Executive Director of Education, CISL (Internal Secondment Opportunity)

Are you looking for an exciting and challenging role within an inspiring, world-leading organisation? Do you want to contribute to our mission to create a more sustainable economy?

The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) is a globally influential institute working to activate leadership and transform economies for people, nature and climate.

Our Senior Leadership Team, led by our Interim CEO and Director, sets the Institute's impact strategy across Foresight, Education Convening and Innovation activities globally ¿ and oversees all activities undertaken from our offices in Cambridge, Brussels and Cape Town.

You will form part of our Senior Leadership Team on an interim basis, holding responsibility for the quality, impact generation and financial performance of our Education portfolio ¿ which includes accredited post-graduate courses, digital/online programmes and Executive Education. Our Education programmes catalyse and support sustainability leadership in organisations nationally and internationally, working across core audiences of business, government and finance.

This role is fixed term to 31st December 2024, full time on a hybrid working basis with at least 2-3 days in our award-winning Cambridge office.

You will lead and manage CISL's Education offer, which includes:

Overseeing the Education portfolio to ensure programmes: Remain consistent with CISL's overall ambition and strategy; Consistently deliver on expected teaching and learning outcomes; Are underpinned by appropriate commercial mechanisms and deliver planned financial outcomes; Are appropriately resourced.

Building and maintaining relationships with senior stakeholders in the University and externally which will help catalyse our impact;

Working with colleagues to develop an ambitious and coherent plan for our international activities, including key target regions with the opportunity to amplify impact;

Developing a coherent approach for strategic and corporate partnerships which will help generate new opportunities for impact and income.

Strong candidates for the role will have experience working in fields related to sustainable development, and awareness of the academic, leadership and executive contexts in which CISL operates. They will have previous experience operating at an executive level within a business-facing organisation, including active leadership, programme delivery, resource planning and financial management for large teams. Experience in developing and leading high-impact, high-quality education programmes for individuals including senior executives will be key for this role, alongside experience of working internationally with senior business leaders, particularly in South East Asia. They will have the ability to formulate education and international strategies, and to lead key projects to successful outcomes, utilising strong business skills, including financial, client, people and team management, strategy development and implementation, and problem solving. Entrepreneurial skills with the vision and ability to translate opportunities for high sustainability impact into commercially viable business will be important, alongside commitment to the values that underpin CISL's work. Direct experience and familiarity with CISL's activities and strategy for impact is desirable.

Temporary cover: This post is fixed-term until 31 December 2024 or the return of the post holder, whichever is the earlier.

The post is offered to internal candidates only on the basis of a secondment from their current role in the University.

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