Executive Director for Technology and Resources

Ambition Institute

£120,000 / year

LondonFull-timeHybridIntermediate

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Help shape the next chapter of a national education charity

At Ambition Institute, we want every child to thrive, whatever their background or starting point. We help educators keep getting better through outstanding professional development, sector-leading research, and key contributions to policy and practice. Over the last three years, we have supported more than 100,000 teachers and leaders, which is more than one in five of all teachers and leaders in England.

We are creating a new Executive Director role to help us grow our impact – bringing together technology, resourcing and organisational capability as we extend our work into new areas of education and internationally.

Reporting to the Chief Executive, you will be a full member of our Executive Committee, sharing responsibility for the charity’s strategy, performance, culture and sustainability. You will also be our senior technology leader, with executive accountability for Technology, Finance and People.

Your opportunity to make a difference

You will shape how technology supports professional development for tens of thousands of educators and strengthens our work with delivery partners. From learning platforms and strategic technology partnerships to data, artificial intelligence and automation, you will help us identify opportunities and turn them into practical, sustainable improvements.

Working through experienced Directors of Technology, Finance and People, you will help realise our ambitions through the resources, skills and organisational capacity needed to deliver them. You will contribute across the whole charity, advise the Chief Executive and Board on significant choices, and help build an inclusive organisation that delivers excellent work and uses its resources well.

Key Responsibilities

We are looking for an accomplished technology and transformation leader with the breadth and judgement to contribute fully at executive level.

You will bring substantial experience of setting technology strategy and delivering measurable improvements, including through platforms or services used by significant external user communities. You will combine strong understanding of digital technology, data and AI with commercial and financial acumen, sound judgement about risk, and the ability to bring people with different expertise together through change.

Your experience may come from commercial organisations, public services, charities or education. Previous education or charity sector employment is not required, nor is a Finance or HR qualification. You will need the executive capability to oversee these functions through experienced specialists, alongside a clear commitment to our mission.

Benefits

This is an opportunity to apply your expertise to a clear social purpose, with meaningful influence over our future direction. You will join colleagues who value evidence, share their expertise generously and care deeply about improving educational opportunity.

We offer flexible and hybrid working, 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays and a Winter Shutdown, an 11% employer pension contribution, wellbeing support and opportunities for continued development.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds and professional pathways, particularly from groups underrepresented in senior leadership. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout recruitment.

Find out more and apply

Please read the candidate pack for full details of the role, working arrangements and selection process.

To apply you will need to submit your CV and a supporting statement of no more than 1,800 words addressing the five headings in the pack.

Applications close at 11.59pm on Sunday 1 November 2026.

Benefits

This is an opportunity to apply your expertise to a clear social purpose, with meaningful influence over our future direction. You will join colleagues who value evidence, share their expertise generously and care deeply about improving educational opportunity. We offer flexible and hybrid working, 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays and a Winter Shutdown, an 11% employer pension contribution, wellbeing support and opportunities for continued development. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and professional pathways, particularly from groups underrepresented in senior leadership. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout recruitment. Find out more and apply Please read the candidate pack for full details of the role, working arrangements and selection process. To apply you will need to submit your CV and a supporting statement of no more than 1,800 words addressing the five headings in the pack. Applications close at 11.59pm on Sunday 1 November 2026.

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About this role

Ambition Institute is seeking an Executive Director for Technology and Resources to join its leadership team and help scale its impact across education. Reporting to the Chief Executive, you will sit on the Executive Committee with strategic responsibility for the charity's direction, performance and sustainability. Your specific remit brings together technology leadership, financial oversight and people functions—overseeing experienced Directors in each area while contributing to organisation-wide decisions and advising the Board on significant choices.

The role calls for someone with proven track record in technology strategy and transformation, ideally with experience of platforms or services serving large external user communities. You will shape how technology supports professional development for tens of thousands of educators, evaluate opportunities in learning platforms, data, AI and automation, and identify practical improvements that strengthen both internal capability and delivery partnerships. Beyond technology, you need sound commercial and financial judgement, the ability to manage risk thoughtfully, and skill in bringing together people with different expertise through periods of change. The charity explicitly welcomes applicants from commercial, public sector or charity backgrounds; education or finance sector experience is not required, nor are formal qualifications in Finance or HR.

This is a London-based hybrid role at £120,000 per annum, offering 25 days' leave plus bank holidays, an 11% pension contribution, wellbeing support and professional development opportunities. The application deadline is 1 November 2026.

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