Senior Projects Manager

Haileybury; Hertford; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Haileybury, a leading independent school, invites applications for a Senior Projects Manager. The role covers projects from initial planning to opening, ensuring deadlines and deliverables are met, while aligning with Haileybury’s values.

You will collaborate with colleagues, partners and advisers to progress initiatives within the Partnerships Function and Haileybury Education Group. The post requires professional qualifications, excellent communication, and strong project management abilities,

Qualifications

• The candidate should hold current, relevant professional qualifications.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills are essential.
• Strong project management experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee projects from early planning stages through to school opening and beyond.
• Coordinate with colleagues, investment partners and external advisers to monitor progress and deliverables.
• Support wider development of the Partnerships Function and Haileybury Education Group.

Skills

Project management

Communication skills

Influencing skills

Education

Relevant professional qualification(s)

Job description

Permanent; Full time; 37.5 hours per week

Role

The post-holder will be responsible for projects from the early planning stages through to school opening and beyond, ensuring that key activities, deadlines and deliverables are clearly identified and monitored. They will work with colleagues, investment partners and external advisers to help ensure projects progress effectively and remain aligned with Haileybury’s values, standards and objectives. The post holder will also support wider development of the Partnerships Function and the Haileybury Education Group.

It is expected that the Senior Projects Manager will hold current, relevant professional qualifications. They will need to demonstrate excellent communication and influencing skills, with strong project management experience. The post-holder must be sensitive to the aims of Haileybury and sympathetic to independent education.

This is a permanent, full-time position working 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Please see the candidate brief for further information.

About Haileybury

Haileybury is an outstanding independent co-educational boarding and day school of around 900 pupils aged 11 to 18. Established in 1862, the School is situated on a beautiful 500-acre estate in Hertfordshire.

Haileybury has an exceptional reputation in the UK and internationally, and is pleased to share an excellent outcome from its most recent Independent Schools Inspectorate visit in October 2025, highlighting a broad and balanced curriculum, enthusiastic teaching and an extensive range of sport, outdoor education, drama, and music. We are also thrilled that Haileybury has been awarded the prestigious title of Boarding School of the Year 2024 by Tes.

• membership of the Operations staff pension scheme
• lunch in the School’s magnificent Dining Hall (subject to hours of work)
• use of the School’s facilities including gyms, a swimming pool, tennis club, and our Health and Wellbeing Centre

The School has a diverse pupil body and is committed to its strategy of equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from candidates with a wide range of backgrounds to enrich our collective knowledge and experience. Appointments will be made on merit.

Haileybury is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants for the above post must be willing to undergo child protection vetting, including reference checks with previous employers, prohibition checks and a criminal record check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.