Deputy Provost

Role

Deputy Provost

Location:

Face-to-face, working across our London campuses Salary:
Up to £90,000 per annum Type:
Full-time

Are you an experienced academic leader ready to make a profound impact on teaching, learning, and academic excellence?

• Drive the delivery of strategic initiatives in learning, teaching, assessment, digital education, and student experience.
• Lead institution-wide and school-level pedagogical innovation, working closely with UK university partners.
• Strengthen and sustain positive, compliant relationships with awarding partners.
• Provide strategic leadership across teaching, assessment, and academic staff development.
• Shape and implement impactful academic quality enhancement activities aligned with B3 metrics.
• Monitor performance data at school, programme, and module levels—and drive continuous improvement.
• Support periodic review, validation, and revalidation with UK higher education partners.
• Oversee and develop CPD, pedagogical training, and academic performance frameworks.
• Promote scholarship, pedagogical research, and publication across the academic community.
• Build communities of practice focused on innovation in curriculum design and teaching.
• Champion emerging educational technologies and cutting-edge teaching methods.
• Advise senior leaders on sector developments and their implications for learning and assessment.
• Support recruitment, induction, mentoring, and evaluation processes for academic staff.
• Contribute to key institutional commitments including the Access and Participation Plan (APP) and TEF
  2027.

• Significant academic leadership experience in a complex, multidisciplinary Higher Education environment.
• A postgraduate qualification (or equivalent experience) in an academic field, education, or pedagogy.
• Strong understanding of UK higher education regulation, quality assurance, and contemporary pedagogical trends.
• Proven success leading academic initiatives and cross-functional teams.
• Experience working with validated and/or franchised UK HE partnerships.
• Excellent communication, organisational, and time-management skills.
• A collaborative, adaptable, self-motivated approach to academic leadership.

• Experience leading large-scale change to enhance learning and teaching quality.
• A PhD in a relevant discipline, education, or pedagogy.
• Senior or Principal Fellowship of the HEA.
• Experience in team building, mentoring, and academic staff development.
• Proficiency with digital learning tools such as Moodle, Canvas, and Turnitin.

Successful applicants will be required to complete pre-employment checks, including a criminal records check, two references,  Right to Work verification, and education confirmation.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion, selection for employment is based solely on an individual’s skills, qualifications, and experience relevant to the role.