Vice Principal - Ajyal Schools

Contract Length: ‎2 years
Number of Vacancies: ‎1
Student Level:
* Elementary
Eligible Candidates:
* Licensed Teacher
Requirements:
* Education Required: Bachelor
* Minimum Teaching Experience: ‎8 years of teaching experience
* Major: Education, Elementary Education, Primary Education
* Required Certificates:
Teaching Credential/License
Other Certification
Education:
* Teaching Certification
* Master 's degree (preferred)
* Principal/Educational Management qualification (NPQH/NPQSL)
Experience:
* ‎5 years of school senior leadership experience (required)
* Experience working in a school with a large student body (required)
* Experience working with English Language Learners (required)
* Experience in Leading Curriculum Development (required)
* Previous experience working in the UAE or the GCC region (desirable)
Job Benefits:
* Competitive tax-free salary
* Residence Visa
* Excellent housing rental allowance as per company policy
* Annual Flight allowance for self and dependents
* Incoming flight (if hired from overseas)
* Tuition fee allowance (subject to availability)
* Private medical insurance for self and dependents
* Taaleem Professional Development and Senior Leadership network
Job Description:
Taaleem has an exciting and challenging opportunity for an inspirational
leader to become the Founding Vice Principal of a new Public-Private
Partnership elementary school (K-‎5) in Dibba Al Fujairah, UAE.
Start date: July/August ‎2023
For the Vice Principal, this will be a career-defining leadership challenge.
The founding team is carefully shaping an educational offer based on an
understanding of Taaleem 's ethos and the needs of the pupils, ‎100% of whom
are Emirati.
The successful candidate will bring a track record of highly successful
leadership as either a serving or aspiring Head of Elementary / whole school
Vice Principal and, preferably, have experience working in both the US and the
UAE. The Vice Principal will shape a school character that is based on the
distinctive traditions of an American approach to education yet is firmly
rooted in Emirati culture.
The successful candidate must have the desire to work as part of a team and to
build a close relationship with the central team and the wider family of
schools. First-class communication skills with the gravitas to act as a
credible ambassador to a range of audiences is crucial and will be
complemented by commercial acumen and the personal drive to establish this new
school as a success from the outset.
The PPP aims to provide a world-class education at affordable prices. The new
school will receive significant investment to create an outstanding campus and
will benefit from the expertise of one of the region's highest-performing and
fastest-growing school groups.
Taaleem
As a leading education provider in the Middle East, Taaleem is continuing to
support the UAE Vision and National Agenda ‎2021, establishing a unique
partnership between the government and the private sectors. We currently
manage and operate several private-public partnership schools in the UAE, to
raise the quality of education; playing a significant role in shaping the
present and future lives of Emirati youth.
The Role:
The core purpose of this role is to provide professional, highly effective
leadership and management that will achieve outstanding results in all aspects
of school life.
The Vice Principal is responsible for working in collaboration with the
Principal to manage all risks, fill the school and manage the cost base to
generate the budgeted revenue and profit, and deliver outstanding ratings and
parental engagement.
The Vice Principal will work under the guidance of the School Principal and
Executive Principal for PPP Schools and will work closely with the founding
staff team, as well as colleagues across the wider Taaleem family. The
opportunity is to develop and bring into reality a compelling vision for an
elementary school that will offer a rigorous American education and aims to
develop respectful citizens who embrace UAE culture and values while having a
strong global perspective.