Centre Director

Cambridge Education Group; Maynooth; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Perkbox (discounts)

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Private Medical

Staff Discount on CEG Digital courses

Enhanced annual leave entitlement

Job summary

Cambridge Education Group seeks a Centre Director for OnCampus Ireland, Maynooth. The role is full-time and permanent, reporting to the CEO OnCampus Ireland, with responsibility for performance, operations, and student experience across the centre.

You will lead staff, manage budgets, and work to maximise student progression and partner relations, ensuring compliance with QQI and other bodies while delivering an exceptional student journey.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree / NFQ Level 8 or 9 essential
• Postgraduate qualification (e.g. PGCE, MBA) essential
• Extensive experience in a senior leadership role in an academic environment essential
• 3+ years of secondary, further or higher education teaching experience essential
• Curriculum design and programme management experience essential
• Understanding of EU and Irish higher education and international student needs essential
• Creative approaches to developing opportunities in higher education essential

Responsibilities

• Deliver high performance across all Centre functions: academic success, progression to partner, student satisfaction, staff engagement and financial performance.
• Be accountable to the CEO for centre performance and ensure KPIs are met and exceeded; embed OnCampus policies and external requirements.
• Develop, motivate, manage and appraise management staff to reach objectives and potential.
• Lead annual budget development and Centre-level reforecasting activities.
• Contribute to sales and marketing activities to strengthen relationships with partners, agents and students

Skills

Cross-cultural awareness

IT packages (Word, Excel, Teams)

Leadership

Management

Education

Bachelor's degree (NFQ 8/9)

Postgraduate qualification (PGCE, MBA)

Tools

None

Job description

We are currently looking for a Centre Director to join OnCampus Ireland, Maynooth.

The role will be on a full-time, Permanent basis.

The Centre Director is required to:

Deliver high levels of performance across all Centre functions, including academic success, progression to partner, student satisfaction, staff engagement and financial performance- build on the relationship with the partner and affiliate universities to maximise student progression and identify opportunities for further collaboration.

Be accountable to the CEO OnCampus Ireland (and other senior managers as directed) for the performance of all activities of the centre and ensure performance standards and KPIs are continuously met and exceeded- embed procedure, policies and requirements of OnCampus and all relevant external bodies, e.g. QQI, ILEP, IEM, TU Dublin, local immigration, and support an excellent student experience.

To develop, motivate, manage and appraise, management staff to achieve both their objectives and their full personal potential.

To support the development of the annual budget in line by leading Centre level work and participating in all centre level budget reforecasting activities.

To contribute to and, as required, participate in the Company’s sales and marketing activities to develop and strengthen the relationships between the Company and its current and potential partners, agents and students

Person Specification

Education

• Bachelor’s degree / Degree Qualified at NFQ Level 8 or 9 (essential)
• A postgraduate qualification e.g. PGCE, MBA (essential) Please refer to JD for full requirements

Learn more about OnCampus Ireland here OnCampus Ireland | Pathway Programmes to Irish Universities

Experience

• Extensive experience in a senior leadership role in an academic environment. (essential)
• 3+ years of secondary, further or higher education teaching experience (essential)
• Curriculum design and programme management experience (essential)
• An understanding of EU, Irish higher education and the needs and requirements of international students (essential).
• A track record of creative approaches to developing and exploiting opportunities in higher education or related sectors (essential).

Skills

• Demonstrates cross-cultural awareness and understanding (Essential).
• Highly competent user of commonly used IT packages (Word, Excel, Teams) (essential)
• Exceptional management and administrative skills. (Essential)
• Proven leadership skills (Essential)

In particular, you will:

• Treat students with dignity, building relationships rooted in mutual respect.
• Have regard for the need to safeguard students’ well-being, developing and maintaining a full understanding of current procedures.
• Show tolerance of and respect for the rights of others.
• Maintain high standards of attendance and punctuality.
• Help to create and maintain a safe working environment for everyone.

What does Cambridge Education Group do?

Cambridge Education Group is an international education provider that offers a range of services such as Pathway and Pre University Programs, Pre University Education, Preparatory education through foundations and master’s programmes, English Language courses, University application guidance along with creating Internship opportunities.

Why will you love working here?

Whether you work in one of our OnCampus or Managed Campus centres, in CEG Online supporting one of our many partner universities, or as part of one of our central service functions you will find a friendly, fast-paced and supportive work environment created by our diverse range of colleagues.

Employee Values

At Cambridge Education Group we believe that in living our values every single day we Achieve More for everyone around us, and in so doing makes it a great place to work.

Expert –

Each individual strives to demonstrate expertise in everything they do, from previous experiences or acquiring new, relevant skills and know-how. We are great at sharing our knowledge to help our students, fellow colleagues and partners Achieve More.

Authentic –

Our actions are taken, and decisions made, in line with our vision and mission; we trust everyone to do the right thing and deliver what they say they will through genuine, open and honest dialogue. We bring our whole selves to work, maximising our diversity to Achieve More.

Innovative –

We continually improve all aspects of what we do, being solution-focused to affect change on our path to Achieve More. All colleagues share their ideas, big and small, and are flexible to new practices, approaches and ways of working.

Whether you work in one of our OnCampus centres, with CEG Digital supporting one of our many partner universities, with Iheed transcending boundaries, transforming medical education, in market engaging prospective students or as part of one of our central service functions you will find a friendly, fast-paced and supportive work environment created by our diverse range of colleagues.

• Perkbox (includes hundreds of discounts on brands)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – giving caring and compassionate support to all staff, as well as a dedicated Mental Health Support Network.
• Private Medical
• Staff Discount on CEG Digital courses
• Enhanced annual leave entitlement

CEG is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues to share this commitment. All successful candidates will undergo background checks in the required countries. Where roles have direct contact with children, including all OnCampus centre- based roles, this will include ID, qualification and reference checks, criminal record checks including an Enhanced Disclosure (or equivalent) in line with safeguarding requirements and our Safeguarding and Prevent Policy (including Children Protection). Any offer of employment is subject to all checks being satisfactory. The Company also expects all colleagues to share the Company’s commitment to Equal Opportunities within the workplace.