budget and immigration requirements.

Job description

Practice Group / Department: Performance and Reward - Newcastle

Job Description

Norton Rose Fulbright is a global law firm with more than 3,000 lawyers advising clients across locations in the United States, Europe, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa and the Middle East. We provide a full scope of legal services to the world's preeminent corporations and financial institutions.

Our vision is to be a world class business, profitable, ambitious, cooperative and considerate, supporting our clients and people through our global business principles of Quality, Unity and Integrity.

With over 7,000 employees worldwide, our culture is the thread that connects us. Our strategy and culture are closed connected - defined by shared ambition, global collaboration and a one-team mindset. We believe pioneering work happens when people are empowered to think beyond boundaries, explore new opportunities and grow through diverse experiences. Alongside the right skills and experience, we are looking for people who are innovative, commercially minded, and motivated by the impact of the work they do - ready to share in our ambition and help shape what comes next.

Because while individuals can do well, together we achieve something extraordinary.

The Team

The Senior Global Mobility Advisor's primary responsibilities are for managing international assignments from start to finish (including managing our internal mobility tracker), reviewing international assignment processes and managing the relationships with global mobility vendors.

Reporting to the Reward Manager based in Newcastle, this role will work within the Reward, Benefits and Global Mobility Team that delivers innovative, strategic and proactive People and Culture objectives and benefits that support the business strategies of the firm.

The Role

The Senior Global Mobility Advisor role at Norton Rose Fulbright is a key part of the wider People and Culture team in London and Newcastle and will work with our International People and Culture Managers across the region.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders across the EMEAPAC network, providing commercially focused global mobility guidance that balances business objectives, employee experience, compliance requirements, and cost considerations.
• Serve as the first point of contact for global mobility enquiries across EMEAPAC, providing timely, accurate, and commercially focused advice to employees, People and Culture teams, and business stakeholders on mobility policies, assignments, immigration, tax, and relocation matters.
• Conduct comprehensive risk assessments for all global mobility cases across EMEAPAC, identifying and mitigating immigration, tax, social security, employment law, and professional practice risks to enable informed decision-making and compliance before approvals are granted.
• Partner with our managed services provider to ensure day to day management of global mobility case population logistics ensuring a seamless experience (including professional tax support services, temporary accommodation, travel, household goods shipment, destination services, international medical insurance and immigration services).
• Meet with all Global Mobility cases prior to their assignment or relocation for a full briefing before our Managed Services provider is instructed to organise the logistics. Maintain regular contact during their assignment and prior to their return to their home office.
• Assist with initial relocation or final repatriation logistics including authorisation of appropriate relocation expenses.
• Drive continuous improvement of global mobility processes, policies and reporting across EMEAPAC in collaboration with international offices to enhance service delivery, stakeholder experience, and operational efficiency for key business stakeholders, employees, and People and Culture teams.
• Regularly assess the performance and value of global mobility vendors, ensuring an excellent employee experience, responsive service to the business, and ongoing cost optimisation.
• Ensure the global mobility policies across EMEAPAC are adhered to by all offices.
• Manage the Global Mobility Cases tracker and flag upcoming arrivals and departures to all relevant stakeholders
• Work with the Early Careers and Resource Management teams to provide advice on international trainee seats in line with budget and immigration requirements and help coordinate international trainee seats across EMEAPAC once international seats are confirmed.
• Responsible for UK immigration compliance. Manage monthly UK visa report to ensure all right to work checks for visa holders are up to date and compliant in line with Home Office Right to Work check legislation. Work closely with People Experience and Recruitment teams to ensure UK immigration compliance
• Work closely with global third-party providers to provide the assignee a seamless experience (including professional tax support services, household goods sh