Programme Leader – Teacher Development (ECF and ECTE)

About us

About UCL Institute of Education

Founded in 1902, UCL Institute of Education has been shaping policy and helping government, organisations and individuals navigate a changing society for the last 120 years. We embrace collaboration and excellence to create a future that is inclusive and just, and have been ranked number one for education every year since 2014 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject.

The Department of Learning and Leadership (DLL) is a large specialist research and teaching department of approximately 110 academic staff. The department is a major world leader in the following subject areas: Early Years and Primary Education, Educational Leadership, Education Policy, and Initial Teacher Education (ITE). We value innovative research, teaching and enterprise in all these areas and combine the very best of research innovation and evidence-based teaching, with a strong commitment to translating our work into policy and practice.

This post sits within UCL’s Centre for Education Leadership (CEL), based in the heart of Bloomsbury, London’s academic heartland. We are a Centre within the IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society; the IOE is ranked number 1 in the world for education in the QS World University Rankings. Working for and with the teaching profession, we are a world-leading centre for research and teaching in education and ranked outstanding by Ofsted in every criterion for our Initial Teacher Education programmes. We’ve been at the centre of education in the UK for 120 years, celebrating this milestone in October 2022.

About the role

We welcome applications from suitably qualified school leaders, particularly Induction Tutors and facilitators that are familiar with UCL’s Early Career Teacher Development Programme and who have an excellent understanding of the research base, The ITTECF.

You will work collaboratively with the ECF Programme Leader team, having strategic responsibility for specific areas across our Early Teacher Development programmes. This will include having oversight of programme management systems and processes, elements of programme design, programme delivery, quality assurance and/or supporting a group of regional Teaching School Hubs. You will also have the opportunity to work flexibly across CEL’s portfolio of leadership and consultancy programmes as needed, to support and promote a coherent offer to educational leaders.

This post, offered on a secondment basis either for UCL staff or from a school, will include working with groups of regional partners and may involve some national and international travel.

This post is available until 31st July 2026 in the first instance.

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 14th October 2025.

Please see the candidate information pack for further details.

Any informal enquiries regarding this role can be directed to Hilary Adli, Director, Teacher and Leadership Development, UCL at or Mark Quinn, Deputy Programme Director ECF/ECTP at

About you

You will have had a successful career as a school leader, with demonstrable knowledge of current teacher and leadership development models and leadership policy and practices.

You will also have an excellent understanding of current education policy in London and national contexts.

Your application form should address all the person specification points and should clearly demonstrate how your skills and experience meet each of the criteria.

It is important that the criteria are clearly numbered and that you provide a response to each one.

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