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

Chief Operating Officer

The Foundation for Liver Research

London / Hybrid

Director of Education

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

Merthyr Tydfil

Head of Collaborative Academic Partnerships

University of Staffordshire

Stoke-on-Trent

Head of Recruitment and Access

University of Staffordshire

Stoke-on-Trent

Head of Facilities Management and Projects

University of Staffordshire

Stoke-on-Trent

Lay Member - Digital

Durham University

Durham

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Recently Filled Vacancies

Head of Risk and Resilience

UCAS

Hybrid (Cheltenham office and remote working)

Director of People

Windsor Academy Trust

West Midlands

Director, Strategic Projects Office

Kingston University

Penrhyn Road campus and other Kingston University campuses as required. Hybrid working is in place, with a minimum of three days per week on campus.

Commercial Director

Learna Ltd

Cardiff with flexible hybrid working

Head of School of Sciences

Bath Spa University

Bath

Head of School of Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation

Northumbria University

Newcastle (with hybrid working options)

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