School Leader

1 week ago

Sandton, South Africa University Of Johannesburg Full time

Are you a culture and instructional leader looking to serve an organisation and passionate about the future of Africa? Nova Pioneer is looking for an outstanding culture and instructional leader to serve as School Leader (Principal) at our Ruimsig Secondary School (Grade 8-12) South Africa

This is an opportunity to help create a transformative school model with the future of Africa's youth at stake.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Nova Pioneer already has 15 schools on the continent - nine in Johannesburg and six in Nairobi. Prior to assuming the School Leader position, you will go through core training to get you ready to lead in the Nova Pioneer way with support, participation, and leadership in the Emerging Leaders Program.

The series of experiences will be customised based on your prior experience. These experiences include shadowing a current School Leader and gaining experience with coaching teachers using the Nova Pioneer system.

Key responsibilities for the role include:

  1. Living the Nova Culture: Fully embrace Nova Pioneer's values and promote them to students, staff, other faculty, parents, and members of the outside community. Maintain positive, constructive, and professional relationships with teachers, students, their families, and colleagues.
  2. Vision and Leadership: Manage the execution of the daily operation of the school, and support all members of the community in meeting the mission, vision, and instructional model of Nova Pioneer. Articulate a compelling short- and long-term vision for the development of the school's culture and program.
  3. Organisation and Administration skills: Provide overall management of the school, including the planning and overseeing of the daily timetabling of classes. Manage the execution of teacher duty schedules and support effective data management systems.
  4. Teacher Development: Lead the coaching and development of other leaders in the school, including Deans and Grade Level leads. Create and manage appropriate and high impact staff professional development.
  5. Communication: Develop effective communication systems with students, team, parents, and the wider community. Responsible for managing communication systems - D6, Newsletters, EdAdmin, etc.

ABOUT YOU

You have 5+ years of experience in a rigorous, high-expectations school setting including instructional leadership roles (e.g., Dean of Instruction, Dean of Students, Deputy Head, teacher coach, etc.). More years of experience or experience as a Head of School is highly valued but not a prerequisite; having 5+ years of Senior School professional experience is a prerequisite.

You are widely recognised as a highly effective teacher and can model what great, inquiry-based teaching looks like. You consistently seek out opportunities to grow, whether by asking others for feedback or forming communities of learning with other school leaders.

You have a desire to further develop your leadership skills and apply them to transform the lives of African youth.

HOW TO APPLY

Does working at Nova Pioneer excite you? If so, then apply now To apply, please complete the form on the right-hand side of this page.

We cannot process applications that are emailed to us.

Please note: Where a copy of your resume is required, copying and pasting from a formatted document e.g. Microsoft Word may not result in the formatting transferring correctly to the final resume. You are encouraged to attach your resume in Microsoft Word or PDF format to protect formatting.

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis until the right candidate is identified. Only qualified candidates will be invited for interviews. Please Note: Nova Pioneer may appoint and/or expire the posting of this advertisement at their own discretion.

If you have not been contacted within 30 days of the closing date of this advertisement, please consider your application as unsuccessful. Nova Pioneer, in line with the POPIA (Protection of Personal Information Act) will attempt to ensure the confidentiality of all applicants for this role.

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