Head of Faculty of Humanities

Head of Faculty of Humanities (History Specialism) – Compass International School Doha, Qatar

Compass International School Doha was established in 2006 to provide a premium British education to both expatriate and local Qatari families. We have three campuses; Al Themaid and Madinat Khalifa educate students from Early Years through to Secondary whereas Gharaffa is a stand-alone Primary campus for children aged 3-11. All campuses offer a bespoke British curriculum. Secondary students can select from a wide range of IGSEs, AS and A levels. Additionally, we offer the prestigious IB Diploma Programme in Years 12 and 13. All three sites offer a warm, friendly learning environment with our students at the heart of everything we do. We are proud of our outstanding teachers and our community feel. As for Qatar, a sunny climate year-round and an airport with fantastic global connections ensures the continued popularity of this destination for expats. 

Our school has Qatar National Schools Accreditation (QNSA) and is a member of the British Schools in the Middle East (BSME), COBIS and AoBSO.

To learn more about our school, please visit our website.

About you

We are looking for an outstanding History teacher to lead the Faculty of Humanities at our Madinat Khalifa campus.

You will be an exemplary teaching practitioner, with the ability to become an outstanding Head of Faculty. Together with the Senior Leadership Team, you will work to develop a vision for excellence and continual improvement at Compass. You must have the ability to lead and manage people by creating a culture where colleagues are both supported and challenged to deliver the best possible learning experience for students. You should be capable of developing a highly motivated team by nurturing positive working relationships built on respect, trust, support, and recognition. You will lead improvement through rigorous self-evaluation of faculty performance and use quality assurance feedback to identify improvement priorities moving forward. You should already demonstrate excellent management skills such as resource management, curriculum planning, data analysis, performance tracking, task delegation and the organisation of meetings.

You will be asked to lead a learning culture where students are supported, challenged, and inspired to be the best they can be - students in classes across the faculty will believe there are no limits to what can be achieved. Your excellent motivation and communication skills enable you to create a feeling of energy, excitement, and personal investment within all lessons across the department.

Receptive to feedback and ready to embrace change, you will be keen to share best practice with colleagues and peers. As a strong ambassador for the school, you will be able to develop new ways to engage students and parents across Secondary school, and the wider Nord Anglia Education communities. Your strong motivation and communication skills will also enable you to create a feeling of energy, excitement, and personal investment within the classroom.

 About the role

Join our dynamic international education environment, where you will lead the delivery of a bespoke Secondary curriculum, built on the English National Curriculum and preparing student at Madinat Khalifa for external examinations at IGSCE. You will lead the development of a culture in which students are challenged to be ambitious learners and teachers are required to be innovative to enhance the student experience and outcomes.

Your educational philosophy will equip you to meet the needs of all learners, including those who have English as a second language, and you must be able to teach students with a range of prior achievement, knowledge, and skills. Your expertise and planning adaptability will allow you to map out pathways for all students to progress in your subject, creating opportunities for all learners to achieve success based on individualised targets. You will contribute to good practice by demonstrating a collegiate approach to departmental development and sharing strategies with colleagues.

As Head of Faculty, you will be responsible for leading the planning, delivery and evaluation of the curriculum, teaching and learning, assessment, reporting and for the professional development of teachers in your team.

Please refer to the job description of the role for the following information:

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Benefits

Nord Anglia Education is the world’s leading premium schools organisation. We are a fast-paced and growing family of 87 international schools in China, Europe, the Middle East, South-East Asia and The Americas, providing outstanding education to over 80,000 students from preschool to 18 years of age. Our schools are united by one philosophy—we are ambitious for our students, our people, our community and family of schools. This means that we want every student to achieve more in our schools, than in any other schools in the world. We ensure this through personalised learning enhanced with bespoke global opportunities such as Juilliard, MIT and UNICEF. We learn from the best and with the best.

We offer you unsurpassed opportunities to innovate and develop best practice across our family, to access extensive professional development, and to gain exceptional experience and career development in our schools. At Nord Anglia, you will have opportunities to progress more, learn more, and collaborate more.

We offer a professional working environment and an attractive remuneration & benefits package.

Alongside great training and a competitive package, you’ll enjoy the chance to live and work in a rapidly growing country which is perhaps best known for successfully hosting the World Cup in 2022. Qatar is a great place to be based for travel and enjoys a lovely climate most of the year. 

To apply

Please apply for this vacancy using our recruitment portal.

Online applications should contain a CV, a two-page letter of application and the details of three professional references.

Start date: 1st August 2025

Closing date for applications is Friday 17th January 2025.

Selection process

First stage interviews will be conducted face to face or via Teams and final interviews will take place in both London and Doha in late January 2025.

Candidates are encouraged to apply early as the school reserves the right to appoint before the closing date. 

At Nord Anglia Education we are committed to providing a world class, safe, happy environment in which children and young people are able to thrive and learn. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our pupils irrespective of race, ability, religion, gender or culture.

All post holders in regulated activity (having regular unsupervised contact with children) are subject to appropriate national and international vetting procedures including satisfactory criminal record checks from both Country of residence/birth and any Country of residence within the last 10 years.