Overview

GEMS AL BARSHA NATIONAL SCHOOL

Job Description

We are hiring an outstanding Academic Vice Principal to join our team in August 2025.

Due to continued growth, the school wishes to recruit an exceptional high performing individual who will have oversight of the Primary and Secondary School.

As well as being a great place to work; Dubai is a vibrant, cosmopolitan, rapidly expanding city where the sun shines all year round. Teachers in Dubai enjoy an exciting lifestyle, with opportunities for new and exciting leisure activities and travel across the region and further afield!

The ideal candidate will have the following experiences and competences:

    1. Be either an existing Principal, Vice-Principal or highly experienced Senior Leader
    2. Be comfortable operationing within, and co-leading a committed and highly competent leadership team
    3. Have the ability, experience and gravitas to lead Primary and Secondary pastoral and academic teams
    4. Be highly familiar with both Primary School and Secondary School structures, curriculums, qualifications and assessment and tracking thereof
    5. Have outstanding knowledge of peadagogical best practice leading to enhanced student outcomes
    6. Have significant experience of Dubai based private education and a thorough knowledge of associated regulatory frameworks
    7. Have the ability to foster close working relationships at all levels, resulting in effective and impactful, high performing teams

All positions attract an excellent remuneration package including:

Competitive tax-free salary, individual fully furnished accommodation or housing allowance, free schooling, private medical insurance, annual airfares to country of residence, and end of Service Gratuity.

GEMS Teachers also have free access to our loyalty app GEMS rewards www.gemsrewards.com which provides significant savings on day to day life in the UAE. We offer thousands of discounts and 2 for 1 offers on everything from flights, hotels, restaurants and retail outlets, making your salary go further and enhancing the opportunity to save whilst working overseas.

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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.

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Preferred Candidate

Career Level
Management – Manager Director of Staff

 

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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.