Secondary Deputy Headteacher

Job DescriptionThe deputy Head of Secondary, under the direction of the Head of Secondary, will take a major role in:Embracing and encouraging the ethos and standards of excellence as defined in the GEMS Core Values.Promote and embody the ‘The GFM Way’ so that it is always at the core of school improvement work ensuring children are at the heart of everything we do.Assist in shaping and implementing the school strategic plan, excellence plan and any other school priority improvement initiatives.Contribute to and also provide leadership and management of the staff and students.Ensure a high-quality school experience for all students, securing desired outcomes.Ensure a high-quality customer experience for all parents.Ensure high academic standards in the school in relation to the school's own desire for all students to be the best they can as well as a commitment to the UAE National Agenda targets.Formulate the aims and objectives of the school and establish policies for achieving these aims and objectives.Manage staff and resources to that end.Monitor progress towards the achievement of the school’s aims and objectives.Manage budgets and undertake teaching and other professional duties as reasonably delegated by the Principal.Leadership QualitiesUphold public trust in school leadership and maintain high standards of ethics, behaviour and professional conduct.Build positive and respectful relationships across the school and parent community.Lead by example.Always strive for continuous improvement, and have the highest expectations for yourself and others.Be an effective role model who demonstrates consistently the positive attitudes, values and behaviour which is expected of students.Make a positive contribution to the wider life and ethos of the school.Treat students and staff with dignity, building relationships rooted in mutual respect, and at all times observing proper boundaries appropriate to a teacher’s professional position.Duties And ResponsibilitiesSchool Culture and BehaviourRelentlessly uphold The GFM Way.Embrace and encourage the ethos and standards of excellence as defined in the GEMS Core Values.Work closely with the Head of School, Secondary Leadership Team and Vice Principal to establish effective and globally relevant practices of learning & teaching; implement the school’s vision for quality in the school linked with the GEMS expectation of excellent education.Create a culture where students experience a positive and enriching school life.Uphold educational standards to prepare students from all backgrounds for their next phase of education and life.Ensure a culture of staff professionalism.Encourage high standards of behaviour from students, built on rules and routines that are understood by staff and students and clearly demonstrated by all adults in school.Use consistent and fair approaches to managing behaviour, in line with the school’s behaviour policy.Teaching, Curriculum and AssessmentChampion the Teach Like a GEM.Champion Instructional Coaching and the use of Steplab.Establish and sustain high-quality teaching across all subjects and phases, based on evidence.Ensure teaching is underpinned by subject expertise.Develop monitoring and evaluation systems to assess teaching and learning standards, and implement any necessary improvement strategies.Ensure the teaching of a broad, structured and coherent curriculum.Establish curriculum leadership, including subject leaders with relevant expertise and access to professional networks and communities.Use valid, reliable and proportionate approaches to assessing students’ knowledge and understanding of the curriculum.Additional and Special Educational Needs (SEN) and DisabilitiesPromote a culture and practices that enables all students to access the curriculum.Have ambitious expectations for all students with SEN and disabilities.Work effectively with parents to identify additional needs and provide support and adaptation where appropriate.Organisational Management and School ImprovementEstablish and sustain the school’s ethos and strategic direction together with the governing board and through consultation with the school community.Establish and oversee systems, processes and policies so the school can operate effectively.Ensure staff and students’ safety and welfare through effective approaches to safeguarding, as part of duty of care.Manage staff and student wellbeing.Ensure rigorous approaches to identifying, managing and mitigating risk.Identify problems and barriers to school effectiveness, and develop strategies for school improvement that are realistic, timely and suited to the school’s context.Lead on school improvement areas and ensure strategies are effectively monitored, implemented and reviewed.Staff Management and Professional DevelopmentPerformance manage Assistant headteachers and middle leaders, including carrying out appraisals and holding staff to account for their performance.Ensure staff have access to appropriate, high