Vice Principal

The Vice Principal will join the Management Team in ensuring the delivery of high standards of academic and non-academic content to students, excellent administrative procedures, adequate team supervision and excellent.  The school runs an international curriculum Preschool through to College. The Vice Principal will take a leadership role in strengthening the quality of teaching and learning, bringing efficiencies to the management of the school and raising the profile of the whole school. This is a vitally important role with genuine transformational potential.

The Applicant should:

• Be a practicing Christian whose morals and ethics are in keeping with the school’s Christian ethos and who is committed to maintaining and protecting it.
• Be highly motivated and driven, and have an in-depth knowledge of excellence in education with a commitment to ensuring the highest quality of teaching and learning.
• Have the creativity and vision to inspire and lead change together with the focus to ensure successful outcomes are reached.
• Be able to communicate proficiently in spoken and written English
• Have a good understanding of Cambridge International Curriculum.
• Be able to assess the pedagogical needs of students and staff, and suggest appropriate professional intervention where possible.
• Have excellent understanding of, and experience in, curriculum management, development, implementation and evaluation

Duties and responsibilities include:

• Overall managerial responsibility for monitoring, evaluation and improvement of performance management in respect of the teaching and learning environment.
• Working in collaboration with the Heads of Primary, Junior High school, Pre-school and all relevant stakeholders , to ensure the highest possible standards of teaching and learning
• To lead, supervise, and guide  the work of the management staff, in planning, teaching, assessment and evaluation of teaching and learning  within a disciplined staff and student body.
• Ensure that the learning, development, and discipline of students remain at the heart of all decisions.

Qualifications:

• Applicants must have a good first degree as well as an advanced/ Master’s Degree in educational leadership, with not less than 10 years’ cumulative, progressively responsible experience at management level in an educational institution of repute
• Ability to lead and to build teams; including line management and remote management.
• Experience and knowledge of international education system(s).
• Strong digital literacy (ICT) skills required.

Other Preferred Skills/Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal skills;
• At least 5 years practical teaching experience in an international school
• A successful record as a strong and effective decision maker;
• At least five years leadership experience in education, teacher professional development or similar at a senior level;
• Ability to provide sound professional leadership to the college
• Proven ability to create and maintain a strong commitment to academic excellence;
• Evidence of ability to hold staff to account and implementation of such systems.

Good report writing skills;

• Experience working in international schools and other non-governmental organizations