Overview
Senior Coaching Consultant (CH13366) – Bath, BA2 7AY
About the role
Are you passionate about developing people and driving culture change through coaching? Join our newly established Centre for Coaching & Leadership an ambitious venture in support of the new people strategy where we aim to develop class-leading approaches, blending evidence with practical application to drive cultural change.
We’re looking for a strategic and experienced coaching professional to lead and deliver impactful coaching interventions across the University. This is a high-trust, high-impact role working with senior leaders and teams, embedding coaching into leadership development, culture change, and capability building.
If you’re collaborative, confident working with senior stakeholders, and excited by the opportunity to build something meaningful, we’d love to hear from you.
What you’ll be doing:
- Delivering expert coaching to senior leaders and key staff groups
- Leading group and team coaching interventions
- Integrating coaching into leadership development programmes
- Shaping the Centre’s strategic direction and external profile
- Collaborating across HR, academic departments, and external partners
- Evaluating coaching impact and promoting a coaching culture across the University
Essential Criteria
- Senior Coaching Practitioner (EMCC or equivalent)
- Proven experience in 1:1, team, and group coaching
- A strong consultancy approach
- Excellent communication, judgement, and stakeholder engagement skills
- A generous leader: authentic, empathetic, and adaptable
Further Information
We are seeking two part‑time positions (18.25 hours per week) on a permanent basis. These roles are hybrid with an expectation of 40% time on campus.
For information discussions about the role please contact Kate Elliott (Head of the Centre for Coaching and Leadership) kmae20@bath.ac.uk
We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.
We’re very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.
What we can offer you
We’re continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:
- Free counselling services through Health Assured
- Cycle to work scheme
- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
- Staff discount at Team Bath gym
- Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
- Staff discount on language courses
- Generous employer contributory pension schemes
- Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
- A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
- Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
- Local discounts and more
- A family-friendly workplace
- An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
- Relocation allowance
- Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses
Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work as well as following us X and LinkedIn.
Closing Date: 22 Feb 2026
Department: Management, Specialist and Administration
Salary: £47,389 to £56,535 pro rata per annum
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