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

Commercial Director

Learna Ltd

Cardiff

Head of School of Sciences

Bath Spa University

Bath

Head of School Psychology

Northumbria University

Newcastle (with hybrid working options)

Head of Operations (Materials & Logistics)

AQA

Hybrid working, 2 days a week in Milton Keynes or Manchester

Head of School, Architecture, Computing & Engineering

University of Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton

Head of REF Operations

Goldsmiths, University of London

New Cross, London | Flexible/Hybrid working pattern (typically 2 days per week on campus)

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Recently Filled Vacancies

Pro Vice-Chancellor and Head of College Design, Creative and Digital Industries

University of Westminster

Harrow, London

Pro-Vice Chancellor Education & Student Experience

University of Northampton

Northampton, hybrid working (c.2 days on site per week)

Co-Opted Member of Audit Committee

Durham University

Durham

Executive Dean STEM

The Open University

Milton Keynes

Director of IT

Goldsmiths, University of London

New Cross, London (3 days per week on campus)

Director, The Open University in Scotland

The Open University

Edinburgh

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