Head of Humanities and Sustainability with Geography to A Level

Charterhouse Malaysia is looking for an inspiring Head of Humanities and Sustainability, with a Geography specialism, to join our growing team in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for January 2025. The role presents a rare opportunity for an outstanding practitioner to contribute towards the success of a highly progressive, future focused school, with a supportive leadership team who want to see you develop and succeed. 

Charterhouse Malaysia’s pedagogical approach emphasises imagination, discovery, and learning by doing. Supporting students as they study towards their academic qualifications, the Head of Humanities and Sustainability will apply creative and inspiring pedagogies to support their students as they acquire a secure grounding in the knowledge and skills of the subject. 

Core to our outlook, Charterhouse Malaysia has an explicit commitment to the promotion of education in social enterprise through service learning. Thus, teachers at our school will be expected to work towards our vision: 

“Future Ready – Education for a new reality” 

To be considered for this role, applicants must:

• At least 5 years full – time experience teaching Geography at A Level and IGCSE with a track record of producing Outstanding examination results
• Experience of successfully leading a Humanities department, or significant experience of leading Geograhy within a large Humanities Department
• Have experience of and a passion for leading whole school sustanability projects
• Have a teaching qualification and a minimum of an undergraduate degree in their chosen subject
• A genuine interest in progressive, student-centred approaches to pedagogy
• An interest in social enterprise, charity and service learning, and how these can be embedded formally into the curriculum
• Candidates with experience in Project Based Learning and or with delivering EPQ/Extended Essay are particularly encouraged to make an application

In addition to teaching, the Head of Humanities will share in the wider pastoral and co-curricular life of the school. This will include contributing to activities as part of the ‘Spectra Smarts’ programme, supporting a group of students as a House Tutor and in this, having oversight of the Independent Learning Projects of those students, taking a share of leadership in House activities, and leading at least one extra-curricular activity. 

Teachers will follow the school calendar with some additional time for training prior to the start of the academic year. Occasional participation in outreach or promotional activities may be required, but every effort will be made to ensure that this demand is reasonable and shared equitably amongst all colleagues. 

We would encourage early application from serious candidates as the school will be interviewing on a rolling basis.

Charterhouse Malaysia is committed to providing the best possible care and education to its pupils and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All applicants are expected to share this commitment and make themselves aware of all relevant safeguarding policies and procedures at Charterhouse Malaysia. In alignment with the recommendations of the International Task Force on Child Protection Charterhouse Malaysia will follow safe recruitment procedures including and enhanced DBS check on all applicants. Further to this all applicants will need to comply with the necessary requirements for the visa process of Malaysia.

Candidates should submit an up to date CV with this application.