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Executive Director of Libraries and Digital Services
Nottingham Trent University
Competitive Salary
Nottingham Trent University is seeking an outstanding, service-focused strategic leader to unite our library and digital technologies services around a common purpose: giving students, educators, researchers, and colleagues the information, systems, resources, spaces, and support they need to succeed.
The Executive Director, Libraries and Digital Services, will provide executive leadership for a newly integrated portfolio spanning user support, innovation, library operations, academic skills, scholarly communications and open access, digital systems and infrastructure, and cyber security. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer and Registrar, the Executive Director will unite established professional communities to deliver our new University strategy through a shared set of service-led principles, ensuring that physical and digital environments work coherently to support excellent education, research, and professional practice.
The successful candidate will bring significant senior leadership experience in higher education, substantial expertise in at least one of the portfolio's core disciplines, and the breadth, curiosity, and judgement to lead the whole portfolio. They will have a strong record of leading large, complex, and multidisciplinary services, delivering major transformation and investment, and creating a culture of service excellence, innovation, and high performance. The ability to engage credibly with students, academic colleagues, and professional services, use data and insight to improve outcomes, and navigate competing institutional priorities will be essential.
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NTU offers a powerful platform for this work. With five University of the Year awards, Gold status in the Teaching Excellence Framework, and 83% of its research activity judged to be world-leading or internationally excellent, the University has built a strong reputation for innovation, inspirational teaching, outstanding student support, and research that addresses pressing global challenges. The University's new five-year strategy creates the opportunity to establish an integrated service that is central to student success, academic quality, outstanding research, and institutional effectiveness. The Executive Director will shape inclusive physical and digital learning environments, resilient and secure digital foundations, and forward-looking information and academic services, while ensuring that investment delivers clear and measurable value.
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This is an opportunity to join a University with a distinctive culture, strong momentum, and a clear sense of purpose. Guided by values that emphasize changing lives, being bold, and doing the right thing, NTU is looking for an authentic, visible, and empowering leader who can unite specialist teams, create the conditions for collaboration and creativity, and translate strategic ambition into an excellent experience for students and colleagues.
To view the candidate pack, please visit www.andersonquigley.com/candidates using reference AQ3716.
The closing date for applications is noon, Monday 21 September 2026.
NTU prides itself on being an inclusive employer and encourages applications from candidates who represent the diversity of our local communities and wider society.
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