Head of Secondary - September 2023

Head of Secondary - September ‎2023
We are looking to appoint an exceptional Head of Secondary from September
‎2023.
When you join GEMS Education, you join an international educational
organisation with a global network of international schools and over fifty
years of education experience. GEMS Education is the leading Kindergarten to
Grade ‎12 operator in the world educating over ‎110,000 children from ‎151
different nationalities. GEMS Education staff access the company's
professional development programme, one of the largest education training
programmes in the world. This ensures the best possible academic outcomes as
while ensuring that GEMS attracts and retains the highest possible calibre of
staff.
About the School:
Founded in ‎2001, The British School Al Rehab (TBS) is one of the oldest, most
established British schools in Egypt and the only British international school
in the beautiful city of Rehab. We are committed to providing a respectful,
nurturing and creative learning environment, delivering the highest standards
of education to each and every one of our students.
The Role:
We are looking for an inspirational, dynamic and caring leader that is excited
to join our world class schools and are driven to provide education at an
exceptional level.
We are seeking someone who:
* Is warm, caring and aspirational and would like to join us on the next step of our journey
* An outstanding Secondary School practitioner
* An inspirational and motivational leader with high expectations
* Someone with a proven record of accomplishment in raising standards
* Has the ability to analyse data, develop strategic plans, set targets and monitor and evaluate progress towards these.
* Someone who is well motivated, innovative, and able to inspire and support others
* Has a clear vision for education that can be articulated with confidence.
* Has a detailed and up to date knowledge of the Secondary curriculum and features of effective teaching.
* Has a passion for teaching and learning as well as the wellbeing of children, staff and parents
* Is an active listener and a reflective leader; communicating effectively with children, staff and parents
* Creates a culture where staff are motivated, trusted, and encouraged to take the initiative and make decisions, and where they will feel supported to develop their own skills as leaders.
* Has a successful track record of senior leadership within education, ideally to have included secondary headship experience or similar.
* Has excellent interpersonal skills and the confidence to meet challenges with optimism.

The Head of Secondary will:
* Contribute to the development of whole school strategic planning.
* Lead the development of the Secondary School.
* Engage students and staff in the development of subject and individual goals and targets
* Aligning resource selection and allocation to priority goals. This includes the provision of appropriate expertise through involvement in staff appointments
* Contribute to whole school decisions about resource allocation
* Direct involvement in the support and evaluation of teaching through regular classroom visits and provision of formative and summative feedback to teachers.
* Direct oversight of curriculum through school wide coordination across subjects and year levels and alignment to school goals
* Contribute to school wide curriculum development
* Support and evaluate quality of teaching in the Secondary School
* Promote and engage in the teacher appraisal process across the school
* Identify professional learning needs in the Secondary School
* Leadership that not only promotes but directly participates with teachers in formal or informal professional learning
* Provide a safe physical and emotional environment in the Secondary School.
* Lead the development and maintenance of a collegial and supportive culture in the school that encourages risk taking and openness
* Develop and implement procedures to support good classroom engagement and behaviour
* Ensure that communications with students and parents are positive and effective, and consistent with school wide expectations
* Hold regular meetings of teachers to deal with matters of interest and significance.
* Construct and regularly update the whole-school calendar
* To monitor that all new staff are inducted in a cohesive and effective manner ensuring all staff are settled and aware of their particular responsibilities.
* Ensure that all staff in are familiar with school wide systems and processes as applicable
* Lead aspects of external accreditation

The successful applicant will have:
* Degree certification in addition to a certified teaching qualification, such as B.Ed, PGCE, PGDE or equivalent essential.
* Experience of teaching in a UK curriculum school essential
* Experience of senior leadership essential
* NPQH or equivalent desirable
* Experience of CIS accreditation desirable

Website:
http://www.tbs-cairo.com/