The role

Look after the people who are already coming to us.

Education Leaders is looking for a Community & Enrolment Lead to fill cohorts for the Education Leaders Intensive: a practical, research-backed leadership development programme for international school leaders.

This is not a cold-outreach role, and you won’t be building a pipeline from scratch. Every participant we have ever enrolled came through channels that already work: a podcast in the global top 5%, a weekly newsletter, published books, an active LinkedIn presence and lead magnets people actually download. The enquiries arrive. Your job is to make sure the people arriving get a proper, timely, human response and a clear path into the programme, and to keep the wider community warm between cohorts.

What you’ll do

Own enrolment, start to finish.

Own the flow of enquiries arriving through the podcast, newsletter, LinkedIn, lead magnets, the website and referrals, and respond personally. Lead-magnet downloads get a reply within 48 hours; it’s our highest-converting, most time-sensitive source.
Move enquiries through to application and enrolment, using the application form as the primary route and conversations where they’re needed.
Hold enrolment conversations with prospective participants. These are professional dialogues with school leaders, not transactional sales calls.
Keep the CRM tight: every live lead has a next action and a date against it.
Onboard each cohort, run light check-ins during it, and gather feedback, testimonials and case studies at the end.
Nurture the wider community between cohorts: alumni, course members, podcast listeners and newsletter subscribers.
Work with our Virtual Assistant on email sequences, application processing and scheduling, and give the Founder a short written update each week.

What we’re looking for

Someone who finishes things.

Someone who knows the international schools sector, can hold a confident, professional conversation with a Head or a Deputy Head, works autonomously, and enjoys building relationships. You might be a former school leader, an EdTech professional or an education consultant who wants quality part-time work that fits around your life.

Above all, we’re looking for someone who finishes things. The hardest part of this job isn’t the conversation. It’s making sure the conversation gets followed up. When you contact a Head of School, they should think ‘colleague’, not ‘salesperson’. That’s the kind of person we’re after.

Essential

Understanding of the international schools sector and how leaders make professional-development decisions
Comfortable talking with Heads, Principals, Deputy Heads and Curriculum Leaders
Demonstrable follow-through
Excellent written communication: warm, clear and human
Able to work autonomously across a 12-hour week
Comfortable with CRM and email tools, or quick to learn them
UK-based with the right to work in the UK

Desirable

A background in school leadership, coaching, professional learning or consultancy
Direct experience working in, or selling to, international schools
An existing network within international education
Familiarity with community platforms such as Circle, and email tools such as Kit

Why this works

The product sells, and we’re honest about the numbers.

Our first cohort enrolled 18 participants. You’re not cold-calling from zero: every single person who has ever joined the Intensive found us through our own channels, a top-5% podcast, a weekly newsletter, published books, an active LinkedIn presence and lead magnets that people actually download. The enquiries arrive. What they need is someone to look after them properly.

We’re upfront about what success looks like: the minimum is 12 participants per cohort, 24 a year. That isn’t a stretch goal. It’s the baseline the business needs to function, and we’d rather tell you now than after you’ve started.

How we work

A small company that does things properly.

Education Leaders Ltd supports international schools globally through leadership development, strategic planning and organisational change. Founded by Shane Leaning, host of the Education Leaders podcast and co-author of Change Starts Here (Routledge), we’re a small, values-driven company that cares about doing things properly.

Results, not hours. We care about what you deliver, not when you’re online.
A real right to disconnect. Your time outside agreed hours is yours.
Paid mental health days, no questions asked, and enhanced sick pay with no waiting period.
A professional development allowance, a workplace pension, and all benefits from day one.
Room to grow the role, your hours and your responsibilities as the programme grows.

Full pay, benefits and contract details are in the job description below.

How to apply

Tell us why this interests you.

Apply through the form. Tell us why this role interests you and what you’d bring to it. We’ll send the interview questions in advance so you can prepare properly.

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Read the full job description (pay, benefits and contract terms)

Closing date: 31 August 2026

Education Leaders Ltd is committed to equality of opportunity and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates. Reasonable adjustments are made throughout recruitment. Application data is held securely and used only for recruitment, in line with UK GDPR.