Skip to main content
Tes home
SearchBack to search
Secondary Principal

Secondary Principal

The Alice Smith School (Secondary)

Malaysia

  • Expired
Salary:
Highly competitive with excellent benefits
Job type:
Full Time, Fixed Term
Start date:
1 August 2020
Apply by:
9 October 2019

Job overview

One of the most prestigious and successful British international schools in South East Asia is seeking to recruit an outstanding Secondary Principal for August 2020.

Leadership Position

Secondary Principal

The Kuala Lumpur Alice Smith School (KLASS) invites you to join the executive leadership team of this prestigious, leading not-for-profit British international school in South East Asia, with a reputation for excellence spanning more than 70 years. The school is at the forefront of international education for 3 to 18 year olds in Malaysia and with two attractive, well resourced campuses approximately 20 minutes apart, provides an exceptional education for almost 1,600 students from all parts of the world.

The successful candidate will be a high achieving professional with a strong track record of senior leadership success. You will have exceptional interpersonal skills empowering you to lead, manage, motivate and inspire students, staff and parents alike. Your leadership qualities will enable you to influence change, guide and implement best practice and enhance learning, teaching and well-being in order to achieve the best possible outcomes for students. Drive, energy, empathy, resilience and enthusiasm are essential, together with a strong commitment to staff development and to the wider holistic education of students through co-curricular activities.

The Secondary Campus has its own Principal who, together with the Primary Campus Principal, report to the Head of School and comprise the Academic Executive Leadership Team. This team, together with non-teaching Directors, make up the Extended Executive Leadership Team of the school.

The appointment commences from 1 August 2020. The remuneration package is highly competitive and includes executive housing, medical insurance, annual flights, car, education for dependent children and other benefits. 

Visit our school website to find out more about this exciting leadership opportunity

www.alice-smith.edu.my 

To apply, please send a letter of application and CV as one document (no more than 5 A4 pages in total) as a PDF file attachment directly to aileen.oon@alice-smith.edu.my  

The closing date for applications: Wednesday 9 October 2019.

The final selection programme will be held in Kuala Lumpur in the week commencing Monday 11 November 2019.

In case of queries or for further information about the application process, please contact Aileen Oon, PA to Head of Alice Smith School at the email address above or call +60 3 9543 3688.

About The Alice Smith School (Secondary)

School image 1
School image 2
School image 3
School image 4
School image 5
School image 6
School image 7
School image 8
School image 9
School image 10
School image 11
School image 12
School image 13
School image 14
School image 15
School image 16
School image 17
School image 18
School image 19
+60 9543 3688

View on Google Maps

Visit employer website

Org type  : International
        Phase   : K-18 (Primary and Secondary)
        Funding status  : Not-for-profit (funded by parents)
        Gender   : Mixed
        Age range  : 3-18 years old
        Denomination  : Non-denominational

Alice Smith is the oldest and most successful British international school in Malaysia. We are a not-for-profit school with students at the heart of everything we do, offering an exceptional education. As a leading, world-class international school our learning environment is second to none where innovative learning and teaching is the norm. We are a happy, warm, nurturing and supportive community where everyone comes together to create an enduring sense of belonging to something very special. 

Seven reasons to teach at KLASS: 

  1. Work with motivated and committed students
  2. Become part of a learning community that enriches the lives and characters of young people
  3. Join a talented, dedicated, passionate and well supported team who want to excel 
  4. Challenge yourself in a superbly resourced and dynamic professional environment
  5. Develop yourself through a programme of professional learning and opportunities for career progression
  6. Enjoy a highly competitive salary and benefits package
  7. Take advantage of Malaysia's lifestyle and location in Asia


We are looking for teachers who are:

  • Genuinely passionate about working with children
  • Aiming to be the best they can be
  • Enthusiastic, dedicated and hardworking
  • Team players
  • Caring and supportive of students and each other
  • Willing to “go the extra mile”
  • Positive and solutions focused


We are committed to your professional growth. Our coaching programme for growing the social and professional capital of our teachers supports the development of relationships grounded in trust, reflection, self-directed goals and collaboration, enhancing collegiality and resilience and cohesion in our school community.  

Our students and teachers share a love of learning and thrive from their positive and enriching experience with us. Charlotte Moore, Head of Media for the secondary campus shares her views 

“As a family we are delighted to have made the move to Alice Smith and to be part of the vibrant community in KL. We are very grateful to all of the people at Alice Smith who have made our transition from the Middle East to South-East Asia, via the UK, so much easier. People often ask me why we made the move across the globe to live and work in KL. For me, the answer is quite simple: the ethos at Alice Smith matches exactly what I would want for my own children and for the students that I have taught, or am yet to teach. Giving each child the best possible experience and encouraging them to make each day count means so much. Whether that is in the classroom, or by giving students experiences that allow them to develop their own character and build relationships that are built on mutual respect and trust and celebrating difference whilst we embrace diversity. Just like I don't believe there is only one winner, I also don't believe in an academic hierarchy where some subjects are more worthy than others. Alice Smith supports students to walk a path of equal opportunity with enthusiasm, pride and an open-mind. I am looking forward to this next adventure.”

The school is a founding member of the Federation of British International Schools in Asia (FOBISIA) and a long standing member of the Council of British International Schools (COBIS).  Alice Smith was accredited as a British School Overseas with an Excellent grading in both 2011 and 2014 and in March 2019, received an outstanding COBIS Patron’s Accreditation and Compliance Report.  

The School is accommodated on two sites approximately 20 minutes apart, both campuses having exceptional resources and facilities. As an innovative user of technology, Alice Smith is a Google Apps for Education school working across both Windows and Mac platforms, utilising the power of Google sites and Google Classroom to provide tailored learning opportunities for our students. 

Sic Itur Ad Astra - In this way you shall reach the stars.

Safer Recruitment Statement

The Alice Smith School is committed to safeguarding children and young people through safer recruitment practices. The school's recruitment protocols adhere to the standards set for accredited British Schools Overseas. Candidate references will be checked and qualifications attested. Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), International Child Protection Certificate (ICPC) or local police checks are required, together with a Statement of Medical Fitness.

www.alice-smith.edu.my

School Campus Locations 

Secondary Campus

No. 3 Jalan Equine Park, Equine Park, 43300 Seri Kembangan, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

Primary Campus

No. 2 Jalan Bellamy, 50460 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Please note that you are wholly responsible for fact checking in respect of the information provided by schools. Please also check for the latest visa and work permit requirements that may apply. Tes is not responsible for the content of advertisements or the policies adopted by advertising schools. Tes asks that all schools follow Tes' Fair Recruitment Policy.

Applications closed