Vice Principal

Education: Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Leadership, OR Bachelor in any subject + CPD course in 
educational leadership.
Experience: 6 years’ educational experience with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in a leadership role 
(Ex: Head of Department, Head of Subject, Head of specific grade level in education... etc.)
Competencies:
• Knowledge of international accreditation, inspection, and evaluation frameworks.
• Excellent communication skills in spoken and written form.
• Financial acumen.
• Educational leader and outstanding teacher.
• 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.

Primary Job Purpose:
• 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 Acting 
Vice Principal works with the Principal and Vice Principal to promote an inspiring vision 
and clear direction that is shared by all members of the school community.
• To work closely with the Vice Principal and Principal in order to gain a clear understanding of the school’s systems and procedure to successfully step into a Vice Principal role on successful completion of the training

Inspirational and Strategic Leadership
• Promote ADEK and Taaleem’s mission and vision for the Partnership Schools.
• Promote an inspiring vision dedicated to high standards that are shared by all members of the school community.
• Under the direction of the Principal and Vice Principal, initiate, prioritise and lead improvement activities through effective strategic leadership and planning which supports The Partnership’s vision, mission and values.
• Display a high level of professional competence in all areas of responsibility.
• Communicate with a clear view of the school’s aims so that all staff know what is required of them and are competent and committed to achieving the school’s goals.
• Work with Senior Leadership to distribute leadership effectively to achieve high standards of learning and personal development by creating an ethos of collective responsibility and mutual support.
• Help the Principal and Vice Principal to inspire and empower senior and middle leaders by clearly defining all roles and aligning these roles with school priorities.
• Be receptive and respond to external evaluation of the school and manage the process and implement any subsequent recommendations professionally and efficiently.
• In coordination with the Senior Leadership, work effectively with all stakeholders to ensure informed and responsive decision making, which helps direct change and effective management of school resources
• Assist the Principal and Senior Leadership Team in ensuring that the levels of students’ attainment and the quality of teaching successfully align with the schools’ promise to parents

Self - Evaluation and Improvement Planning
• Assist the Principal in ensuring that the school’s academic program is fit for purpose and challenges students of all abilities.
• Work with the Principal and Senior Leaders to Improve the school’s rating on local inspections.
• In coordination with the Principal, involve all staff in systematic, rigorous self-evaluation with the explicit purpose of improving the quality of students’ experiences and their standards of 
attainment.
• Collaborate with the Principal to promote effective communication with parents through efficient liaison channels.
• Working with the Principal and Senior Leaders, take positive steps to gather the views of parents, students, and others about the quality of service provided by the school.
• Assist the Principal and Senior Leadership in working collaboratively with external bodies to achieve excellent results on school accreditations, inspections and evaluations.
• In coordination with the Principal, ensure that senior leaders monitor teachers’ plans, evaluate students’ classroom experiences, track student’s attainment, and evaluate progress towards meeting agreed targets.
• Under the direction of the Principal, monitor the effectiveness of staff teams.
• Work with the Principal to ensure that self-evaluation provides valid, comprehensive, and reliable analysis for identifying key priorities for the preparation of the improvement plan and involves staff, parents, and students as appropriate.
• Work with the Principal to ensure that senior leaders collect and analyse and report appropriate and accurate information from within the school as well as data for external sources, including international assessments and stakeholder surveys.
• Under the direction of the Principal, ensure that senior leaders set aspirational, yet realistic goals aimed at improving students’ performance

Effective and Efficient Management of Resources
• Work closely with the Senior Leadership Team and administrative support staff to ensure that all policies, procedures and routines across the school are effective and efficient.
• In coordination with the Senior Leadership Team, comply with all ADEK, Partnership Schools and Taaleem policies and guidelines and submit high quality reports in a timely manner.
• Ensure that all staff are well qualified and experienced, trained to do their roles and are deployed effectively to support the school.
• Work with the Principal to identify career path and succession plans for all members of school staff and prepare the annual recruitment plan in the first half of the academic year.
• Assist the Principal and Senior Leaders in the recruitment of high quality new/replacement staff.
• Help the SLT to ensure all new staff are given a thorough and full induction to school operations and the policies and procedures of Taaleem Partnership Schools.
• Ensure accountability of the school’s actions and outcomes with regards to all matters of compliance and health and safety requirements.
• Comply with all regulations and guidelines issued by the regulators.
• In line with ADEK requirement, monitor and evaluate the school’s performance on students’ attainment and progress, students’ personal and social development, teaching and assessment, curriculum that meets the needs of students, health and safety, and student support services

Commitment to Safeguarding and Child Protection:
Taaleem is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. At Taaleem, we hold ourselves to a high standard of effective practices in relation to child protection, and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be subject to various background checks including receipt of references, proof of relevant qualifications, identification, and police checks, including overseas checks

Competencies:
• Knowledge of international accreditation, inspection, and evaluation frameworks.
• Excellent communication skills in spoken and written form.
• Financial acumen.
• Educational leader and outstanding teacher.
• 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.