Academic Director

This is an opportunity to lead at the heart of one of the UK's most distinctive international education partnerships.

Based at the University of Exeter International Study Centre, you'll join a centre that welcomes students from more than 70 nationalities, delivers outstanding student outcomes, and continues to innovate in a rapidly evolving international education landscape. Working closely with the Centre Director, you'll lead the academic function of the centre, shaping strategy, developing people, and ensuring students receive an exceptional academic experience from day one.

We're looking for someone who wants to be visible, present and influential. As Academic Director, you'll be the academic face of the centre, building relationships with students, inspiring academic teams, partnering with university colleagues and helping to create a culture where both people and performance thrive.

You'll directly line manage a team of 3 Academic Managers and oversee a wider academic staff population of around 50 colleagues. While academic quality and standards remain central to the role, success will come from your ability to develop leaders, strengthen accountability, and create an environment where teams feel empowered, engaged and motivated.

• Leading and developing Academic Managers and academic teams
• Driving a positive, high-performing culture across the centre
• Building strong relationships with students, university partners and other key stakeholders
• Overseeing academic operations, timetabling quality assurance and resource planning
• Leading innovative Transnational Education (TNE) projects and initiatives

• Permanent
• Onsite at University of Exeter
• £56,000-£77,000, depending on experience

The centre is entering an exciting chapter. Student outcomes, progression rates and student satisfaction continue to strengthen, while innovative Transnational Education and programme development initiatives are creating opportunities to extend our impact beyond the UK. As part of this, you'll have the opportunity to lead academic initiatives internationally and play a key role in shaping how programmes are delivered across global partnerships.

What makes this role particularly unique is the breadth of influence you'll have. From contributing to strategic decisions with senior university leaders to engaging directly with students around the centre, you'll have the opportunity to make a visible impact every day.

We're particularly interested in speaking to candidates who bring:

This is a predominantly campus-based position, reflecting the importance of being present for students, staff and university partners. The successful candidate will be based on-site at the University of Exeter International Study Centre Monday to Friday, becoming a visible and accessible leader within the centre community.

If you're looking for an opportunity to lead a talented academic team, influence the direction of a major international education partnership, and help shape the future of a centre with ambitious plans, we'd love to hear from you.

Timeline: Please apply by 17:00 on Friday 20th November.

INTO is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and we expect all colleagues, partners and volunteers to share this commitment.

Successful candidates will be expected to uphold our safeguarding culture and, where relevant to the role, fulfil safeguarding responsibilities in line with organisational policies and procedures.

As part of our safer recruitment practices, all appointments are subject to appropriate pre-employment checks, which may include references, identity verification, right to work checks, qualification verification and, where applicable, a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Depending on the nature of the role, the position may be exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Where this applies, applicants will be required to disclose any convictions and cautions that are not protected under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975), as amended. Protected convictions and cautions do not need to be disclosed and will not be taken into account during the recruitment process.

Further information about our safeguarding approach, including our Safeguarding Policy and Rehabilitation of Offenders Policy, can be accessed via our website. For more information and to view a list of our policies, please visit: INTO Governance -SEO | INTO Study