Director of Sport
Haileybury Astana School
Kazakhstan
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- Expired
- Salary:
- Attractive and Competitive Remuneration Package
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Apply by:
- 26 February 2021
Job overview
DIRECTOR OF SPORT,
HAILEYBURY ASTANA
Closing date: February 26, 2021
A comprehensive information pack and details of the application procedure may be viewed here:
Virtual Candidate Pack
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The successful applicant will be an outstanding and experienced school practitioner who is committed to students achieving academic excellence within an exciting and challenging curriculum framework.
Applicants should have the following qualities:
- Passion and energy working with students, parents and colleagues;
- Ability to lead School in all aspects of the Sports provision, including core PE from EYFS to Sixth Form;
- Ability to lead the development of examined courses for the department; IGCSE and IB DP SEHS;
- Excellent knowledge of the curricula;
- Have a clear overall strategy for both the development of sporting excellence and the participation by pupils of all abilities in sporting activities for enjoyment, health and lifelong engagement;
- The desire and ability to engender the best in others;
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a range of stakeholders.
Applications are invited from experienced colleagues with a clear understanding of physical education in junior and senior schools who are committed to supporting the Haileybury habits. The successful applicant must be available to commence employment in August 2021.
A generous package including a very competitive salary, annual gratuity, BUPA Global medical insurance scheme, full school fee remission, accommodation, and relocation allowance is offered according to eligibility.
Full details will be made available to shortlisted candidates.
Applications close: 11:59pm KZ Time (GMT +6) on Friday 26th February 2021
All applications should be made through the TES portal. No applications will be accepted through any other means.
Interviews:
Covid-19 restrictions mean that it is unlikely to be able to secure visitor entry for Kazakhstan. As a consequence, much of the recruitment procedure will have to be conducted by online video-conferencing interviews with the senior team :
• Initial interviews for longlisted candidates will be held on 1st and 2nd March 2021.
• Interviews for shortlisted candidates with the Headmaster will be held on 3rd and 4th March 2021.
This program is subject to alteration in the event of changes to the Covid-19 restrictions in London and Kazakhstan
Haileybury schools Kazakhstan retain the right for the post to remain open until such time that it is successfully filled.
All applications will be acknowledged. Applicants, who have not been contacted for an interview by 26th February 2021, can assume that on this occasion they have been unsuccessful and are sincerely thanked by the Board for their interest
Haileybury Astana School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
Personal data will be used for recruitment purposes only
Haileybury Astana School is an Equal Opportunities Employer
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About Haileybury Astana School
- Haileybury Astana School
- Ivan Panfilov Street, Building 4, Nur-Sultan
- 010000
- Kazakhstan
Haileybury Astana (HAS), located in the capital city, Astana, is the second Haileybury school in Kazakhstan. It has a growing roll that currently stands at 670 pupils from kindergarten to Year 13. The teaching medium is English with additional teaching of Kazakh language and history.
Haileybury Astana has a significant profile within the country and further afield and has been visited by many national and international politicians and other significant personalities including the First President of Kazakhstan, Mr Nursultan Nazarbayev, various European royalty and individuals from the world of sport and the arts.
Astana is a purpose built, modern, international, rapidly growing cosmopolitan city. Haileybury Astana was formally opened by The First President in September 2011.
The school initially took pupils only from years 1 to 6 but is now populated up to year 13 with the Junior school offering a mix of National Curriculum and the IPC up to year 6. The first cohort of IGCSE pupils taking public exams was in summer 2017 and IB diploma in summer 2019. It draws on the educational values and ethos of Haileybury UK and has increasing connections with Haileybury College to ensure that pupils of the school are able to benefit from educational opportunities offered by the UK in the form of reciprocal visits, tours and planned exchanges.
The school also offers a wide range of extra curricular activities and is increasingly becoming an academically successful school.
Continued professional development is an important aspect of staff support at Haileybury Astana. Reciprocal opportunities in conjunction with Haileybury UK are planned, and the school offers both the NPQML and the NPQSL in-house in association with UCL as professional qualifications for aspiring staff.
Despite being a day school, Haileybury Astana operates a House system with four Houses named after famous Haileybury alumni: Attlee, Bartle Frere, Edmonstone and Kipling. House competitions take place during the year and the academic progress of pupils, participation in school life, concerts, sport and contribution to the community are all rewarded by the House system.
The school, with its success and profile is attracting considerable public interest. Please take time to visit our staff recruitment platform where you will find all details of living in Astana and working at Haileybury along with details of the specific job you are looking at. Further details of the school can be found on www.haileybury.kz The website offers an overall summary of the facilities available, the academic programme, details of the staffing structure, and the wide choice of extra curricular activities which are offered to pupils.
The Governing Body comprises five members nominated by the founding investors, and five nominated by Haileybury UK, including the Master of Haileybury UK, Martin Collier. The Chairman who is nominated by the founding investors is Ian Hunt, former HMC Head, and former CEO of Gabbitas Education.
Mr John Coles, the Headmaster of Haileybury Astana, was appointed in September 2020.
Haileybury Astana is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and those connected to the school to share this commitment. Applicants for this post must be willing to undergo child protection screening including reference checks with previous employers and a DBS check or equivalent. Our Child Protection Policy can be found on the school website: https://www.haileybury.kz/en/astana/school-policies
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