About The Role
Location: Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh with travel across Southeast Asia
At Nord Anglia Education, we deliver projects that directly shape how students learn, grow, and experience school every day.
We're looking for a
hands-on, high-impact delivery managerto take ownership of capital projects and Health & Safety across Southeast Asia and India. This is a role for someone who wants to be close to the action solving problems on the ground, influencing decisions, and making things happen.
You will play a critical role in turning plans into reality-delivering safe, high-quality learning environments and strengthening a culture of accountability, safety, and continuous improvement across our schools.
What You'll Do
Own Project Delivery End-to-End
- Take full ownership ofcapital project delivery-from early design through to completion and handover
- Ensure projects are deliveredsafely, on time, on budget, and to a consistently high standard
- Actively manage contractors, consultants, and suppliers-setting clear expectations and holding them accountable
- Anticipate risks early and takedecisive, solution-focused actionto keep delivery on track
- Enable schools to be fully prepared for project delivery and operational go-live
- Provide clear, insight-led reporting that drives confident decision-making
Embed a Strong Safety Culture
- Lead thepractical implementation of Health & Safety standardsacross schools and project sites
- Move beyond compliance-embeddingownership, awareness, and accountabilityat every level
- Conduct site visits, audits, and reviews, turning observations into tangible improvements
- Support incident and near-miss investigations, ensuring actions are closed and learning is shared
Be a Trusted Partner to Schools
- Work side-by-side with school managers as atrusted, solutions-focused partner
- Provide clear, pragmatic guidance that enables schools to deliver with confidence
- Build strong relationships across diverse teams, cultures, and markets
- Manage external partners effectively, ensuring consistent performance and delivery standards
Drive Control, Clarity & Accountability
- Maintain clear oversight ofbudgets, timelines, and risksacross multiple live projects
- Identify issues early, escalate where needed, and drive proactive resolution
- Support cost control, change management, and value optimisation
- Keep risk registers live, relevant, and actively managed
Raise the Bar Across the Region
- Contribute to improvingstandards, tools, and ways of workingacross projects and Health & Safety
- Share lessons learned to build capability and consistency across schools
- Bring adelivery-first mindsetto regional planning and prioritisation
Essential
What You Bring
- Proven track record delivering capital projects in ahands-on, site-based role
- Strong working knowledge of Health & Safety in operational and/or construction environments
- Experience managing multiple projects across locations with competing priorities
- Confident communicator who can influence, challenge, and build trust across stakeholders
- Ahigh level of ownership, accountability, and bias for action
Desirable
- Experience in education, international, or multi-site environments
- Project Management and/or Health & Safety qualifications
- Experience working across Southeast Asia and/or India
Why Join Us
This is a role where you will see the impact of your work every day.
You'll be part of a global organisation, working across diverse markets, delivering projects that directly shape student experiences. You'll have the autonomy to lead, the support to succeed, and the opportunity to raise standards across an entire region.
At Nord Anglia, we value people who
take ownership, work collaboratively, and continuously look for better ways to deliver. If you're motivated by making a tangible difference and being trusted to get things done, you'll thrive here.
