Manager, Visa Compliance

The Role

Protect compliance and enable global mobility at London Business School. London Business School (LBS) is seeking an experienced Manager, Visa Compliance to play a critical role in delivering high‐quality, compliant visa services across the School. This role sits within the Visa Centre of Excellence (CoE) and is central to protecting the School’s sponsor licences while enabling international students, staff and faculty to study and work in the UK.

As Manager, Visa Compliance, you will be responsible for the operational delivery of visa compliance activity across the School, within the governance framework of the Visa Centre of Excellence. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Visa Compliance & Financial Aid, you will support day‐to‐day Student and Skilled Worker compliance activity, including right‐to‐study and right‐to‐work checks, monitoring of visa conditions, statutory reporting and audit readiness. You will maintain up‐to‐date knowledge of UK immigration regulations and proactively review and improve systems and processes to mitigate risk and ensure full regulatory compliance.

Main Responsibilities

• Deliver operational visa compliance activity across Student and Skilled Worker routes
• Ensure visa processes, records and reporting meet UKVI requirements and internal policy
• Support right to work and right to study compliance and ongoing monitoring of visa conditions
• Contribute to statutory reporting and sponsor licence audit readiness
• Review, strengthen and improve visa compliance systems and processes
• Provide clear, accurate advice on visa compliance requirements to stakeholders
• Work closely with colleagues across Degree Education, Faculty HR, the People Team and Executive Education
• Support consistent, defensible and proportionate visa practices across the School

Who we are looking for

• Strong working knowledge of UK immigration law and UKVI sponsor requirements (Student and Skilled Worker routes)
• Experience managing compliance processes in a regulated environment
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex regulatory guidance
• Excellent organisational and record keeping skills with high attention to detail
• The ability to manage competing priorities and operate confidently in a risk based environment
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex regulations clearly
• Line management experience is desirable

Why London Business School

London Business School; a global and vibrant business community based in two of the world’s most dynamic cities, London and Dubai. It’s where extraordinary minds and diverse perspectives connect, to have a profound impact on the way the world does business and the way business impacts the world. We offer best in class hybrid learning to our students and participants, whilst creating a flexible, supportive and dynamic working environment for our people to excel in, whatever their location.

What you can expect from us

• Generous annual leave of 27 days PLUS extra between Christmas and New Year!
• Generous pension package, 14.5% employer contribution (in return for employee enrolment and contribution)
• Free onsite gym and swimming pool
• Amazing range of professional development to support your career path
• Enhanced cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing offering to support your physical, mental and financial health
• Up to 5 days paid emergency leave for staff who have caring responsibilities for a family member, dependent or friend who is ill.

At London Business School, we support Smart Working - a hybrid approach designed to help you achieve a healthy work-life balance while delivering the best outcomes for your role and the needs of our customers. All roles require a minimum of two days on campus each week to foster a vibrant, collaborative community. For this role specifically, you will be expected to be on campus 2 days per week. We operate with ‘core hours’ – 10:00-15:00 – to maximise opportunities for connection and collaboration across teams during the working day. Outside of these hours, you may still be required for meetings or collaboration based on your role and customer needs. Additionally, we offer Protected Time - a flexible, one-hour slot, within the working week dedicated to your learning and development, wellbeing, or focused, quiet work.

Our commitment to driving inclusion and belonging

We are a globally reaching institution, committed to creating tangible and sustainable change in driving inclusion & belonging within our School, education and society at large. We are dedicated to creating an environment where everyone in our community feels they belong and thrive. This is a key school priority, and we want everyone who joins LBS to feel respected, welcomed, and heard.

Candidates needing sponsorship should assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by evaluating their circumstances against the relevant criteria before applying.

Please note we start screening CVs and interviewing candidates from the start of a campaign. A successful candidate could progress to offer before the advertised closing date. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible if you are interested in any roles.