PRINCIPAL AT DAY WATERMAN COLLEGE

 Day Waterman College is a modern co-educational boarding school designed to provide an exciting learning environment for children between the ages of 11 - 16. We provide a broad-based education of international standard to meet global needs. The College is set on 35 hectares of natural landscape in Asu, near Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. Facilities and equipment of outstanding quality have been provided to support the learning environment, including access to safe recreational areas. 

This College is built to educate young people to become leaders who will be at the forefront of the rapid economic and social development sweeping through Nigeria. The demands of living and working in a global economic community necessitates adaptable and flexible young people with the skill-set, knowledge and character to contribute and shape the future, and meet the many challenges that lie ahead.

Applications are hereby requested from qualified professionals to fill the below position:


Job Title: Principal

Location: Ogun
Responsible to: The Governing Body
Responsible for: All staff and pupils within the college

Job Description

• The exact role and specific responsibility the Principal will be agreed annually and will change regularly, to reflect the changing needs of the Day Waterman College and its growing Leadership Team.
• The Principal is expected to lead on all aspects of the college such as curriculum development, timetabling, tracking, and analysis of results/data, behaviour management, pastoral care, external relations and community links, staff development, training and induction.
• As the lead practitioner on the leadership team, the Principals will be centrally involved in the overall leadership and management of the college, and will help to establish a college culture that is both nurturing and rigorous.

Main purpose of the Job

• Provide vision, leadership and direction for the college.
• Create and maintain a productive learning environment which is engaging and fulfilling for all pupils.
• Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within the college.
• Develop and maintain effective partnerships in the community.
• Ensure that the budget is efficiently and effectively managed.

Duties and Responsibilities
At this college the following areas have been highlighted as being of particular importance.

Shaping the future:

• Motivate and work with others to promote a culture of inclusion within and across the college community where all views are valued and taken account of.
• Demonstrate the vision and values of the college in every day work and practice and especially when implementing change and improvements in standards.
• To work with the Governing Board to develop, implement and monitor a rolling Strategic Implementation Plan (SIP).
• Ensure that the college's vision, SIP and self-evaluation process are clearly articulated, shared, understood and acted upon.
• Ensure creativity, innovation and the use of new technologies to achieve excellence.

Leading, Learning and Teaching:

• Demonstrate and articulate high expectations and set stretching targets for the whole college community.
• Ensure that learning is at the centre of strategic planning and resource management.
• Ensure there is a culture and ethos of challenge and support where all pupils can achieve success and are actively engaged in their learning.
• Take a strategic role in the development of new and emerging technologies to enhance and extend the learning experience of pupils.
• Determine, organise and implement a diverse, flexible curriculum and implement effective assessment framework.
• Ensure a consistent and continuous college-wide focus on pupils’ achievement, using data and benchmarks to monitor progress in every child’s learning.
• Implement strategies that maintain high standards of behaviour and attendance.
• Monitor, evaluate and review classroom practice and promote improvement strategies.
• Challenge under-performance of staff at all levels and ensure effective corrective action and followup.

Developing self and working with others:

• Acknowledge the responsibilities and celebrate the achievements of individuals and teams.
• Ensure effective planning, allocation, support and evaluation of work undertaken by teams and individuals, ensuring clear delegation of tasks and devolution of responsibilities.
• Build on the collaborative learning culture within the college and actively engage with other colleges to build effective learning communities.
• Treat people fairly, equitably and with dignity and respect to create and maintain a positive college culture.
• Develop and maintain effective strategies and procedures for staff induction, professional development and performance review.
• Develop and maintain a culture of high expectations for self and others and take appropriate action when necessary if performance is unsatisfactory.
• Manage own workload and that of others to allow an appropriate work/life balance.

Managing the organisation:

• Create an organisational structure, which reflects the college’s values, and enables the management systems, structures and processes to work effectively in line with legal requirements.
• Recruit, retain and deploy staff appropriately and manage their workload to achieve the vision and goals of the college, implement successful performance management processes with all staff.
• Manage the college's financial and human resources effectively and efficiently to achieve the college's educational goals and priorities.
• Manage and organise the college environment efficiently and effectively to ensure that it meets the needs of the curriculum and health and safety regulations.
• Ensure there is effective day-to-day organisation and running of the college.
• Use and integrate a range of technologies effectively and efficiently to manage the college.
• Ensure that the range, quality and use of all available resources is monitored, evaluated and reviewed to improve the quality of education for all pupils and provide value for money.
• Ensure that, within an autonomous culture, policies and practices take account of the British and local circumstances, policies and initiatives.

Securing Accountability:

• Develop a college ethos, which enables everyone to work collaboratively, share knowledge and understanding, celebrate successes and accept responsibility for outcomes.
• Work with the governing board (providing information, objective advice and support) to enable it to meet its responsibilities.
• Develop and present a coherent, understandable and accurate account of the college's performance to a range of audiences including governors, parents and carers.
• To be the governing board's principal professional adviser.
• To take opportunities to generate new income where appropriate.
• To provide all necessary information to the Governing Board.
• Reflect on personal contribution to college achievements and take account of feedback from others.
• Ensure individual staff accountabilities are clearly defined, understood and agreed.

