Director
The British International School of Jeddah
Saudi Arabia
- New
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 8 August 2024
Job overview
The British International School of Jeddah (BISJ) is a leading co-educational, not-for-profit, international school offering an excellent educational experience for over 1,300 students aged 2 to 18. With a distinctive culture, strong reputation, and commitment to excellence across a broad range of academic, artistic, sporting, and cultural endeavours, our school is a dynamic and diverse community with many strengths.
We seek an outstanding Director to lead us through an exciting and strategically critical stage in our evolution. This is a unique opportunity to build on the existing platform and create a compelling vision for BISJ as a beacon school at the forefront of a rapidly changing educational landscape in Saudi Arabia. Our new Director will guide BISJ through a period of significant strategic change and development potentially including a move to a new, world-class campus.
The successful candidate will be a visionary and inclusive leader with the strategic skills to chart an ambitious course for BISJ and will have the relational skills to inspire our community. The appointed candidate will have the political acuity to lead an organisation at the heart of the community in Jeddah, and the personal authority and authenticity to engage multiple influential stakeholders nationally and internationally. A track record of successful school leadership experience with demonstrated success in managing complex organisational change is essential, as is a genuine commitment to our mission.
To download further information on the role or to apply, please visit https://candidates.perrettlaver.com/vacancies quoting reference 7401. The closing date for applications is 08:30 BST on Thursday 8 August 2024.
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About The British International School of Jeddah
- The British International School of Jeddah
- Al Mohammadiyyah, PO Box 6453, Jeddah
- 21442
- Saudi Arabia
The British International School of Jeddah was established in 1977 and provides high quality international education to the expatriate and local community in Jeddah.
The school is accredited by the Council of International Schools the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and British Schools in the Middle East. We are authorised by the International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO) and Cambridge International Examinations (CIE).
In total, the school has over 1300 students from over sixty countries. Teaching staff are mainly recruited from the United Kingdom, Australasia, North America and locally. The school resides on a pleasant, safe and secure campus with excellent facilities and resources.
The curriculum is designed to provide students with transferable skills and a love of learning. There is strong support in the Primary School for the use of enquiry based learning through the development of integrated thematic units. These draw the International Primary Curriculum (IPC).
In Years 10 and 11 the curriculum leads to the externally assessed examinations of the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE), set by Cambridge International Examinations. Post 16 education is based on International Baccalaureate courses, with the majority of students taking the full Diploma course.
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