Head of School

HEAD OF SCHOOL VACANCY

Mount Sinai International School an international school located in Lilongwe, Malawi, Africa has a vacancy for the position of Head of School commencing in July 2024. Mount Sinai International School is a University of Cambridge International Examinations accredited School. Interested applicants must apply by emailing your current C.V., qualifications and references to the school email address mountsinaiinternationalschools@gmail.com.

Please visit our school website www.mountsinaiinternationalschools.com for further information about the school

REPORTS TO: Managing Director of the Board of Directors

The Head of School carries out four main functions in his/her job: management, leadership, monitoring and
evaluation, and strategic planning.

A more detailed list of possible activities is listed below. This may not be exhaustive; the Head of School is expected to exercise good judgement, and work the hours necessary to ensure the efficient running of the school and to ensure its long-term success, and the best interests of the pupils.

• Supervision, training and mentoring of teachers
• Management of the allocation of duties to all teaching staff to ensure the effective and efficient performance of the school’s teaching, research and service functions.
• Induction and mentorship of new school staff.
• The Head of School will be in charge of the quality control of the teachers.
• Supervise extra-curricular activities of the students of the school
• The Head of School will be responsible for exam time tables for the school as well as the Term time table
  (period and work allocation) for both the primary and secondary school.
• Scheduling of the Staff meetings and PTA meetings.
• The Head of School will be responsible for the School discipline methods to be implemented.
• Evaluating and approving the staff lesson plans or schemes of work for the term. One to one meetings with
  teachers to assess progress.
• The Head of School will be responsible for the welfare of the teaching staff, all correspondence to the
  Managing Director must go through the respective Head of School first.
• Curriculum development
• Ability to add to or modify the curriculum for special needs students to promote a positive learning
  experience.
• Prepare objectives and outlines for different courses of study and their comprehensive evaluation, both
  formative and summative at different year levels.
• Oversee and control process of teaching, syllabus completion and establish a feedback mechanism
• Oversee all of the examinations committees (external and internal examinations committees).
• Staff development, working with Management in the organization of staff training, identifying staff
  development needs and opportunities.
• Working with the Management in regards to resource allocation in respect of the general operation of the
  School.

THE CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS IS 30TH APRIL 2024