Assistant Principal (Student Experience and Enrichment)

Prince of Wales Island International School - Balik Pulau; Malaysia; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Boarding school environment experience

Job summary

Prince of Wales Island International School - Balik Pulau seeks an experienced Assistant Principal (Student Experience and Enrichment) to join the senior leadership team from August 2027. The role focuses on expanding extracurricular provision, strengthening global citizenship programmes, developing student leaders and overseeing assemblies and offsite activities.

The successful candidate will drive the importance of the student experience beyond the classroom, requiring outstanding

Responsibilities

• Oversee student assemblies, events and offsite activities
• Lead and develop student leaders and enrichment programmes
• Enhance the student experience beyond the classroom within a boarding school environment
• Support and work with the senior leadership team in strategic planning and school development

Job description

Assistant Principal (Student Experience and Enrichment)

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For August 2027 we are seeking an experienced and dynamic Assistant Principal (Student Experience and Enrichment) to join our senior leadership team. This key role focuses on enhancing the student experience through further development our rich extra-curricular provision, enhancing our established global citizenship programmes, supporting and developing our student leaders, and overseeing assemblies, events and offsite activities.

The successful candidate will have a clear understanding of the importance that the student experience 'beyond the classroom' plays in developing the whole child. They will need excellent organisational and time management skills in order to successfully juggle competing prioriries, and should have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. If you are an inspiring leader, ready to make a significant impact at POWIIS, we would welcome your application.

The senior leadership team is being restructured for 2027 and will comprise the Principal, two deputies and two assistant principals. Between them they will share responsibility for all aspects of theschool, supported by a business management team comprising HR, finance, facilities, student services, marketing/admissions/events, and IT.

Since the foundation of the school in 2011, POWIIS has built a significant academic reputation despite not selecting by ability. Our student body is approximately half Malaysian, with international students from over 20 countries.Our curriculum is based on the National Curriculum for England and Wales, with students sitting IGCSEs and AS/A2 examinations, as part of the POWIIS High School Diploma.

POWIIS is a boarding school and consequently all teachers are expected to contribute to the wider aspects of boarding school life including occasional evening/weekend involvement on a rota basis. Experience of boarding education and independent schools is an advantage, but by no means essential.

Malaysian work permits are usually granted for two or three years. Initial contracts for senior roles are fixed term for 3 years, but continuity is important for the school; it is hoped that appointments will be seen as longer term, with renewal of contracts very common. Our teaching staff are predominantly British, with a significant number of colleagues from around the world and a small number of high quality Malaysian teachers.Our facilities and resources are excellent and there is low staff turnover; a feature of the school widely acknowledged and highly valued by our parents.

POWIIS is committed to the safety and well-being of all of its students. Those appointed will be subject to thorough background and social media checks and must be able to provide up to date and full police checks/child protection certificates/criminal records disclosures covering all countries in which they have lived and/or worked for at least the last 10 years.