Director - Adult Skills & Bootcamps

Overview

This role sits at the top of the Training leadership structure, reporting directly to the CIO and working alongside the Service Delivery Director to lead and grow the organisation's Adult Skills provision. The Organisation (Confidential) Our client is a well-established, multi-award-winning national training provider with over 25 years' experience, delivering high-quality apprenticeships, adult skills programmes, professional qualifications and recruitment solutions across the UK.

They support thousands of learners each year, work closely with employers nationwide, and are recognised for strong employer satisfaction scores, excellent learner outcomes, innovative programme design, and a people-first, impact-driven culture. Following recent acquisitions and rebranding, the organisation is entering an exciting phase of transformation and growth, with Adult Skills at the heart of its future strategy.

The organisation is a market leader in Skills Bootcamps and has successfully expanded into Adult Skills Fund delivery over the last 18 months. Together, these form the Adult Skills provision within the Training department. As Director - Adult Skills & Talent, you will have accountability for all commercial delivery across the following areas.

• Learner Engagement
• Learner Progressions
• Talent (Permanent Recruitment)
• Leading teams of approximately 30-35 staff to ensure strong learner starts, successful outcomes, contract performance and commercial growth.
• Work closely with the CIO to manage time-sensitive, high-value contracts, requiring a leader who is decisive, commercially astute and comfortable operating s role demands excellent planning, control and senior-level reporting, both internally and externally.
• Full accountability for performance across Skills Bootcamps, Adult Skills Fund and Private Training.
• Drive learner starts, achievement, progression and sustained employment outcomes.
• Lead on solution-selling, partnerships and commercial opportunities to support budgets.
• Maintain oversight of contractual KPIs, learner/employer voice and impact evidence to support extensions and future growth.
• Lead Learner Engagement teams to deliver contracted learner volumes.
• Lead Progressions and Talent teams to maximise positive learner outcomes and employment.
• Grow and develop the Talent (Perm) function as a key commercial arm of the business.
• Support the CIO in contract management, planning and performance reporting.
• Work closely with Quality and Funding teams to ensure full compliance with funding rules and quality frameworks.
• Own and deliver agreed Quality Improvement Plan (QIP) actions.
• Partner with Service Delivery to ensure strong completion and achievement rates.
• Agree and monitor marketing plans and spend to support learner attraction and employer engagement.
• Work with Marketing to forward-plan campaigns, including delivery in new or challenging locations.
• Champion innovation and new initiatives to drive sustainable growth.
• Act as a visible, credible senior leader within the organisation.
• Inspire, develop and lead high-performing teams.
• Contribute to strategic, operational and ad-hoc projects.
• Represent and cross-sell all areas of the business.

• Senior leadership experience within a Grade 2+ education or training provider.
• Expert knowledge of Adult Skills funding and delivery, ideally across Skills Bootcamps and Adult Skills Fund (ASF).
• Proven track record delivering adult skills contracts at scale.
• Strong financial and commercial acumen, including funding models and KPI management.
• Demonstrable experience leading and growing high-performing teams.

• Professional, credible and confident at senior stakeholder level.
• Commercially driven, adaptable and comfortable leading change.
• Strong communicator - diplomatic, intelligent and persuasive.
• Approachable, motivational and outcome-focused.
• Highly organised and resilient in fast-paced environments.
• Opportunity to shape and scale a strategically critical Adult Skills provision.
• Hybrid working with a London base.

• Competitive salary £75k-£100k + OTE
• Long-term career progression and impact-driven leadership role