Vice Principal (Academic) at Day Waterman College

Day Waterman College is a modern co-educational boarding school designed to provide an exciting learning environment for children between the ages of 11 - 16. We provide a broad-based education of international standard to meet global needs. The College is set on 35 hectares of natural landscape in Asu, near Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. Facilities and equipment of outstanding quality have been provided to support the learning environment, including access to safe recreational areas.

This College is built to educate young people to become leaders who will be at the forefront of the rapid economic and social development sweeping through Nigeria. The demands of living and working in a global economic community necessitates adaptable and flexible young people with the skill-set, knowledge and character to contribute and shape the future, and meet the many challenges that lie ahead.

Applications are hereby requested from qualified professionals to fill the underlisted position:

Job Title: Vice Principal (Academic)

Location: Ogun
Responsible to: Principal/ Governing Body
Responsible for: All staff and pupils within the college

Job Description

• The exact role and specific responsibilities of each Vice Principal will be agreed annually and
  will change regularly, to afford each member of the Leadership Team the opportunity to gain
  experience in all aspects of college leadership in preparation for Headship.
• Each Vice Principal should be prepared to lead on such areas as curriculum development,
  timetabling, tracking, and analysis of results/data, behaviour management, pastoral care,
  external relations and community links, staff development, training and induction.
• As members of the senior leadership team, the Vice Principals will also be centrally involved in
  the overall leadership and management of the college, and will help to establish a college
  culture that is both nurturing and rigorous.

Main purpose of the Job

• To support colleagues, including all other members of the Leadership Team, in their work for the development and improvement of the college
• To support and contribute to the process of writing, implementing, evaluating and reviewing the annual Strategic Implementation Plan (SIP), with an understanding of its position and relevance in the cycle of college resourcing, improvement and long term planning.
• Alongside the principal, to ensure the safeguarding of all pupils, and that the safety and wellbeing of pupils and staff is promoted and maintained at all times.

Outcomes and Activities

Leadership and Management:

• To share responsibility for the management of the college and to contribute to the consultative and decision-making processes including the formulation of aims and objectives as appropriate.
• To fully support whole college policy decisions, contribute to their establishment and initiation and sustain their implementation and review.
• To actively promote the college and liaise with outside agencies as necessary, representing the Principal, the college and the Governing Board as appropriate
• To contribute to discussions and decisions at Leadership Team meetings
• To offer information, advice and perspective to the governing board and to any legitimate external enquiry/evaluation.
• To communicate and consult with staff, students, parents and members of the local
  community as necessary.
• To manage staff and resources, ensuring that policies and procedures are adhered too.
• In the absence of the principal, to step-up and undertake the professional duties of the principal as reasonably delegated
  College Ethos and Culture.
• To maintain a presence around the college to ensure that the highest standards of behaviour and site usage are upheld, to contribute to overview and review of student behaviour and to participate in the regular whole-college supervisory duties fulfilled on a scheduled basis by the Leadership Team.
• To be active in issues of staff and student welfare and support.
• To demonstrate a commitment to Equality of Opportunity for all members of the college's community.

Teaching and Learning:

• To identify strategies for raising the attainment of students and to work towards these identified and agreed goals
• Support the training and development of teaching staff so as to improve the quality of teaching and raise the level of challenge in lessons
• Use regular assessments to monitor progress and set targets, and respond accordingly to the results of such monitoring
• Ensure that all pupils achieve at chronological age level or, if well below level, make significant and continuing progress towards achieving at level.
• To maintain a teaching timetable, modelling outstanding practice in terms of classroom teaching, preparation, marking and assessment.

Strengthening Community:

• Ensure learning experiences for students are integrated with the wider community
• Collaborate with other agencies to promote the academic, spiritual, moral, social, emotional, and cultural well-being of students and their families.
• Create and maintain an effective partnership with parents and carers to support and improve students' achievement and personal development.
• Seek opportunities to invite parents and carers, community figures, businesses or other organisations into the college to enrich the college and its value to the wider community.

Health and Safety:

• To support the college's Health and Safety Policy and keep it under regular review.
• To ensure that staff, students and all visitors to the college carry out their business with due regard to health and safety and in line with the college’s Health and Safety Policy.

Specific Responsibility - Teaching and Learning:

• To develop the curriculum model, lead on options and careers and develop the college timetable annually.
• Undertake and when required, deliver or be part of the appraisal system and relevant training and professional development
• To line manage designated curriculum leaders and monitor pupils progress in those areas.
• To promote a consistent approach in leadership of teams and support other members of the Leadership Team as is required.
• To undertake any other responsibilities as directed by the principal.