Strengthening Community:

• Contribute to the development of the education system by, for example, sharing effective practice, working in partnership with other colleges and promoting innovative initiatives.
• Create and maintain an effective partnership with parents and carers to support and improve pupils' achievement and personal developments.
• Ensure learning experiences for pupils are linked into and integrated with the wider community.
• Build a college culture and curriculum, which takes account of the richness and diversity of the college's communities.
• Collaborate with other agencies in providing for the academic, spiritual, moral, social, emotional and cultural well-being of pupils and their families.

Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment

• Ensure policies and procedures adopted by the governing board are fully implemented and followed by all staff.
• Ensure staff and volunteers feel able to raise concerns about poor or unsafe practice in regard to children, and such concerns are addressed sensitively and effectively in a timely manner in accordance with agreed whistle blowing practices.

Marketing and Publicity:

• To ensure that all areas of the school's website are regularly reviewed so that the information presented is both current and relevant.
• To manage the production of the school brochure.
• To seek out opportunities to raise the school's profile locally, regionally and nationally by ensuring the school's representation at and participation in key events and initiatives.
• To ensure that every opportunity is taken to advertise entry to the school as appropriate.
• Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, each individual task undertaken may not be identified.
• Employees will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from a manager to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description.
• Employees are expected to be courteous to colleagues and provide a welcoming environment to visitors and telephone callers.

Qualifications

• Graduate level qualification or equivalent and Qualified Teachers Status.
• Evidence of relevant professional development.
• National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH).

Shaping the Future:

• Working successfully as a senior leader in a Co-Educational Secondary College
• Working in a diverse, multi-cultural, and vibrant learning community
• Experience as a Headteacher or senior leader in any college

Attainment:

• Raising the achievement of all children in the context of changing college profile of all pupils
• Understanding the impact of cultural diversity, with experience of developing college provision for vulnerable pupils
• Effective use of ICT to support Teaching and Learning and administration

Leading, learning and teaching Essential Desirable:

• Promote and achieve high standards of learning and attainment across the secondary range
• Have a clear understanding of the essential qualities necessary for effective teaching and learning
• Analyse data to evaluate performance and plan appropriate action for improvement
• Deploy a wide range of strategies for managing pupil and staff behaviour
• Acknowledge excellence and challenge poor performance across the college

Developing self and working with others:

• Identify professional development needs of all staff through monitoring and performance management process
• Deal successfully with situations that may include change and / or conflict resolution
• Value the importance of CPD and life-long learning among staff

Managing the organisation:

• Establish and/or sustain appropriate structures and systems
• Manage all aspects of the college efficiently and effectively on a day-to-day basis
• Delegate management task and monitor their implications
• Manage finance and resources effectively
• Prioritise, plan and organise yourself and others
• Think creatively to anticipate and solve problems
• An understanding of the challenges facing the leaders of a successful school. including recognition that there are responsibilities in the school holiday periods especially at external results times

Strategic Implementation:

• Think strategically, to build and communicate a college vision of excellence and equality that sets high standards of every pupil
• Set and achieve ambitious, challenging goals and targets.
• Inspire, challenge, motivate and empower colleagues and pupils to achieve their potential
• Demonstrate an understanding of the up and coming challenges of managing a college of the future

Strategic Accountability:

• Engage the college community in the systematic and rigorous self evaluation of the work in the college
• Collect and evaluate data to understand the strengths and development of the college in order to produce/review and implement the College Strategic Implementation Plan.
• Combine the outcomes of regular college self-review with external evaluations in order to develop the college
• To work with the Governing Body to develop and maintain the college vision.

Strengthening Community:

• Build/redevelop and maintain effective relations with all members of the college and wider community to enhance the education of all pupils
• Effective team work and collaboration within the college and with external partners
• Listening to, reflecting and acting on, community feedback.
• Strategies that encourage parents and carers as the prime educators to support their children's learning
• Building and sustaining effective relationships with parents, carers, other schools and partners, parishes and the broader community that enhance the education of all DWC students.

Equal Opportunities:

• Be committed to providing equal opportunities in the curriculum and pastoral care
• Value the needs of individual children and the diversity of their cultural backgrounds, providing equal opportunities in access to learning.
• Be enthusiastic and motivated by the opportunities of a culturally diverse college population

Personal Qualities

• Manage stressful situations and on-going challenges
• Enthusiasm, commitment and personality
• Highly efficient organisational and well developed inter-personal and communication skills
• Resilience and energy
• Understand issues of successful teamwork
• Keep to deadlines and have focus, drive and commitment.
• Emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours and attitudes to the use of authority and maintaining discipline.

Application Closing Date
20th March, 2014.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to download Application Form

All application form together with a statement of suitability which should be no more than two sides of A4. In your statement you should address your specification and show how you meet the selection criteria and send to: hr@dwc.org.ng

Note: This job description is not your contract of employment, or any part of it. Nothing will be changed without consultation between the principal and the governing board. This document must not be altered once it has been signed but will be reviewed annually