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

Vice-Principal Student Recruitment and Growth

University of the Highlands and Islands

Inverness, Scotland, minimum 4 days a week on campus

Technology Director

Kaplan Assessments

Hybrid – homebased and London Offices

Head of REF Operations & Systems

University of Birmingham

Birmingham

Professor in Sustainable Transport

Heriot-Watt University

Edinburgh

Chief Operating Officer

Natural Environment Research Council

Swindon with regular travel to London as required

Vice-Chancellor and President

University of Kent

Canterbury

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Recently Filled Vacancies

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

University of Westminster

Harrow, London

Co-Opted Member of Audit Committee

Durham University

Durham

Director, The Open University in Scotland

The Open University

Edinburgh

Vice-Chancellor

Bath Spa University

Bath

Head of Commercial

University of Gloucestershire

Pittville campus, Cheltenham (hybrid working policy)

Dean Agricultural Science & Practice

Royal Agricultural University

Cirencester and Swindon

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