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**Job Advert Summary**:
**SAHETI School is an independent, co-educational, English-medium school dedicated to the pursuit of excellence, whilst promoting the values and ethos of Hellenism. The school is situated in Bedfordview, Johannesburg.**

Applications are invited for a dynamic, energetic, and experienced teacher, who meets the below listed prerequisites.

**Minimum Requirements**:

- Appropriate university degree and professional qualification;
- Teaching experience at senior high school level in English;
- Ability to teach Further Studies English is recommended;
- Forward thinking teacher who nurtures robust academic standards will be an advantage;
- Current Registration with SACE and clearance certificates;
- Computer literacy and ability to integrate IT suitably in teaching/learning, however, special interest and further experience in this area will be advantageous;
- A dynamic, creative personality with strong interpersonal skills;
- A commitment to full participation in the extra-mural activities of the school;
- Teaching experience within the IEB system is essential;
- Experience in the demands of the GET and FET curricula;
- Must have the ability to identify with the values and ethos of the school.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
The duties and Responsibilities for this role include but are not limited to:
**Academic Leadership**
- Encouraging the pursuit of excellence in teaching and learning;
- seeking new opportunities for enhancing the standing of the Department;
- Promoting collaboration with other Departments or Schools;
- Developing a culture of evaluation and benchmarking and striving for continuous improvement;
- Maintaining personal academic standing;
- Representing the interests and needs of the Department to the School and the external community;
- Promoting discipline;
- The pursuit of excellence and innovation in teaching and learning responsiveness.

**Department Governance**
- The establishment and maintenance of a suitable Departmental organisational structure;
- The development and maintenance of the strategic and academic planning functions of the Department including the setting of goals and the initiation and revision of curriculum offerings, including assessment and delivery;
- Implementation of quality assurance processes particularly in relation to teaching, assessment and delivery, and the supervision of students;
- Allocation of duties to staff to ensure the effective and efficient performance of the Department's teaching and service functions;
- Implementation of School policies within the Department and;
- Implementation of IEB policies and mandatory circulars.

**Staff Guidance and Management for Performance**
- Fostering the development of staff (including induction of new staff and appropriate career development and guidance support for staff on probation) within the Department;
- Ensuring the management of personal issues within the Department including involvement in the recruitment and selection of staff, annual staff performance assessment, and other relevant staff performance management issues and staff grievances;
- Ensuring the ethical conduct in and by the Department, including ethical use of communications networks.

**Financial and Infrastructure Management**
- The financial management of the Department, including establishment of budgets and planning for teaching aids, resources, conferences and meetings, and monitoring of expenditure against allocations;
- Management and maintenance of Departmental space and infrastructure resources;
- Ensuring compliance with School policy and regulations and School financial management and reporting requirements.