Deputy Head of Primary

2 months ago


UAE, United Arab Emirates Al Salam Community School Full time

**What Makes Us Unique?**:
At Al Salam Education Group, diversity is celebrated, and tolerance and inclusion underpin our collective sense of purpose. We are proud to uphold values as a community school that resonate with Dubai’s vision, and this is reflected in every aspect of our learning environment. Our biggest advantage is that Al Salam Private School is an independent school. Indeed we are one of the few remaining independent family owned schools in Dubai. Our intake of school makes us rather unique, with a truly diverse range of students and teachers from ethnicity, nationality, academic ability, socio-economic backgrounds. We foster high aspirations in all our learners, nurture their curiosity and cultivate their imagination. Our new and purposefully designed facilities and learning areas promote a comprehensive extra-curricular programme with character development at its very heart. Thus, we are fully committed to providing the best quality of education, recruiting a largely untapped talent pool of highly qualified teachers and successful leaders.

As members of the Al Salam Team, the values we espouse are:

- Put our Children first - Reminds us of our core purpose, ours is a sacred and moral responsibility
- Make Al Salam Home - Ensures we build and expand on what has made Al Salam successful
- Everyday is a School Day - Keeps us focused on our ambition as learners and enablers of learning

As educators, the learners we endeavour to develop are:
Learners with **Aspiration** - Inspired individuals who dream of achieving great things and who desire to bring positive change into the world and to those around them

Learners with **Agency**:

- Believe in their capacity and responsibility to live in the world with excellence, students who intend and act to make impactful contributions to the present and future.

Learners with **Agility**:

- Are determined, equipped and able to pursue their objectives and overcome challenges and adversity.

Learners with **Altitude** - Devote themselves to a lifelong journey of personal development and sincere effort to elevate others

**What are we looking for?**:
We are looking for an experienced Deputy Head of Primary to join our team in August 2023

**Main Responsibilities**:

- Work alongside the Head of Primary for self-review and evaluation in order to drive school improvement.
- Effective planning and management of resources to secure improvements to meet the UAE National Agenda targets.
- Champion the ethos and values of Al Salam.
- Oversee the Key Stage leaders and Year leaders and help manage other staff and resources to ensure the smooth operational running of the primary school.
- Work with Subject leaders and other school leaders to review, enhance and implement pastoral support and care, wellbeing and enrichment programmes.
- Undertaking teaching and other professional duties as reasonably delegated by the Head of primary.

**Position Requirements**:
**Education**:
Master’s degree, Teaching certification, NPQH or equivalent Educational leadership qualification.

**Experience**:
Three years of school management/leadership in a similar setting.

**Competencies & Skills**:

- Knowledge of international accreditation, inspection and evaluation frameworks
- Experience in child protection, health and safety
- Experience in developing, planning and delivering excellent provision
- Highly effective relationship management with a variety of stakeholders
- Display a high level of professional competence in all areas of responsibility
- Collaborative team player and strategic thinker
- Able to convert vision into action
- Flexible and capable of managing growth and instilling high standards, adept in multilingual settings.

Al Salam Recruitment Policy is designed to ensure that the most qualified, capable, and influential individuals are selected and recruited for the School’s community. Our children are ambitious about their futures and are looking for committed teachers capable of helping them succeed.

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