Education Manager

The HCPC is looking for an experienced and motivated professional to join our Education team as an Education Manager. You will lead a portfolio of change and improvement projects, at an exciting time for the department. Following delivery of change and improvement, the role will move to leading a team within a revised structure from September 2027.

This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled quality assurance professional, with project management experience, who enjoys working with a wide range of stakeholders, delivering organisational change and improving processes and services.

You will play a key role in supporting the Education Department through a period of transformation, helping to design, develop and implement new ways of working that enhance the effectiveness of the education regulatory function.

Why join us?

This role offers a unique opportunity to make a tangible impact on the future development of HCPC's Education Department. You'll work on meaningful projects that support our public protection purpose, while helping to shape innovative and sustainable approaches to education quality assurance and stakeholder engagement.

About the role

The Education Department plays a vital role in our public protection function. Individuals seeking registration with the HCPC must successfully complete an approved education programme, demonstrating that they have met the standards required to practise safely and effectively.

As an Education Manager, you will lead and deliver a programme of change initiatives and projects that support the ongoing development of the department, to be delivered in September 2027. Working closely with colleagues across the organisation, you will help shape and implement improvements to processes, systems and ways of working, ensuring projects are delivered successfully against agreed objectives, timescales and budgets.

Following delivery of the transformation activities, you will lead a team within the department, focused on our regulatory role in education and training.

Your responsibilities will include:

Leading and delivering change projects and service improvement initiatives across the Education Department.

Designing, developing, implementing and maintaining processes and activities that support and enhance the work of the department.

Managing projects from initiation through to delivery, including planning, resource allocation, risk management and budget oversight.

Working collaboratively with internal colleagues to deliver project objectives and department priorities.

Identifying opportunities for continuous improvement and leading the implementation of innovative solutions to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

Establishing and maintaining strong relationships with education providers and other key stakeholders across the sector.

Communicating change initiatives effectively and ensuring stakeholder engagement throughout the project lifecycle.

Lead and promote HCPC’s education and regulatory work, building strong relationships with key stakeholders, including UK-wide education providers, and delivering effective communication, engagement activities and committee support to raise the profile of education and regulatory process.

Manage and develop the education function including a team, while motivating and developing an operational team to achieve organisation objectives and regulatory requirements.

Person Specification

We're interested in hearing from candidates with experience of leading and delivering complex projects, business change or service improvement programmes. Experience within education, healthcare, regulation or the public sector is essential.

You will be able to demonstrate:

Proven project management experience, including the successful delivery of complex projects and business process improvements.

The ability to design, implement and embed new processes and ways of working within a changing environment.

Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience of working collaboratively with diverse internal and external audiences.

Excellent communication skills, including the ability to present complex information clearly and influence key stakeholders.

Experience of managing competing priorities, resources and project deadlines effectively.

The ability to identify opportunities for improvement and drive positive change through to implementation.

A flexible and adaptable approach, with the ability to thrive in a changing environment.

Thorough knowledge and understanding of how quality assurance operates within a higher education or regulatory environment.

For more information, please see job description and person specification.

Rewards and Benefits:  30 days holiday + bank, 8% employer pension contribution, enhanced employee assistance and lifestyle rewards, free online 24/7 GP, Ongoing training and professional membership support

Location: Hybrid working with mandatory attendance of 1-2 days per week at our London office

Closing date: 7th September 2026, all vacancies close at 1pm.

Interview Date: W/C 28th September 2026

Application Process

• Please submit your CV and a supporting statement demonstrating how you meet the job responsibilities and person specification.
• Applications without a supporting statement may not be considered.
• We reserve the right to close vacancies early due to high application volumes and therefore encourage you to apply early.
• We are unable to provide feedback at application stage.
• Candidates will be notified promptly of the outcome at each stage.

Important Information

Candidates must:

• Permanently reside in the UK and have the right to work in the UK.
• Agree to HCPC’s hybrid working policy, requiring a minimum attendance of 1-2 days each week in the London office, with additional days as required.
• Provide original document checks, as part of pre-employment screening.
• Complete a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) criminal record check.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

The HCPC’s visions is to be recognised as an actively anti-discriminatory organisation that upholds and promotes best practice in equality, diversity and inclusion and an active ally for change. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply to join the HCPC.  Please refer to the HCPC's Behavioural Standards Framework.