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Jo Sweetland, Managing Director
“A global talent advisory firm, Green Park is an industry pioneer in building diverse, senior leadership teams and more equitable workplace cultures.”
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Jo Heath, Managing Partner and Head of DICE
“Championing Diversity & Inclusion since our inception, we are driven by the core belief that there’s no shortage of talent, only opportunity.”
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Kai Adams, Managing Partner
“We deliver sustainable business value on a global scale to help organisations bring the future into focus.”
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Trevor Phillips, Chair
"Our clients benefit from our data-rich insights into what will drive productivity today and continue innovation through turbulence tomorrow.”
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Jo Sweetland, Managing Director
"Our candidate care lasts long past the point of placement and is key to the rich relationships we build from a foundation of trust, authenticity, transparency and inclusion."
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Raj Tulsiani, CEO & Co-Founder
“We founded Green Park in 2006 with a mission to change the face of leadership. We retain that same passion and entrepreneurial spirit today as when we started.”
Education creates limitless possibilities
Education creates limitless possibilities. It is key for the flourishing of individuals and communities, across cultures and societies, politically, economically, environmentally, and of course intellectually.
Those who have responsibility for leading and shaping educational institutions, either across the whole breadth of an organisation or in specialist roles, enable this hope to be realised. With almost two decades of difficult economic and political crosswinds these leadership roles have never been more important, nor more demanding. Universities, Schools, and other educational organisations need executive and non-executive leaders who understand how to manage the practical and the political without losing sight of the purpose.
The success of the Green Park Education Practice is found in our connected, diverse, and exciting networks of education and cross-sector professionals who we engage in thorough and equitable search processes we co-create with our clients.
This is how we have managed the placement of a CFO from Centrica to RADA, an Estates Director from Selfridge’s to Trinity College Cambridge, a Sustainability Director from UK Sport to King’s College London, and a wide range of University Governors.
Identifying Hard To Find Specialist Talent
Finding the right people for senior and interim roles is a significant challenge facing organisations in the education sector. Particularly in recruiting clinical and research specialist roles, there may often only a handful of people that meet the person specification. We thrive in these search situations and welcome projects where others have struggled to find the right candidate. Our delivery team are experts in their fields and are at their best when sourcing talent that really puts their sector knowledge to the test.
We work closely with our clients to define the right brief, understand the specialisms needed and identify, outside of our existing network, where such skills may be found. We also actively encourage client stakeholders to be involved in assessing candidates when interview shortlists are being drawn up. Knowing that know that niche talent is a scarce resource which needs to be looked after sensitively and at pace, we carefully manage conversations with candidates and clients throughout the search process.
Fingers On The Pulse Of Change
Our unique and innovative search process, from briefing to interviewing, gives clients confidence that they are selecting from the deepest talent pool. As well as senior executive roles, we conduct searches for professional and academic roles that have traditionally lacked gender or ethnic diversity. For non-executive roles, we widen the field of potential candidates by helping candidates get to grips with the demands of holding high office, like university rector and chancellor positions, so they are confident in applying.
We attentively support candidates from across many fields to offer clients a more diverse spectrum of talent.
Thinking Laterally To Broaden The Talent Pool
Executive searches for specialist senior-level education roles requires lateral thinking. Our cross-functional team brings together specialists in the public and private sectors.
Where a lack of diversity is hindering successful recruitment, we remove this dilemma by thinking differently about where we look for candidates and what skills they bring to the table. We go beyond the usually narrow parameters for niche roles and look far wider for suitable candidates. To do this, we tap into our extensive network of contacts to identify people who might not appear in more conventional recruitment searches.
Our ethnoculturally diverse team and its commitment to diversity gives us strong credibility with candidates. Clients gain competitive advantages using our pioneering insights and data on diversity and inclusion that help them transform how they recruit.
17years
of diverse talent mapping
55+
countries
32%
Ethnic Minority Search Placements
52%
Female Search Placements