Head of Secondary
GEMS Wellington Academy - Dubai Silicon Oasis
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- September 2019
- Apply by:
- 21 May 2019
Job overview
When you join GEMS Education you join an international education company 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 staff calibre.
To find out more about GEMS Education visit: www.gemseducation.com
The Academy
GEMS Wellington Academy – Silicon Oasis opened in September 2011, offering the National Curriculum for England to 4000 pupils with multiple pathways at Post16 including IB Diploma Programme, IB Careers Related Pathway, BTechs and A Levels.
The school offers world class facilities set in a modern campus in one of Dubai’s most prestigious developments. Our campus provides a bright, modern, well-resourced environment for our students to extend their learning. A special emphasis is placed on the integration of technology into the curriculum in keeping with the educational rationale for the school and the vision of the Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority and is recognized as a Center of Excellence in Performing Arts.
For more information on the school please visit: www.gemswellingtonacademy-dso.com
The Post – Head of Secondary
There are few Schools in the world which offer this type of opportunity for experience and progression. We are looking to appoint an outstanding and exceptional Head of Secondary. The successful candidate will play a major role on the Executive Leadership Team supporting the Principal/CEO in leading the whole school strategically, operationally and financially.
The Head of Secondary provides day to day leadership and management to ensure effective delivery of quality education. Responsibilities will include operational leadership, academic performance management, pastoral care, involvement in staff recruitment, inductions and training.
The current post holder has secured their first principalship and it is hoped that the successful applicant will take up this new post in September 2019, or sooner if possible.
To be considered for this role, candidates must:
- Be an effective and dynamic leader (Head or exceptional Deputy) with a proven track record in school improvement; moreover, possessing real gravitas and presence within a school community.
- Be rigorous in promoting excellence and developing commitment to high standards of care and opportunities for all.
- Be able to demonstrate successful experience of leading and managing staff, promoting and developing approaches to learning.
- Be able to demonstrate a comprehensive and confident knowledge of delivery at KS4 and post-16 (IB or A Level experience is essential).
- Be able to demonstrate genuine passion towards the wider co-curricular life of a school.
Applicants will be fully qualified teachers with significant leadership experience, preferably within a UK curriculum environment.
The successful candidate will have clear communication skills both verbal & written and exceptional organisational skills. Refined interpersonal skills and experience of leading a large and high performing team are also vital.
Application Process
To apply for the above role, please visit our careers site and apply online using the following link
https://careers.gemseducation.com/gems/VacancyDetail.aspx?VacancyID=141171&ChannelID=2964
Should you be unable to access this link, you can visit our careers site https://careers.gemseducation.com
and search Ref: 4016 in the “Keywords” box
About GEMS Wellington Academy - Dubai Silicon Oasis
- GEMS Wellington Academy - Dubai Silicon Oasis
- Dubai Silicon Oasis, PO Box 49746
- Dubai
- United Arab Emirates
GEMS Wellington Academy - Silicon Oasis (WSO) is a distinctive and special place where children feel valued and imagination is very much alive. They encourage the various talents of their students in order to ensure that they all develop a confidence and independence that is recognised by everyone who meets them.
GEMS Wellington Academy – Silicon OASIS opened in 2011 and is a Premium British School in a prestigious area of Dubai. WSO provides a progression from the Early Years Foundation Stage through an enriched and developed National Curriculum for England into personalised qualification pathways, incorporating IGCSE, GCSE, IB, A’ Level and BTEC, WSO looks to cultivate a spirit of cooperation, tolerance and mutual respect whilst encouraging individual students to feel that their unique contribution is valued.
Offering world-class facilities, WSO places special emphasis on blended learning and the integration of technology into the curriculum, in keeping with the educational rationale of the Academy and the vision of the Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority. As children mature, they are able to scrutinize their academic progress and build a precise picture of each child’s potential; this allows them to reward a child’s hard work over a period of time and brings Early Years Foundation and more senior curricula much closer together, acknowledging that GEMS Wellington Academy - Silicon Oasis is very much one Academy.
At WSO, the key objective is to equip students for the 21st Century and enable them develop a skill-set to succeed in an uncertain future.
WSO http://www.gemswellingtonacademy-dso.com/
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