Strategic Programme Director, Partnerships & Quality

Independent; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 61,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford Brookes University seeks an Executive Programme Director to provide high-level academic leadership and quality oversight across our collaborative partnership campuses with Global Banking School (GBS). You will lead on-site standards, student experience, and governance while maintaining alignment with central university directorates.

This autonomous senior role requires strategic relationship-building with GBS leadership, expertise in HE quality processes, and a track record in programme

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: knowledge of HE quality processes, validations, periodic reviews, and regulatory standards, including OfS Conditions of Registration.
• Relationship Management: negotiation and relationship-building skills for inter-organisational collaboration while protecting standards.
• Curriculum design and pedagogy for widening participation.
• Autonomous decision-making with high self-direction and escalation awareness.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-level academic leadership and quality oversight across collaborative partnership campuses.
• Own on-site academic standards, student experience, and governance.
• Foster collaboration with GBS leadership and maintain alignment with central Oxford Brookes directorates.
• Lead on-ground quality enhancement and independent judgment on campus.

Skills

HE leadership

Change management

Staff management

Regulatory knowledge

Relationship management

Curriculum design

Andragogy

Autonomy

Education

Master’s degree

Job description

Oxford Brookes University seeks an Executive Programme Director to provide high-level academic leadership and quality oversight across our collaborative partnership campuses with Global Banking School (GBS). You will lead on-site standards, student experience, and governance while maintaining alignment with central university directorates.

This autonomous senior role requires strategic relationship-building with GBS leadership, expertise in HE quality processes, and a track record in programme