Higher Education providers require leaders who combine their passion for the power of education to transform lives with an incredibly wide range of skills including strategy development, financial acumen, values driven culture change, civic and international engagement, political nous and a deep understanding of the fast-paced nature of change, challenge and demand.

Every member of our specialist higher education executive search team is relentless in their commitment to placing and developing genuinely exceptional academic and professional services leaders and non-executives, who exemplify innovation, collegiality and transformation.

The unrivalled insight into educational leadership from our own experience as leaders and managers in education, our connection to national policymakers combined with access to diverse leaders looking for their next senior executive or non-executive role, affords us the confidence to represent our clients authentically in the market.

Our end-to-end services include recruiting permanent and interim leaders, top team and talent pipeline development programmes and board effectiveness reviews.

We are trusted to deliver quality and diverse shortlists with the leadership experience and values our clients are seeking, to fill the most senior permanent and interim education leadership roles across universities and HE providers.

Latest Vacancies

Professor in Sustainable Transport

Heriot-Watt University

Edinburgh

Chief Operating Officer

Natural Environment Research Council

Swindon with regular travel to London as required

Technology Director

Kaplan Assessments

Hybrid – homebased and London Offices

Head of REF Operations & Systems

University of Birmingham

Birmingham

Vice-Chancellor and President

University of Kent

Canterbury

Chief Operating Officer

Bournemouth University

Bournemouth

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Recently Filled Vacancies

Head of Commercial

University of Gloucestershire

Pittville campus, Cheltenham (hybrid working policy)

Dean Agricultural Science & Practice

Royal Agricultural University

Cirencester and Swindon

Academic Registrar

University of Northampton

Northampton

Director of Estate Masterplanning

University of Nottingham

Nottingham (hybrid) 3 days per week minimum on campus

Lay Member of Council (Property and Estates)

Durham University

Durham

Chair of Audit and Risk Committee

Durham University

Durham

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