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

Head of Library and Skills

University of Staffordshire

Stoke-on-Trent

Trust Education Lead

The Roseland Multi Academy Trust

Cornwall

Chief Executive Officer

The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education

Flexible within the UK (with regular UK and international travel)

Chief Executive and Chief Education Officer for the Church of England

National Society for Education

Remote, with regular travel to London and across England and Wales

Principal and Chief Executive

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

London

Head of Foundation

The King's School in Macclesfield

Macclesfield

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Recently Filled Vacancies

Head of Educational Enhancement and Impact

University of Staffordshire

Staffordshire

Operations Director

Learna Ltd

Cardiff (on site minimum four days per week)

Director of Digital

University of Gloucestershire

Hybrid – 3 days on Campus

Chief Operating Officer

The Foundation for Liver Research

Coldharbour Lane, London SE5 (adjacent to King’s College Hospital; on-site 80% of the time)

Senior Counsel

National Education Union

London (Hybrid)

Director of Education

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

Merthyr Tydfil

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