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Executive Principal, Haileybury Tianjin China

Executive Principal, Haileybury Tianjin China

Haileybury

Tianjin, China

Job type:
Full Time, Fixed Term
Start date:
July 2023
Apply by:
26 February 2023

Job overview

Executive Principal Haileybury Tianjin China


  • Exciting opportunity to lead a well-established and highly regarded Australian-connected independent school in China!


  • Generous executive remuneration and benefits package 5-year fixed-term position with possibility of extension.


  • Flexible commencement date from July 2023.


Haileybury has been successfully engaged in the international delivery of Australian education for over twenty years.


In 2013, Haileybury International School Tianjin in China. Haileybury Tianjin is a boarding school for Junior, Middle and Senior School students.


The School now operates as two entities on a single purpose-built campus: Haileybury Senior School Tianjin and its Junior and Middle School partner in the Tianjin Haileybury Elite School. Haileybury Senior School Tianjin delivers the VCE and the Gao Kao curricula to students in Years 10 to 12.


An exciting opportunity currently exists for an Executive Principal to lead the constituent schools of Haileybury Tianjin and contribute, alongside the Leadership Team, to the creation of a new strategic plan that will guide the development of the School over the next five years.


With a proven track record of substantial senior leadership experience in a diverse, large and complex setting, the successful candidate will lead the Senior Executive team in the daily management of the academic and corporate services departments and ensure the ongoing maintenance of the School’s registrations and excellent standing with local, district and national authorities.


As the Executive Principal, you will oversee the Schools’ brand management and business development and work closely with the board to achieve the long-term strategic aims of the Schools. You will also be driving continuous improvement in teaching and learning practice and academic results, guiding the Senior Executive team in the development of staff across the School and supporting them in creating a positive workplace culture.


Fundamental to the success of this role will be a highly visible, hands-on and sensitive style of leadership with the charisma, energy, adaptability and resilience to build strong relationships across Haileybury Tianjin and the broader external community. You will be a broad, creative thinker who is also rigorously solutions-focused and have the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly developing professional environment whilst enabling others to thrive.


Also critical to your success will be your global outlook and strong resonance with Haileybury’s vision to instil in its students an appreciation of both Chinese and international cultures and a demonstrable interest in the in the progress and ongoing development of international education in China and the crucial role that Haileybury will play in this.


In addition to the above, the ideal candidate will possess the following:


  • Proven experience of leading and developing teams with a clear commitment to the continuing professional development.
  • A strong personal academic profile with the intellectual acuity needed to contribute significantly to educational and strategic debate within the school.
  • An empathy and understanding of the nature of leadership in a boarding school and the opportunities boarding creates in terms of first-class pastoral care Possessing high levels of emotional and social intelligence and comfort with complexity and ambiguity.
  • Excellent strategic planning skills with the capacity to translate vision into clear, coherent plans.
  • Forward-thinking, with an appetite for innovation and improvement and a clear understanding of the opportunities and challenges of Haileybury Tianjin.
  • A keen interest in pedagogical improvement and the use of data.
  • Strong, inclusive team management skills, combining effective delegation with the capacity for decision-making when needed.
  • Minimum of Bachelor’s degree, with postgraduate qualifications considered highly favourably.


A Candidate Information pack, which includes a full Position Description can be viewed by clicking on the attachment below.


In addition to an attractive salary package and a great location, Haileybury offers a flexible, diverse & inclusive workforce.


Applications close 26 February 2023 at 11pm.

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About Haileybury

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  • Haileybury
  • Gate 1, 855 Springvale Road, Keysborough
  • Victoria
  • 3173
  • Australia
+61 9904 6000

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