Introduction. The development of Russia’s education strategy up to 2036 highlights the importance of creating a unified management personnel reserve within the education system. To update the practices of forming this reserve, it is necessary to take into account the key sociocultural and technological contexts that define the characteristics of the educational reality and the principles of managing the system at the federal, regional, and municipal levels.
The aim of the research is to develop the conceptual foundations for forming a unified management personnel reserve within the education system, ensuring effective management of the development of human resource potential in educational administration bodies.
Methods. To carry out the research, a set of methods was used: theoretical analysis, focus group, survey (unstructured interview), expert assessments and analysis of targeted thematic materials from open information sources.
Results. New conceptually grounded approaches have been proposed for organising the process of forming a personnel reserve to fill vacant positions of heads of regional executive authorities responsible for state management in the field of education, as well as municipal education management bodies.
Scientific novelty. The scientific novelty of the research lies in conceptualising approaches to updating the practices of forming the unified managerial personnel reserve of the education system for the regions of the country.
Practical significance. The results of the study can be used by education management authorities at the regional and municipal levels to improve the effectiveness of regional personnel policy and ensure the integrity of managing the processes involved in developing human resource potential.