Head of Education (FTC 24 months)
Salary £ 46,323
Oxford, Headington - we ask staff to spend at least 60% of their time on-site and the remainder can be worked from home
Vacancy listed 18/12/2025
Application deadline 14/01/2026
Details
Brookes Union is a collaborative and inclusive organisation with a vision to provide ‘A community where every student belongs’.

This role will operate at a senior manager level and focus on developing our education work to ensure that we are able to effectively represent the academic interests of our students and to drive change across the institution. You’ll oversee the student representation system and lead on policy and influence work. 


To apply for this role please upload an up to date CV and a Cover Letter outlining your reasons for applying and how your relevant qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities meet the criteria outlined in the Person Specification.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible and fair to all applicants. If you require any reasonable adjustments or support to fully participate in the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible via su.hr@brookes.ac.uk 

All requests will be treated confidentially and will not affect your application outcome.

Benefits

- A progressive, friendly, and inclusive workplace.
- Flexible working environment for a great work-life balance and flexible working requests from day 1.
- Free wellbeing support from Wisdom.
- 28 days annual leave plus 2 ‘duvet days’ a year.
- 13 Bank Holidays and closure days.
- Staff loans for travel, rental deposits and other necessities up to £1,000.
- Individual & professional learning and development opportunities.
- 6% employer pension contribution.
- Allowance for eye checkups and glasses.
- 6 weeks' fully paid paternity leave, 13 weeks' fully paid and 13 weeks half pay maternity leave.
- Volunteering & study days available.
- 3 months' fully paid sickness leave and 3 months half pay within a 12 month period.
- On-site nursery and subsidised gym provided by the University.
- Free bike repairs on site weekly (pay for parts only).

Notes

This is a fixed-term contract for 24 months

Oxford Brookes Students’ Union (Brookes Union) exists as a charity led by its values and its members. We offer a wide range of services and activities to support and enrich the lives of our students. Brookes Union employs approximately 20 career staff, a further 40-60 student staff and we work with over 500 student volunteers and over 100 student groups.

For an informal conversation about this opportunity, please contact Becca Turton, CEO on rturton@brookes.ac.uk

Closing date for applications: 11:59pm on Wednesday 14th January 2026.

We intend to hold interviews on Thursday 22nd January 2026.

Anonymous shortlisting will be carried out for this role to ensure a fair and consistent approach to recruitment. We will not disclose any personal details to the shortlisting panel. Any documents or links with identifying information will not be used during shortlisting, but can be submitted if you are selected for an interview.

We are strongly dedicated to embedding equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) within our community and we are passionate about creating a welcoming and inclusive environment which supports everyone from recruitment through to appointment, regardless of your background. We welcome applications from all talented people and as part of this commitment, we are working to improve the diversity of our workforce to ensure that it is as relevant and representative of our student community as possible and are actively encouraging applications from underrepresented groups.

While we attempt to ensure we respond to all applications, if due to a high number of applicants, you have not heard from us by the interview date, you should assume you have been unsuccessful in your application.

Please note: We will require proof of your right to work in the UK. If you are successful we will also ask for two satisfactory references

Please upload an up to date CV and a Cover Letter outlining your reasons for applying and how your relevant qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities meet the criteria outlined in the Person Specification.


This vacancy has now been closed