Director of People and Delivery

Director of People and Delivery
Location: Hybrid with a nominal office base of York or London, with an average attendance of 4 times per month
Salary: £85,536 - £90,746 per annum depending on experience
Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Applications close on Wednesday 16th September at 10am. First stage interviews will take place online on Monday 28th September and in person interviews in London will take place on Monday 5th October 2026.
The Role:
Advance HE is seeking to appoint an exceptional individual to join our Executive Team. The Director of People and Delivery will provide executive leadership to the integration of human resource management and organisational development (‘People’) function with delivery management, and IT and digital transformation, whilst ensuring operational efficiency to secure excellent outcomes for members, colleagues and the organisation.
This role requires experience of delivering organisational change through the leadership of HR, People, Talent or Organisational Development functions, as well as strong experience in planning and resource management of people, large-scale budgets and service delivery.
The successful candidate will be a proven senior leader who is self-aware and able to adapt approaches, have expertise in programmes and project management methodologies and commercial acumen, alongside having an awareness of the post-16 education landscape and what the implications are for Advance HE.
About the Company:
Advance HE is an international, member-focused charity dedicated to the development and enhancement of higher education for the benefit of students, staff and society.
Working across teaching and learning, effective governance, leadership development, and equality, diversity and inclusion, Advance HE supports institutions through professional development programmes and events, Fellowships, awards, student surveys, consultancy and enhancement services.
With a strategy towards 2030 focused on membership impact, supporting leadership and developing educational excellence for the future, the organisation plays a distinctive role in helping the higher education sector respond to change and deliver lasting impact.
Advancing equality and achieving inclusion drives everything we do. We welcome applications from people that share this commitment.
No agencies please
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed