Team Management, Leadership & Performance

• Directly manage and lead Academic Leads, and Tutors within the subject area, as applicable.
• Set clear expectations, objectives and performance standards for the subject team, ensuring alignment with Blue Education’s academic quality and service standards.
• Conduct regular performance reviews, lesson observations, coaching conversations and feedback sessions.
• Build a culture of excellence, responsiveness, collaboration and intellectual ambition across the subject team.

Recruitment, Onboarding & Training

• Lead recruitment, selection and onboarding of academic staff within the subject discipline.
• Establish and maintain subject-specific hiring standards, sample lesson expectations and evaluation criteria.
• Design and deliver training programmes for Academic Leads, and Tutors.
• Create scalable training materials, teaching frameworks, quality guidelines and best-practice resources for the subject team.

Academic Quality Assurance

• Establish and monitor subject-level academic KPIs, including student progress, lesson quality, report quality, admissions outcomes, retention and satisfaction.
• Implement quality assurance processes for lesson delivery, curriculum use, student feedback, tutor reporting and academic interventions.
• Review academic records, student plans and tutor performance data to ensure consistency and excellence across the subject area.

Family Communication & Premium Educational Consulting

• Build trusted relationships with students and families, particularly high-value and complex cases requiring senior academic input.
• Provide strategic educational consulting, long-term academic planning and senior-level advice on university placement strategy.
• Support Academic Leads and tutors in managing sensitive family communications, expectations and progression concerns.

Business Growth & Strategic Contribution

• Partner with senior leadership to define and deliver growth strategy for the subject division.
• Contribute to revenue growth through improved student retention, programme expansion, referrals, conversion support and premium academic services.
• Identify market opportunities, competitor trends and emerging student needs to shape new programmes and services.

External Representation & Brand Building

• Represent Blue Education as a credible academic authority in meetings with parents, students, schools and external partners.
• Support sales, marketing and partnership activity by providing expert academic insight, webinars, workshops and public-facing thought leadership.
• Strengthen Blue Education’s reputation for academic excellence through high-quality content, events and strategic academic initiatives.

Qualifications And Competencies

Teaching & Admissions Experience

• Graduate, Master’s or PhD degree from Oxford, Cambridge, LSE, Imperial College, Ivy League, or an equivalent top global university.
• Minimum 1,500+ hours of teaching, tutoring or academic mentoring experience, ideally with high-achieving and university-bound students.
• Proven track record supporting students applying to Oxbridge, Ivy League or other competitive university programmes.

Leadership & Management Experience

• Minimum 2-3 years of people management or academic team leadership experience within education, tutoring, schools, higher education, admissions consulting or a related sector.
• Proven ability to lead, motivate and engage teams to achieve excellent performance.

Curriculum, Quality & Programme Leadership

• Experience designing curricula, academic pathways, assessments, teaching resources or enrichment programmes.
• Strong understanding of academic quality assurance, student progress tracking and teaching excellence frameworks.

Commercial & Strategic Capability

• Ability to translate educational insight into scalable processes, training materials and commercially viable academic products.
• Commercial acumen with evidence of measurable contribution to business growth, student retention, programme development, referrals, partnerships or premium service delivery.

Core Skills & Personal Qualities

• Entrepreneurial mindset and ability to identify opportunities that take the subject area and wider business forward.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to advise students, parents, tutors and senior stakeholders clearly and professionally.
• Highly organised, responsive and capable of managing multiple students, team members, deadlines and priorities.
• Strong digital literacy and confidence using online learning platforms, data tools and collaborative working systems.

Success Measures

• Student progress, retention, satisfaction and admissions outcomes across the subject area.
• Quality and consistency of teaching delivery, reporting and academic intervention across the team.
• Successful recruitment, onboarding, training and development of academic staff.
• Improvement and scalability of curricula, resources and subject pathways.
• Commercial contribution through growth, referrals, programme innovation and premium service quality.
• Strength and reputation of the subject area within Blue Education and the wider market.

What We Offer

• £70,000-£80,000 base salary, plus performance-based bonuses and potential equity options.
• UK work permit sponsorship for exceptional candidates, where applicable.
• A collaborative environment with colleagues from Oxford, Cambridge, Ivy League and top global universities.
• A senior leadership pathway with real influence over academic strategy, programme design, team development and business growth.
• Comprehensive benefits including private health insurance and pension scheme.
• International exposure across the UK and Asia, with opportunities for travel.
• The opportunity to make a transformative impact on students’ academic and personal development while helping to scale a leading education business.

Equal Opportunities

Blue Education welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds and is committed to building an inclusive environment where talented educators and academic leaders can thrive.