Programme Director - (Partnership Programmes) - Birmingham

Independent; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 61,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford Brookes University is appointing a Programme Director to provide high-level academic leadership and quality oversight across our collaborative partnership campuses with Global Banking School (GBS).

Delivering widening participation programmes in Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham and London, this role will own on-site academic standards and student experience while fostering collaborative governance with GBS and central Oxford Brookes directorates.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or higher in Health and Social Care, Business Entrepreneurship, or cognate discipline.
• Teaching qualification for Higher Education.
• Proven HE programme leadership, change management, and staff leadership experience.
• Knowledge of HE quality processes and OfS registration standards.
• Strong negotiation and relationship-building skills across organisations.
• Ability to design curricula for widening participation students.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-level academic leadership and quality oversight.
• Lead on-site standards, student experience, and governance.
• Foster collaboration with GBS leadership and central Oxford Brookes directorates.
• Develop teaching excellence and curricular innovations.
• Make independent judgments on campus and escalate where needed.

Skills

Academic leadership

Management

Relationship management

Curriculum design

Andragogy

Autonomous decision-making

Education

Master’s degree or higher in Health and Social Care or cognate discipline

Teaching qualification for Higher Education

Job description

Executive Academic Leadership: Driving Educational Excellence Across Strategic Partnerships

RoleOverview&AcademicDisciplines

• AcademicDisciplines:Health&SocialCareORBusiness&Entrepreneurship(orcognatefields)
• Employer:OxfordBrookesUniversity
• EmploymentType:Fixed-Term(untilAugust2031)

Are you an established academic leader with the authority, regulatory expertise, and strategic presence to champion educational quality and student success across major university partnerships?

Oxford Brookes University is appointing Programme Director to provide high-level academicleadership and quality oversight across our collaborative partnership campuses with Global Banking School (GBS).

Delivering widening participation programmes in Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, and London, this establishedpartnership brings together Oxford Brookes’ academic governance with GBS’s regional campus locations to offer transformative higher education opportunities for diverse student communities.

The Role & Employment Context

Employed fully by Oxford Brookes University, you will partner with the Academic Director (GBS Partnership) to realise the University's strategic objectives while acting with delegated authority as our senior anchor on-site.

This role is designed for an autonomous senior academic who will build constructive, collaborative relationships with GBS leadership, foster a shared culture of teaching excellence, and lead on-ground quality enhancement.While maintaining a strong, direct connection to central Oxford Brookes directorates, you will take full ownership of on-site academic standards,student experience, and governance, exercising expert judgment independently on campus.

About You

• Qualifications: Master’s degree or higher in Health and Social Care, Business Entrepreneurship, or a cognate discipline.
• Teaching qualification for Higher Education.
• Academic Leadership & Management: Proven track record in HE programme leadership, change management, and academic staff line management or multi-disciplinary team direction.
• Quality Assurance & Regulatory Mastery: Comprehensive knowledge of HE quality processes, validations, periodic reviews, and regulatory standards, including the OfS Conditions of Registration.
• Relationship Management Capability: Sophisticated negotiation and relationship-building skills, with the diplomacy to foster positive inter-organisational collaboration while protecting institutional standards.
• Pedagogical and Andragogical Expertise: Demonstrated expertise in curriculum design, current pedagogy, and andragogy tailored to widening participation student demographics.
• Autonomous Decision-Making: High level of self-direction, with the capability to act independently, solve complex problems on-site, and recognise key strategic thresholds for escalation.

Closing Date: 21 November 2026

£61,165 rising to £68,817