Office Assistant and Receptionist

• Salary:

Competitive
- Location:

Mexico City
- Country:

Mexico
- Business Unit:

English
- Vacancy Type:

Permanent
- Closing Date:

7 December 2025

Emma Barrett

Salary: Competitive

Location: Mexico City

Contract: Permanent, Full Time

Join our Mexico City team as an Office Assistant & Receptionist. Be the backbone of smooth operations—supporting teams, managing customer care, office services, and overseeing our company car fleet and contracts

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

As an Office Assistant & Receptionist, you will ensure smooth day-to-day operations by managing reception duties, organising files, handling payments, and coordinating office services. You will also prepare reports and maintain supplies to keep the office running efficiently.

In addition, you will provide administrative support for travel arrangements, company car fleet management, insurance policies, and event logistics. Your role also includes delivering excellent customer care by answering calls, assisting visitors, and managing access to the building.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee reception, calls, office organisation, and supplier payments.
• Coordinate travel bookings, car fleet administration, and insurance distribution.
• Plan meetings and events, ensuring all logistics and materials are in place.
• Provide customer care by managing queries, visitor access, and building support.
• Collaborate with key departments such as Operations, Sales, Marketing, IT, HR, Legal and Finance

Please note that due to the nature of this role, you will be required to work on site at our Mexico City office.

About you

You are an organised, detail-oriented professional who takes pride in creating a smooth and efficient office environment. You thrive on supporting others, solving problems quickly, and ensuring that everything runs seamlessly behind the scenes. From welcoming visitors and handling inquiries to coordinating travel and overseeing administrative processes, you approach each task with a positive attitude and a strong sense of responsibility.

You are comfortable working on-site in our Mexico City office and can adapt to changing priorities while maintaining accuracy and professionalism. Your ability to manage multiple tasks under pressure, combined with excellent communication skills, makes you a trusted point of contact for colleagues and visitors alike.

Essential Skills

• English proficiency (minimum B1 level) and strong Microsoft Office knowledge.
• Clear and effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent time management and ability to prioritise tasks efficiently.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work independently under pressure.
• Supportive, customer-focused mindset with a commitment to company values.

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 benefits package:

• Life Assurance
• Medical Insurance
• Vales de despensa
• Fondo de ahorro
• Aguinaldo
• Prima vacacional

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 7th December 2025. Interviews are scheduled to take place whilst the campaign is live or shortly after the closing date, and will be in person at our Mexico City office.

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

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.