Background

Sentinel Kalumbila School is located in Kalumbila in the North Western Province. The school was established in October 2014 with the aim of serving the need for high quality education of the surrounding mining community. The school was commissioned and supported by First Quantum Minerals until the point of sustainability.

Sentinel Kalumbila School is one of three Sentinel Schools. The other two, Sentinel Kabitaka Primary and Secondary are located in Solwezi. All Sentinel schools offer a blend of the Cambridge International Curriculum and the national curriculum, with public exams in year 7 (ECZ), year 9 (ECZ) and year 12 (IGCSE). Sentinel is part of the ISASA (Independent Schools of Southern Africa) and ISAZ (International Schools Association of Zambia) associations and enjoys active collaboration with other schools in the region because of this.

The Sentinel group of schools is operated by Educore Services, which also operates two other school groups (Trident and Frontier) aimed at international, national and regional students, and the Educore Academy, which provides in-service teacher training and continuing professional development to our schools, the government and other external partners. There are currently eight schools in the wider Educore family.

Educore Services is seeking a suitably qualified, experienced, and enthusiastic Head to lead Sentinel Kalumbila School into its exciting next phase. This follows the transition of the previous head into the role of Head of Kalumbila Secondary School, a joint venture between the Ministry of Education and the Educore Foundation. The successful candidate will report to the Executive Head.

Main Purpose of the Job

Building on the recent leadership of Mrs Vallery Lungu, now the Head of Kalumbila Secondary School, the new Head of Sentinel Kalumbila will provide strong direction and guidance to the school. They will bring a clear vision and innovative strategic development to realise Sentinel Kalumbila’s future ambitions in line with the school’s unique context. The Head will provide purposeful leadership to staff and assumes full responsibility for the efficient and effective teaching, discipline, and safety of all pupils in the school.

Qualifications & Experience

Applicants must hold a minimum of a Bachelor of Education Degree or Bachelor’s Degree with a Post Graduate Teaching Diploma. The successful candidate is likely to be someone with senior management experience in a school, preferably one doing the Cambridge curriculum, with a wide range of co-curricular activities.

Skills and Attributes

The successful candidate will possess the following key skills and attributes:

• Outstanding leadership skills, underpinned by energy and drive.
• Excellent interpersonal skills including proven tact and diplomacy and the ability to communicate effectively with a variety of stakeholders.
• An understanding of employment procedure.
• The ability to engage fully in the financial and administrative aspects of leading a school.
• Dedicated to working with children across a wide range of ages.
• Comfortable leading a school with high-level IT based systems that support education and administration.
• Self-driven and independent, enjoys working with others to achieve the objectives of the larger organisation.

• Outstanding leadership skills, underpinned by energy and drive.
• Excellent interpersonal skills including proven tact and diplomacy and the ability to communicate effectively with a variety of stakeholders.
• An understanding of employment procedure.
• The ability to engage fully in the financial and administrative aspects of leading a school.
• Dedicated to working with children across a wide range of ages.
• Comfortable leading a school with high-level IT based systems that support education and administration.
• Self-driven and independent, enjoys working with others to achieve the objectives of the larger organisation.

• Bachelor of Education Degree or Bachelor’s Degree with a Post Graduate Teaching Diploma.
• Senior management experience in a school, preferably one doing the Cambridge curriculum.
• Experience with a wide range of co-curricular activities.