Director of International Development; Overseas Campuses

Director of International Development (Overseas Campuses)

Millfield School is seeking a Director of International Development to shape and deliver its international development strategy, driving sustainable growth through the establishment and oversight of a portfolio of high-quality overseas campuses.

Millfield School is one of the UK's leading independent co-educational boarding and day schools, set across 200 acres of Somerset countryside in Street, near Glastonbury. Founded in 1935, Millfield has long been a pioneer in education: it was among the first independent schools in the country to be co-educational and the first to successfully support dyslexic students. Today, with over 1,300 students in the senior school and a further 440 at Millfield Prep, the school offers world-leading teaching and coaching in an environment of extraordinary breadth and ambition.

Millfield is not like other schools; it never has been. Its purpose is to discover brilliance in every child and to transform lives through education.

The successful candidate will have extensive commercial experience and the ability to lead and accelerate Millfield's global growth strategy, with a track record of identifying and managing international commercial opportunities from concept to operation. They will possess excellent stakeholder management skills and have a strong understanding of operating across diverse cultural, political, and regulatory environments. They will reflect Millfield's values when representing the brand: be kind, be authentic, be disruptors, be curious, be brilliant.

This is a year-round, full-time role based in Street, Somerset, offering a competitive salary, commensurate with experience. The position is initially offered on a one-year fixed-term basis, with a review at the end of the contract period. Extensive international travel will be required.

Millfield School is committed to providing a safe and inclusive environment for all. We are a community that celebrates diversity, supporting our pupils and employees to be brilliant as individuals.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Specific safeguarding responsibilities for this position are outlined in the job description. Offers of employment are subject to satisfactory safeguarding checks including, but not limited to, Enhanced DBS clearance and satisfactory references. All positions within the school are exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Be kind, be individual, be brilliant. Millfield School, where being an individual is recognised as the key to brilliance.

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