School Principal- UK Curriculum

Dubai | Full-time

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LEAMS Education, comprising UK curriculum and CBSE schools in Dubai, is driven by our unifying philosophy. We are ambitious about our employees' career and development opportunities that come with being part of our Learning and Development goals. We unite our team through vibrant Continuous Professional Development, which harnesses the collective expertise of their peers in an exchange of knowledge, ideas, and best practices.

Long-term employment with a tax-free salary, medical insurance, free children's tuition fees in group-affiliated schools, and other benefits as per UAE labor law are part of the attractive job offer.

We are seeking a dynamic, inspiring, and innovative leader to guide one of our reputed UK Curriculum schools toward excellence. We empower our School Principal to be the masterminds behind the school's outstanding achievements.

 

Job Purpose
The School Principal serves as the administrative and instructional leader of the school, responsible for managing the policies, regulations, and procedures to ensure that all students are supervised in a safe learning environment in compliance with the KHDA framework. He/She assumes full responsibility for all aspects of the school including implementation of the instructional program, school improvement plan, SEF, curriculum development, extracurricular activities, discipline system, emergency procedures, facilities operation, school/community relations, business affairs and the utilization and development of staff and faculty. He/she has to actively lead the school in emphasizing & implementing UAE’s National Agenda vision. 

Job Scope
The prospective candidate is expected to have sufficient exposure to DSIB inspection frameworks and to provide turnover leadership to the school from FS1 to year13 - pedagogically, and administratively as well as positioning the school as an innovative 21st-century learning environment. 

Key Accountabilities 

  • Embrace and encourage the ethos and standards of excellence as defined in the Group's Core Values and school governance framework.
  • Vision, Mission and Education Strategy: Establish the vision, mission and education strategy for the school and systematically implement long-term plans in order to accomplish turnover results. 
  • Leadership: Provide professional leadership in terms of curriculum development,teaching and learning and to deliver consistently high standards of education. 
  • Student attainment and progress: Ensure high-quality student achievements by raising the standard of attainment and progress and improve the quality of teaching and learning by enriching curriculum and assessment standards. 
  • Pastoral Care: Create and foster a culture of Pastoral care at every level concerning teachers and students and promote responsible stewardship to ensure that the educational objectives are delivered and the morale of the school community is maintained to exceptional standards. 
  • Performance Management: Ensure that well-developed performance management systems are properly implemented within the school to track the performance of teachers, admin and support staff to maintain and enhance expected achievement standards of school performance. 
  • School Procedures and Processes: Establish education and administration procedures and processes to facilitate the school strategy effectively and efficiently and implement all standard operating procedures as identified by the corporate office. 
  • Student's personal and social development: Ensure that the school is designed and enriched to promote the comprehensive, balanced and value-based development of each student. Ensure that the Group Core Values are embedded and lived, to build a consistent and distinctive value framework for educating students. 
  • Relationship Management: Establish and maintain good customer relationships between, a) Students and Teachers b) Parents and Teachers c) the school and the community, to widen the educational horizons of students, build good community relations and favourably project the image of the school, promoting positively the services provided by the Leams Education. 
  • Resource Management: Effectively utilise and manage all resources including staff, equipment and infrastructure to run a cost-effective school. 
  • Human Resource Development: Ensure that the school is staffed with high-calibre professionals who are motivated, trained, developed, engaged and retained to deliver the school's education and business objectives. Participate in the selection of teaching admin and Support staff and organise appropriate induction and training to enhance effectiveness. 
  • School Information System: Ensure that all vital information about the school and academic achievements are captured and reported so that timely and appropriate management decisions are taken. 
  • Health & Safety: Effectively and smoothly administer all support facilities such as transport, clinic services, maintenance and infrastructure to ensure efficient and outstanding health & safety guidelines across the school, also ensuring the school complies with all compliance requirements from KHDA, DM, DHA, RTA etc.
  • Partnership with the parent community: Provide parents with timely feedback about the academic and general progress of their children to create a partnership to ensure students’ growth and progress. Organise parent-teacher meetings. Provide students with feedback on their strengths and performance improvement needs so they can monitor their progress. Promote the Group's parental engagement strategy. Maintain appropriate records for this purpose. 
  • Ensure the Group's policies, procedures and codes of conduct are followed at all times. 
  • Initiate effort and energy beyond the typical work day, where the tasks require additional commitment. 
  • Attend staff meetings and serve on committees as required. 
  • Perform other duties as requested by the Board of Directors.

Our ideal candidate: 

  • Must be a confident leader, communicator and presenter. 
  • Must possess excellent organisational and planning skills. 
  • Superior time management skills. 
  • Be adept with the latest technological developments in teaching, learning, curriculum & assessments. 
  • Strong knowledge and understanding of current MOE/KHDA regulations. 
  • The candidate who has good knowledge and expertise in handling UAE's National Agenda. 
  • Self-motivated with a positive and professional approach to learning and development. 
  • He/ She should have strong administrative & academic leadership, communication, self-initiative and stakeholder-balancing capabilities. 
  • Establish and promote high standards and expectations for all students and staff for academic performance and responsibility for behaviour. 

 Desired Qualifications:  

Master's Degree in Education/leadership/school management /NPQH/Master's Degree with a PGCE/PGDE (QTS); Must have equalization certificate for degrees 

Having worked as Principal or Vice-principal for a minimum of 3-5 years. 

Experience in UAE will be an added advantage. 

Proven track record in leadership and pedagogic excellence. 


Required Documents:
Those interested in applying for the position are required to submit the following: 

Job application accompanied by detailed resume and minimum 2 reference details 

Police clearance certificate 

Expected DOJ: Immediate

Closing date of application: 30 July 2024

If you meet the above criteria and are passionate and committed to seeking this amazing opportunity, please apply with your updated resume.