Head of Secondary - August 2024

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 School:

GEMS Al Barsha National School Dubai offers an inspirational curriculum based on the National Curriculum for England with Arabic language and UAE culture, heritage and tradition at the heart of everything. As an all-through educational provision, the school currently caters for children from FS1 to Year 12. FS provision is co-educational with Y5-11 boys and girls taught separately.

The school enjoys a prime location making it easily accessible to everything that Dubai has to offer as well as other Emirates. As well as being a fabulous place to work, Dubai is a vibrant, cosmopolitan, rapidly expanding city where the sun shines all year round. Here in Dubai you will enjoy an excellent lifestyle as well as extensive travel and leisure opportunities around the region and further afield.

https://www.gemsnationalschool-barsha.com/en

About the Role:

We are looking for an outstanding Head of Secondary to join our team at GEMS Al Barsha National School from September 2024.

Teaching at GEMS is not just a job, it’s a career. Our teachers enjoy free access to leading CPD programmes and have the opportunity to grow with the company on a global scale. With most of our leaders coming from within the GEMS network of schools, GEMS teachers are in a unique position to consider career opportunities across the world as we expand into more and more countries.

As well as being a great place to work; Dubai is a vibrant, cosmopolitan, rapidly expanding city where the sun shines all year round. Teachers in Dubai enjoy an exciting lifestyle, with opportunities for new and exciting leisure activities and travel across the region and further afield!

The successful candidate will have: 

• A BEd or Bachelors degree with PGCE / PGDE or equivalent, and a proven record of outstanding teaching.
• A Master’s in Education (leadership) and/or NPQH preferred but not essential.
• Significant experience in a leadership role within a secondary school.
• Evidence of ongoing professional learning in education, teaching and learning, and leadership.
• A demonstrable track record in sustained school improvement and raising standards.
• An in-depth knowledge of the National Curriculum for England and its implementation.
• Ability to develop and maintain positive relationships whilst developing a high challenge high support environment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to engage with a diverse school community and establish strong partnerships.
• Ability to adapt to changing circumstances and embrace innovative educational practices.
• Have a willingness to collaborate and share their outstanding practice
• Have a growth mindset, whereby they are reflective and solution focussed
• Be creative and enthusiastic in their approach to teaching
• Possess excellent interpersonal skills to work closely with colleagues, students and parents
• Have a proven track record of providing outstanding learning & teaching
• Have aspiration to work in a world-class school with real prospects for enhancing their career
• Be willing to make a positive contribution to our school community and culture through active engagement in our extra-curricular programme and community-based events.

Key responsibilities include, however not limited to:

• Full operational, financial, and educational oversight of the secondary school.
• Contributing to the strategic direction of the academy.
• Providing inspiring, empathetic leadership.
• Maintaining the highest standards of student achievement and student behaviour to ensure exceptional outcomes for all.
• Ensuring robust quality assurance procedures are in place for all performance areas of the secondary school.
• Using rigorous, data-informed self-evaluation and self-reflection processes for continuous school improvement.
• Promoting the school to ensure its significant achievements are recognised both locally and internationally.
• Ensuring the highest quality of professional learning is in place for all staff and has impact on school improvement and student outcomes.
• Developing a culture of high challenge and high support where all staff and students feel empowered to thrive and succeed.
• Embedding, and building on, the evidence-informed and research driven approach already established.

All positions attract an excellent remuneration package including:

Competitive tax-free salary, individual fully furnished accommodation, free schooling, private medical insurance, annual airfares to country of residence, and end of Service Gratuity.

GEMS Teachers also have free access to our loyalty app GEMS rewards www.gemsrewards.com which provides significant savings on day to day life in the UAE. We offer thousands of discounts and 2 for 1 offers on everything from flights, hotels, restaurants and retail outlets, making your salary go further and enhancing the opportunity to save whilst working overseas.