Design & Development Manager

Design and Development Manager

Location: London Victoria (hybrid model, minimum 3 days in office).

Nord Anglia Education is looking to recruit a Design and Development Manager into the Corporate Development team in our global London HQ to help us execute our growth strategy by supporting design and development of new campuses and existing campus expansion across Nord Anglia Education’s global portfolio of schools.

You will assist individual schools (utilising data driven insight) with capacity planning to ensuring efficient and effective use of our facilities.

You will help ensure the quality of our educational environment is commensurate with best value and aligned with our NAE premium brand.

The role:

We seek an individual to join as a Design and Development Manager where your focus will be to:

• Support Head of CD&CP with coordination of campus design initiatives across the group.
• Support Head of CD&CP by assisting project teams to coordinate design activities for new schools projects and existing schools projects.
• Help us ensure high quality of educational environments by sharing and application of best practice in school design and project management.
• Support Regional Project Directors to ensure the timely delivery of projects.
• Support and advise colleagues centrally and within schools with guidance and feedback on appropriate design initiatives.
• Create growth opportunities by supporting campus capacity planning where needed both within existing campuses and expansion projects.
• Use internal data driven insight to develop practical solutions for efficient space use and capacity expansion.
• Support wider Corporate Development Acquisitions Team with capacity verification, building due diligence reviews and expansion CAPEX planning.
• Support new build and expansion projects through data driven insight and actions, support School and Regional teams with:
• Confirming of investment needs, identify core objectives and support creation of business case.

The Successful Candidate will possess:

• Min 2 years post qualification Architect or Senior Architectural Designer
• Membership of relevant professional bodies.
• Experience with K-12 school design and other educational environments desirable.
• Solid experience of the design procurement process with exposure to all RIBA works stages (or equivalent).
• Knowledge of UK/US educational system and how school design works in that setting.
• Understanding of school operations in particular space use and facility requirements.
• Ability to prepare feasibility and concept designs for school improvement projects.
• Understanding of brand positioning and ensuring brand compliance in design.
• Understand of cost-effective approach to design to ensure correct balance between design aesthetics and financial/feasibility constraints.
• A positive and collaborative approach to problem solving.
• Excellent analytical skills, particularly around data analysis and efficiency planning– with the passion and drive to demonstrate and quantify success.

See full job description here.

About Us

Nord Anglia Education is the world’s leading international schools organisation. Our 80+ international schools are located in the Americas, Europe, China, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Together, they educate more than 80,000 students from kindergarten through to the end of secondary education.  We are driven by one unifying philosophy: we are ambitious for our students, our people and our family of schools.

Our exclusive collaborations with prestigious institutions such as UNICEF, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), IMG Academy and the world-leading performing arts school Juilliard mean we’re at the forefront of educational thinking, while creating life-changing experiences for students.

By joining Nord Anglia Education you will become part of a committed and innovative team.  As a member of the world’s leading premium schools group you will be joining an active network of like-minded people across the world.

To Apply

On-line applications need to be directly through the Nord Anglia Education careers page and should include a CV.

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 various 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.