Principal
Aga Khan Education Service - Tanzania
Dar es Salaam
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Apply by:
- 17 December 2018
Job overview
Principal, Aga Khan International School, Dar es Salaam
Aga Khan Education Service (AKES) is an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network. It is one of the largest private educational networks in the developing world currently operating over 200 schools and educational programmes in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar Pakistan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Uganda and the United Arab Emirates.
The AKES network provides a wide-ranging combination of pre-school, primary, secondary, and higher-secondary education schools and programmes. It employs approximately 3,000 teachers and educates over 75,000 students around the world. In addition to offering the respective national curricula, some countries also offer international curricula (IB and British programmes).
AKES is currently undertaking a major organizational change exercise, looking to transition its individual country units into a global school system. In parallel with this transformation, it is planning significant investments to expand existing provision and update and overhaul many of its current schools. A focus on teachers and school leaders is considered central to the change agenda as is the integration of technology. The AKES’s approach to curriculum is also being repositioned to ensure relevant 21st century education.
AKEST is looking to hire a qualified Principal for Aga Khan International School, Dar es Salaam with a proven track record in leadership, strategic and IB education administration.
Position Summary
The Principal will be responsible for the overall academic and financial performance of the Aga Khan International School, Dar es Salaam, which comprises the Nursery, Junior and Senior Schools, running the PYP, Cambridge (IGCSE) and DP programs. The Principal will take a leadership role in strengthening the quality of teaching and learning, bringing efficiencies to the management of the schools and raising the profile of the Dar Schools under the “one-school” model. This is a vitally important role with genuine transformational potential.
Interested applicants should send their application letter, CV, copies of their certificates and testimonials demonstrating how their experience fits the position to maureen.lacey@tesglobal.com so as to be received by 17th December, 2018. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Human Resources Manager
Aga Khan Education Service Tanzania
P.O.Box 125 Dar es Salaam
Email: hr@akest.org
Attached documents
About Aga Khan Education Service - Tanzania
- Aga Khan Education Service - Tanzania
- P.O Box 125, Dares - Salaam
- Tanzania, United Republic of
Aga Khan Primary School (Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania) is part of the Aga Khan Development Network. Aga Khan Primary School (Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania) aims to provide its students with a well-rounded education which allows children to discover and nurture their creativity to develop into independent critical thinkers with a love for lifelong learning.
The Aga Khan Nursery and Primary School offers an engaging, quality curriculum through the Pre-School Programme (ages 2-3) and the Primary Years Programme (PYP) Kindergarten 1 to Grade 6 (ages 3-12). The Primary School is an IBO school for the PYP program. This IB-PYP philosophy provides a framework for meeting the demands of educating our students to meet the challenges of the 21st century by supporting their growth as productive, insightful, responsible and compassionate citizens in our global society. It focuses on developing independent, skilled learners through inquiry-based instruction that reflects a unique global perspective. Even though our curriculum is based on the IB-PYP, it is embracing of the Tanzanian culture. AKNPS occupies a spacious, well maintained campus which includes facilities for indoor and outdoor sports, art, music and ICT.
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