School: Group Central Support United Kingdom Office
Group Head of Leadership Development
Location: London Victoria (hybrid model, minimum 3 days in office).
Nord Anglia Education – the world’s leading private school’s organisation is recruiting a Group Head of Leadership Development. You will be joining the HR team in our London HQ.
London is our global headquarters where 200 colleagues across Finance, Risk, Corporate Development, Legal, HR, MAC and Education drive the success of our 90+ schools in 35+ countries.
In the role of Group Head of Leadership Development, you will be responsible for shaping and delivering a global leadership development strategy that supports Nord Anglia Education’s return-to-growth agenda and that enhances capability across the organisation, meeting the diverse needs of both educators and functional teams.
This role will lead a comprehensive review of the current Leadership programmes portfolio and create a cohesive, multi-channel learning framework with clear outcomes aligned to training needs and business priorities. Leading a small, high-impact internal team and carefully selected external partners, the role will balance strategic leadership with hands‑on delivery, focusing on strengthening leadership capability, commercial and financial acumen, AI and data literacy. A key focus of the role will be ensuring schools have access to the development they need to ensure they remain the very best educators in the market.
Success will be measured through tangible business impact, including enrolment growth, employee engagement score increases, NPS data from parents, as well as having a stronger talent pipeline available for internal promotions. The role will also manage the LD budget to maximise return on investment.
The role:
- Develop a global Leadership Development strategy aligned with business priorities to drive commercial growth, high performance and continuous learning.
- Identify skill gaps and design blended learning solutions across leadership, onboarding and technical training.
- Ensure learning solutions meet the needs of educators and functional teams, fostering cross‑collaboration.
- Review and enhance all existing content, programmes and delivery channels to maximise business impact.
- Create a cohesive Leadership framework covering development, onboarding, coaching, mentoring, assessments and digital learning, accessible to all career stages.
- Align all learning activity to the EmpowerUs competency framework to reinforce a consistent performance language across Nord Anglia.
- Re‑design onboarding to provide an engaging introduction with clear deliverables for rapid productivity.
- Review and enhance leadership programmes to ensure relevance and build a strong leadership pipeline.
- Explore career development options beyond promotion, including mentoring, secondments, lateral moves and international opportunities.
- Partner with the Education team to evolve offerings and ensure Nord Anglia University content is accessible, relevant and refreshed.
- Use AI and modern learning technologies to enhance delivery and measurement.
- Ensure compliance with mandatory training and leverage technology (AI, LMS) to strengthen delivery.
- Partner with functional teams, Principals, Regional Managing Directors and HR to ensure regional relevance, business alignment and links to talent and succession planning.
- Gather feedback and use data to demonstrate ROI, capability uplift and programme effectiveness.
- Review external partnerships for quality, cultural fit and value.
- Lead, coach and develop the Leadership Development team for future growth.
- Own and optimise the LD budget to maximise impact.
The Successful Candidate will possess:
- Proven experience of transforming or building a Leadership or L&D function in a global organisation.
- Demonstrated experience designing and building successful Leadership Development curricula for multiple levels of organisations.
- Strong track record designing commercially aligned learning strategies.
- Proven leadership skills, with the ability to influence at all levels, including board level.
- Strong strategic planning and analytical skills to measure the effectiveness of training initiatives.
- Demonstrated budget ownership, supplier management, and ROI measurement.
- Executive presence with the confidence to challenge constructively.
- Comfortable operating strategically while remaining hands‑on in a flat organisation.
At Nord Anglia Education, we are an equal opportunities employer dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. In our schools and offices around the world, we treat all colleagues fairly based on their skills and qualifications, without discrimination.
We value individuals from all backgrounds, including those with different abilities and neurodivergent conditions, as well as those who identify with protected characteristics.
Nord Anglia Education is committed to ensuring the highest possible safeguarding standards in our schools and we expect every employee to share this commitment.
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