Head of School

**We are looking for a driven and dynamic leader with vision**:
We are seeking to recruit a charismatic, highly skilled, and dynamic Head of School with strong leadership skills who is driven by a clear sense of purpose and wants to create positive change in the lives of young people. You’ll be working with a dedicated staff team that has the energy and experience to take the school to the next level.

The successful individual will take a key role in developing a school development plan while continuing to raise standards and promote strong values. Our aim is to develop a sustainable and stimulating educational experience that places our pupils at the centre of all that we do.

We are looking for an effective leader, communicator, and team builder with the vision, ability, and drive to inspire, develop and motivate his staff, ensuring successful and sustainable school improvement. In return, we can offer strong support from the board of directors, the freedom to shape the future of the school, and the opportunity for continued professional development.
- **MBIS - **_The most international school in Cairo._**:
MBIS is recognized amongst the most prestigious British Curriculum international schools in Egypt, North Africa, and the Middle East. MBIS has been awarded excellent in all categories by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) for British Schools Overseas (BSO).

The not-for-profit school has developed a vibrant, welcoming, and progressive environment, that provides a world-class British education for every pupil who enters its doors. Its core purpose is to ensure that every single pupil develops to the best of their ability as an individual while gaining the best that the school can offer through its unified team spirit.

MBIS serves a truly international, English-speaking body of over 350 children, with 61 nationalities represented. The school enjoys the patronage of the British Embassy and is a member of the British Schools in the Middle East (BSME).

MBIS is run under the leadership of the Principal and their Senior Leadership. Support and challenge are provided by an elected Board. Established in 1995, MBIS resides on purpose-built premises, combining modern and Arabic architecture, in relatively calm and leafy Maadi, historically an ex-pat area of Cairo.

Maadi British International School is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults. All applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and Disclosure and Barring Service checks and international equivalents.

**For our Head of School position, we are looking for the below qualifications**:
1. Masters level qualifications such as NPQH qualification

2. Recent leadership & management training

3. Evidence of Continuing Professional Development

**A person who has experience of**:
1. Leading a successful UK and/or international primary/middle school for at least 5

years

2. Senior leadership in a number of different UK and/or international schools

3. Extensive leadership experience.

4. Monitoring and evaluating teaching and learning

5. Raising school standards

6. Leading and managing a range of school initiatives

7. Leading staff development/building effective teams

8. Leading a school through inspection

9. Working with school parents’ groups and the wider community

10. Marketing a school to drive student roll

11. Leading and managing a school through expansion (advantageous)

**A person who is able to**:
1. Champion the aims and ethos of the school

2. Lead a relentless pursuit of excellence in education for all

3. Support and work effectively with the Board of Directors

4. Lead strategic school development

5. Demonstrate outstanding and extensive practice in the classroom

6. Coach and mentor colleagues to achieve specific outcomes

7. Be flexible and supportive of staff; deal sensitively with individuals and resolve

conflicts

8. Lead and coordinate staff development activities

9. Facilitate a collaborative approach to decision-making/school change

10. Communicate effectively to a wide range of audiences (verbal, written, digital)

11. Motivate and inspire confidence in children, staff, parents, Board and the wider

community in order to further develop and promote the school

12. Delegate and monitor effectively

13. Attract, retain and develop managerial and educational talent

14. Think creatively and logically to solve problems and identify opportunities

15. Employ high levels of self-organisation/prioritisation

16. Demonstrate integrity, diplomacy, tenacity, and resilience

17. Show humour, a caring nature, energy, and enthusiasm

**A person with a good knowledge and understanding of**:
1. How children learn in a high-achieving and successful school

2. How to blend the best of premium British education with contemporary international

thinking to secure high-quality provision at MBIS

3. A commitment to devel