Principal Deputy Head
Harrow International School Hong Kong
Hong Kong
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- August 2017
- Apply by:
- 30 January 2017
Job overview
Harrow Hong Kong seeks an inspirational Principal Deputy Head to take responsibility for promoting academic excellence, engaging teaching and learning, a strong pastoral care system and extra-curricular programme, and to have a broad responsibility for the day-to-day running of an expanding ‘all through’ school from Early Years to the Sixth Form. The Principal Deputy Head will work with the Head and Senior Leadership Team to provide strategic and operational leadership to shape and deliver the vision and aims of the School. This is an exciting role and the successful candidate will be expected to build on the extremely strong start that has been made in the early history of the School. Given its nature, the role would suit an energetic, ambitious professional with strong aspirations to headship. It is likely that the successful candidate would have a secondary background, but must be prepared to embrace primary education and the specialists who teach in the Lower School to effectively promote a whole School approach and feeling.
At Harrow Hong Kong, we seek to employ highly professional teachers with the ability and commitment to enhance the life of the School community and to work effectively and collaboratively in a team dedicated to further establishing and developing the School. Throughout the School, there is a strong emphasis on academic excellence, a broad extra-curricular programme and high quality pastoral care, with boarding a central focus in the Upper School. This role will focus on a continual evaluation of the opportunities for each student in different parts of the School to acquire, in an age-appropriate way, the School’s Leadership for a better world attributes, while managing the impacts of a growing School roll on its effective operation. The successful candidate will also have responsibility for managing the induction and professional development of a highly talented and committed Common Room.
Teachers at Harrow Hong Kong are offered two-year renewable contracts and there will be a highly competitive compensation package commensurate with the role, including accommodation and full medical insurance.
Requirements
Suitable candidates will have:
- The ability to inspire others and lead by example, role modelling the School’s vision statement Leadership for a better world in relationships with students, teachers and parents.
- Significant experience of, and success in, middle/senior management.
- Outstanding inter-personal skills and ability to communicate effectively on paper and verbally with teachers, students and parents in order to promote respectful, effective relationships within the School community.
- A genuine interest in and strong commitment to the wellbeing of students academically, emotionally and socially, and the development of the whole person.
- A record of being an outstanding classroom practitioner and contributor to the school environment.
- Personal integrity.
- A high level of personal presentation.
- A high degree of resilience and the capacity to work exceptionally hard.
- Outstanding administrative, organisational, and ICT skills.
- The ability to be flexible in approach and embrace the School’s cultural context and local community.
Harrow International School Hong Kong is the first international boarding and day school in Hong Kong. It is the third school in the Harrow family of schools in the Asia region and provides a British independent style of education from Early Years to Y13 in custom-built facilities in a stunning physical location in Hong Kong. The School combines elements of educational philosophy, practice and traditions from Harrow School in London with the international mindedness of a diverse student body in Hong Kong. Having opened in September 2012, the School roll is now 1180 and further expansion will continue to take place over the next few years.
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant must be willing to undergo child protection screening.
How to apply
To formally apply for the position and/ or to download an information pack, job description and any other relevant information please follow this link: https://jobs.ticrecruitment.com/school/harrow-hong-kong
Application deadline: Monday 30th January 2017 (early applications are encouraged). All enquiries should be directed to Gemma McSweeney, Recruitment Manager at TIC Recruitment, who is handling the process on behalf of the School. Contact details are as follows:
Email: harrow@ticrecruitment.com
Tel: +44 (0) 2920 212083
Web: https://jobs.ticrecruitment.com/school/harrow-hong-kong
HARROW INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL HONG KONG
Leadership for a better world
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About Harrow International School Hong Kong
- Harrow International School Hong Kong
- 38 Tsing Ying Road, Tuen Mun, New Territories
- Hong Kong
About Harrow International School Hong Kong
Harrow International School Hong Kong occupies a spectacular site on the Gold Coast in the New Territories near Tuen Mun.
Its Lower School is for pupils aged 3-10, which comprises Early Years (K1 and K2) and the Pre-Prep (Years 1 to 5); the Upper School is for pupils aged 10-18 and consists of the Prep School (Years 6 to 8), the Senior School (Years 9 to 11) and the Sixth Form (Years 12 to 13). Weekly Boarding is available to Upper School pupils. There are four Prep School Houses for boys and three for girls, four Senior School Houses for boys and four Senior School Houses for girls, two of which are ‘Day’ Houses.
September 2025 sees the opening of a satellite Early Years Centre in the Kai Tak area of Hong Kong. Harrow Hong Kong Little Lions will be housed in a new development on Kwun Tong Road and will educate approximately 230 Nursery and Reception pupils in purpose-built classrooms with an outdoor play area and shared learning spaces. The pupils will have priority entry to Year 1 on the Harrow Hong Kong Gold Coast site. This is an exciting development for Harrow International School Hong Kong.
Our facilities
The School is fortunate to have a wonderful campus with extensive facilities, including a state-of-the-art STEAM Centre.
Light, wide corridors, very well-equipped classrooms and large departmental office areas, which are purpose-built for collaborative preparation, are characteristic of the Lower School and Upper School teaching areas. There are also a number of large multipurpose rooms. Specialist teaching areas include high quality Science laboratories, a Library and Learning Lounge closely linked to the ICT Department and located at the heart of the School, studios for Art, Music, Drama and Dance. We have a range of excellent sporting facilities including: a swimming pool, sports hall, well-equipped fitness room, 4G astro and tennis courts.
Educational Excellence for Life and Leadership
The School’s vision statement, Educational Excellence for Life and Leadership, underpins what happens in the classroom, in extra-curricular activities and in our pupil development programme.
Collectively, we aim to develop in our pupils the desire and skills to make a positive difference in the world. In doing so, the School essentially combines elements of educational philosophy, practice and traditions from Harrow School in London with the international mindset of a diverse pupil body in Hong Kong.
Many aspects of the School are characteristic of Harrow School London: high expectations of pupils and teachers; excellence in academic work; an emphasis on extra-curricular pursuits; high quality pastoral care; a genuine focus on the individual; the importance of service and the development of leadership skills. The School has also quickly taken on some of the traditions of Harrow that have survived continual scrutiny and review over many years: it has composed its own songs; taken on elements of the School uniform; incorporated some of the academic reward; and some of the distinctive Harrow ‘terminology’; and Speeches & Prizes on Speech Day, a traditional Harrow ceremony.
Pastoral care
At all ages in the School, there is a strong emphasis on the quality of relationships and community life, and the personal formation of character of each of its pupils.
In the Lower School, the focus of pastoral care is the Class Teacher. However, from Y6 when pupils enter the Upper School, pastoral care is centred on the House system: all boarders and day pupils are members of a House.
We work hard at establishing strong bonds within the communities of our Houses and the School. Above all, we aim to ensure our pupils are happy, secure and valued. The result is that there is an evident sense of pride among pupils of all ages in the School, and what it means to be a part of it and the family of Harrow schools.
The present pupil body is a diverse international one with 36 different nationalities. The focus of the pupil admissions process is to identify those with the aptitude, ability and personality to make the most of the opportunities at Harrow International School Hong Kong. Through our scholarships and bursaries scheme, we are looking to attract outstanding pupils with the potential to act as significant leaders in academic work, cultural activity, the arts and sport in the School, irrespective of their parents’ financial circumstances.
For further information about the School, visit the website at www.harrowschool.hk
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