Elementary Principal

Contract Length: 2 years

Number of Vacancies: 1

Student Level:

- Elementary
- Licensed Teacher

**Requirements**:

- Education Required: Master
- Minimum Teaching Experience: 8 years of teaching experience
- Major: Education, Elementary Education, Primary Education
- Required Certificates:
- Teaching Credential/License- Other Certification**Position Requirements**:
**Education**:

- Teaching Certification
- Master’s degree (preferred)
- Principal/Educational Management qualification (NPQH, NPQEL, NPQSL etc)

**Experience**:

- 4 years’ school senior leadership experience (required)
- Experience working in a school with a large student body (required)
- Experience working with English Language Learners (required)
- Experience in Leading Curriculum Development (required)
- Previous experience working in the UAE or the GCC region (desirable)

**Competencies**:

- Knowledge of international accreditation, inspection, and evaluation frameworks
- Excellent communication skills in spoken and written form
- Financial acumen
- Proven track record of successful educational leadership
- Management of human and physical resources
- Strategic planning, knowledge of child protection and health and safety
- Experience in developing and leading high-performing teams
- Highly effective relationship management with a variety of stakeholders

**Attributes**:

- Model of integrity, resilient, collaborative team player, inspirational speaker, empathetic listener, and strategic thinker
- Able to convert vision into action
- Internationally minded, emotionally intelligent, interculturally aware, creative, and persuasive
- Flexible and capable of managing growth and instilling high standards
- Adept in multilingual settings, spirited, pioneering, professional, and nurturing.

Job Benefits:

- Tax-free salary
- Relocation allowance (if eligible)
- Generous Housing Allowance
- Tuition fee allowance for two children
- Annual flight allowance for self, spouse, and two children
- Taaleem Leadership Development

**Job Description**:
**Taaleem has an exciting and challenging opportunity for an inspirational leader to become Founding Principal of a new Public-Private Partnership school (K-5) in Ajman, UAE.**

Start date: July/August 2023

For the Principal, this will be a career-defining leadership challenge. The founding team is carefully shaping an educational offer based on an understanding of Taaleem’s ethos and the needs of the pupils, 100% of whom are Emirati.

**Taaleem**

As a leading education provider in the Middle East, Taaleem is continuing to support the UAE Vision and National Agenda 2021, establishing a unique partnership between the government and the private sectors. We currently manage and operate several private-public partnership schools in the UAE, with the aim of raising the quality of education; playing a significant role in shaping the present and future lives of Emirati youth.

**The Role**:
The core purpose of this role is to provide professional, highly effective leadership and management that will achieve outstanding results in all aspects of school life. The principal promotes an inspiring vision and clear direction that is shared by all members of the school community. Ultimately, the Principal is responsible for managing all risks, filling the school and managing the cost base to generate the budgeted revenue and profit, and delivering outstanding ratings and parental engagement.

The Principal will work under the guidance of the Executive Principal for PPP Schools and will work closely with the founding staff team, as well as colleagues across the wider Taaleem family. The opportunity is to develop and bring into reality a compelling vision for an elementary school that will offer a rigorous American education and aims to develop respectful citizens who embrace UAE culture and values while having a strong global perspective.