Marketing and Publicity:

• To ensure that all areas of the school's website are regularly reviewed so that the information presented is both current and relevant.
• To manage the production of the school brochure.
• To seek out opportunities to raise the school's profile locally, regionally and nationally by ensuring the school's representation at and participation in key events and initiatives.
• To ensure that every opportunity is taken to advertise entry to the school as appropriate.

1. Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, each individual task undertaken may not be identified.
2. Employees will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from a manager to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description.
3. Employees are expected to be courteous to colleagues and provide a welcoming environment to visitors and telephone callers.

Qualifications

• Graduate level qualification or equivalent and Qualified Teachers Status.
• Evidence of relevant professional development.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience working within more than one Secondary School.
• Recent evidence of involvement in professional development - delivering and receiving.

Shaping the Future:

• Working successfully as a senior leader in a Co-Educational Secondary College
• Working in a diverse, multi-cultural, and vibrant learning community
• Experience as a Headteacher or senior leader in any college.
• Leading and managing a department or key stage.

Strategic Implementation Essential Desirable:

• Think strategically, to build and communicate a college vision of excellence and equality that sets high standards of every pupil.
• Set and achieve ambitious, challenging goals and targets
• Inspire, challenge, motivate and empower colleagues and pupils to achieve their potential
• Demonstrate an understanding of the up and coming challenges of managing a college of the future
• Ability to acknowledge excellence and challenge poor performance across the school.

Attainment:

• Raising the achievement of all children in the context of changing college profile of all pupils
• Understanding the impact of cultural diversity, with experience of developing college provision for vulnerable pupils
• Effective use of ICT to support Teaching and Learning and administration.
• Leading, or playing a significant role in, whole school initiatives

Leading, Learning and Teaching:

• Promote and achieve high standards of learning and attainment across the secondary range
• Have a clear understanding of the essential qualities necessary for effective teaching and learning
• Analyse data to evaluate performance and plan appropriate action for improvement
• Deploy a wide range of strategies for managing pupil and staff behaviour
• Acknowledge excellence and challenge poor performance across the college.
• Have clear vision and an overview of the whole school.

Developing self and working with others:

• Identify professional development needs of all staff through monitoring and performance management process
• Deal successfully with situations that may include change and / or conflict resolution
• Be an excellent role model, set high standards and lead by example.

Managing the organisation:

• Establish and/or sustain appropriate structures and systems
• Manage all aspects of the college efficiently and effectively on a day-to-day basis
• Delegate management task and monitor their implications
• Manage finance and resources effectively
• Prioritise, plan and organise yourself and others
• Think creatively to anticipate and solve problems
• An understanding of the challenges facing the leaders of a successful school. including recognition that there are responsibilities in the school holiday periods especially at external results times

Strategic Implementation:

• Think strategically, to build and communicate a college vision of excellence and equality that sets high standards of every pupil
• Set and achieve ambitious, challenging goals and targets.
• Inspire, challenge, motivate and empower colleagues and pupils to achieve their potential
• Demonstrate an understanding of the up and coming challenges of managing a college of the future

Strategic Accountability:

• Engage the college community in the systematic and rigorous self evaluation of the work in the college
• Collect and evaluate data to understand the strengths and development of the college in order to produce/review and implement the College Strategic Implementation Plan.
• Combine the outcomes of regular college self-review with external evaluations in order to develop the college
• To work with the Governing Body to develop and maintain the college vision.

Strengthening Community:

• Build/redevelop and maintain effective relations with all members of the college and wider community to enhance the education of all pupils.
• Building and sustaining effective relationships with parents, carers, other schools and partners, parishes and the broader community that enhance the education of all DWC students.

Equal Opportunities:

• Be committed to providing equal opportunities in the curriculum and pastoral care
• Value the needs of individual children and the diversity of their cultural backgrounds, providing equal opportunities in access to learning.
• Be enthusiastic and motivated by the opportunities of a culturally diverse college population

Personal Qualities

• Manage stressful situations and on-going challenges
• Enthusiasm, commitment and personality
• Highly efficient organisational and well developed inter-personal and communication skills
• Resilience and energy
• Understand issues of successful teamwork
• Keep to deadlines and have focus, drive and commitment.

Application Closing Date
20th March, 2014.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to download Application Form

All application form together with a statement of suitability which should be no more than two sides of A4. In your statement you should address your specification and show how you meet the selection criteria and send to: [email protected]