Overview
THE WESTMINSTER SCHOOL – DUBAI http://www.gemsws-ghusais.com/
Job Description
- Behaviour for Learning
Develop, maintain and regularly review effective behaviour systems to ensure outstanding learning behaviours across all parts of the school. Report key behaviour metrics to the senior team and take action to make improvements. Advise the Principal on policy related to behaviour and work with parents and students when issues go beyond the Assistant Principals.
2. Safeguarding
Ensure systems for child safeguarding and child protection are robust and improved across the school. Should any child protection or safeguarding incident occur, take responsibility for investigation and subsequent actions. To act as Dedicated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) for the school.
3. Well-Being
Accountable for the execution of the wellbeing strategy and initiatives across the school and play a key part in improving student outcomes, ensuring TWS students reach their highest potential.
4. Staff Training
Deliver appropriate training for staff to ensure that they can effectively implement behaviour and safeguarding systems to ensure consistency across the school.
5. Evaluation and improvement planning
Monitor and evaluate the quality of students’ personal and social development and their protection, care, guidance and support (Standards 2 and 5 in the 2018 UAE Inspection Framework) and take appropriate action to make improvements. Report evaluation outcomes to the senior team, support writing of the SEF and use evaluation to plan improvements effectively.
6. Holding others to account
Ensure appropriate systems and structures are in place to hold staff to account. Use an appropriate balance of support and formal procedures to evaluate the performance of Heads of House and ensure staff meet the high expectation of GEMS Education and The Westminster School.
7. Policies and Procedures
Ensure policies and procedures related to pastoral care, safeguarding and child protection are formalised and implemented across the school.
8. Accountability to stakeholders
Support the development of a culture in the school which is stakeholder focused and aims to improve levels of engagement and satisfaction for students, parents, staff and community stakeholders.
Skills
Qualification:
Masters in Education/leadership/Psychology.
Experience:
Minimum of 3 to 5 years in leadership role in school.
Job specific knowledge and skills:
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· Experience of working with data management system · Safeguarding in schools trained · Working knowledge of Data Protection · Knowledge of, and ability to utilise, ICT to access and retrieve information. Particularly Microsoft Word & Excel. · Excellent administrative and organisational skills · The ability to communicate effectively with students, staff, parents and other related professionals both orally and in writing · Attention to detail and accuracy · Ability to work with different agencies to improve student outcomes · Ability to work constructively as part of a team understanding roles and responsibilities, including own · Ability to build and form good relationships with young people, colleagues and other professionals. · Commitment to the highest standards of child protection.
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GEMS Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all of its students and staff. A UK-enhanced DBS or equivalent police check is a pre-requisite for all appointments.
Preferred Candidate
Management – Manager Director of Staff
Min: 3 Max: 5
United Arab Emirates
Masters
About GEMS Education
Trusted for over 55 years and now a third generation education family, GEMS Education began in a single school room in Dubai. Today, we have the privilege of educating over 190,000 students from over 176 countries through GEMS owned and managed schools globally; over 270,000 students access resources through our services division; and we will impact 20 million by 2020 students through the initiatives of our Charity partner Varkey Foundation.
