Programme Director, Partnership Programmes & Quality

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

Job summary

Oxford Brookes University is appointing Programme Director to provide high-level academicleadership across our collaborative partnership campuses with Global Banking School (GBS). You will lead on-site governance, quality oversight, and the student experience across Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham and London.

Employed fully by Oxford Brookes University, you will partner with the Academic Director (GBS Partnership) to realise strategic objectives, acting with delegated authority as the senior

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or higher in Health & Social Care, Business Entrepreneurship, or cognate discipline
• Teaching qualification for Higher Education
• Proven HE programme leadership, change management, and academic staff line management
• Extensive knowledge of HE quality processes, validations, and OfS regulatory standards
• Strong relationship-building skills for inter-organisational collaboration while upholding standards
• Curriculum design and pedagogy aligned to widening participation demographics
• Autonomous decision-making with strategic escalation when needed

Responsibilities

• Provide high-level academicleadership and quality oversight across the GBS partnership campuses
• Own on-site academic standards, student experience, and governance
• Foster collaboration with GBS leadership and central Oxford Brookes directorates
• Lead on-ground quality enhancement and regulatory compliance

Skills

HE programme leadership

Change management

Staff management

Relationship management

Curriculum design

Pedagogy and andragogy

Autonomous decision-making

Education

Master’s degree or higher in Health & Social Care / Business Entrepreneurship

Teaching qualification for Higher Education

Job description

Oxford Brookes University is appointing Programme Director to provide high-level academicleadership across our collaborative partnership campuses with Global Banking School (GBS). You will lead on-site governance, quality oversight, and the student experience across Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham and London.

Employed fully by Oxford Brookes University, you will partner with the Academic Director (GBS Partnership) to realise strategic objectives, acting with delegated authority as the senior