Hiring in Higher Education

• Academic

  Lecturers · Senior lecturers · Readers · Professors · Chairs

• Research

  Postdocs · Research fellows · PIs · Institute directors

• Professional services

  Registry · Finance · Estates · Marketing & admissions

• Leadership

  Deans · Pro-vice-chancellors · Vice-chancellors

• Academic vs professional

  Academic and professional-services roles are governed differently. Rubrics separate them.

• Research portfolio

  Publications, grants, PhD supervision and REF/RAE outputs captured as first-class signals for academic roles.

• Mission fit

  Research-intensive, teaching-focused, applied and vocational institutions reward different signal.

• REF/RAE cycle pressure

  Research-output timing against national assessment cycles shapes who's hireable when — captured rather than ignored.

Every candidate is scored against the role's rubric, and every score points back to a specific line in the CV. For higher education, these are the signals that carry weight:

• Academic vs professional separated
• Research portfolio captured
• Mission fit scored

1. A ranked set of candidates, each with a score and the evidence behind it.
2. Eligibility checks resolved before the candidate reaches you — right to work, credentials, location model.
3. Salary expectation against your band, stated plainly, before you invest interview time.
4. One decision per candidate: advance, hold or decline, reversible for a short window.

Candidates stay invisible to you until we've reviewed them for your specific role, and contact details are released as a separate step.