Female – Secondary School Principal – Wada Machi/Pir jo Goth

The Citizen Foundation; Wada Machi; On-site; PKR 960,000 - 1,440,000; Full time

Job summary

The Citizen Foundation seeks a leadership role to drive school quality and administration. You will champion evidence-based learning, recruit and develop teachers, and cultivate a collaborative school culture that supports every student.

Based in Sindh, you will engage with the community, oversee both academic and administrative operations, and ensure timely reporting while coordinating with HR for staffing and policy adherence.

Responsibilities

• Promote evidence-based learning by monitoring school progress across key performance indicators and drive improvement for every student.
• Recruit quality teachers by implementing the Teacher Selection process.
• Develop school improvement plans based on need analysis and ensure implementation.
• Monitor classroom quality through lesson planners and both formal and informal observations.
• Improve teacher quality through demo sessions and continuous feedback.
• Monitor student performance by re-checking copies and tests as per policy.
• Organize, manage and monitor co-curricular activities, timetable, assemblies, and use of academic resources.
• Attend training sessions and conduct on-the-job training for faculty.
• Conduct term tests and examinations transparently and timely.
• Build team spirit and motivate teachers with a focus on retention.
• Develop strong community relationships to promote education for both male and female children and encourage enrolment in TCF schools.
• Maintain student strength through enrolment strategies and outreach of teachers.
• Maintain CV banks and coordinate with Area and Regional HR for staffing and performance management.
• Ensure school discipline and positive character-building among students and staff.
• Manage staff leaves and attendance to minimize vacant classroom days.
• Supervise admin assistant in accounts and other matters and ensure up-to-date school accounts.
• Ensure maintenance of building and premises and timely provision of utilities.
• Coordinate with supervisor for board-related matters and ensure policy implementation.
• Submit reports and documents on time.

Job description

The following key result areas will become part of your job description:

1. Promoting high standards of evidence based learning and teaching, by monitoring school progress across key performance indicators, remaining focused on improvement of the school and of every single student leaving no child behind.2. Responsible for recruiting, developing, empowering, supporting, encouraging and retaining the best teachers in the school.

3. Responsible for developing a culture of mutual and continuous learning, respect, collaboration, and coordination; in which every member of the school community-be they teachers, students, staff members or parents-is valued, every child is motivated to learn, grow and prosper and every teacher is motivated to improve her knowledge and skills.

Academic Responsibilities

1. Recruit quality teachers by ensuring implementation of Teacher Selection process.
2. Develop school improvement plan based on need analysis and ensure its implementation within the school
3. Monitor class room quality through lesson planners and formal/ informal classroom observations.
4. Work on teacher quality through demo sessions and constant feedback
5. Monitor student performance by re-checking of student copies and test papers as per policy.
6. Organize, manage and monitor co-curricular activities, timetable, assembly, periods, displays, library and laboratories, use of Academic resources, performance of weak students.
7. Attend training sessions & conduct on-the-job training for faculty within the school.
8. Conduct term tests and examinations in a transparent and timely manner.
9. Build team spirit and motivate teachers; Focus on teacher retention.

Administrative Responsibilities

1. Develop strong relationship with the community and create awareness regarding education for both male and female children and encourage them to join TCF schools.
2. Ensure required students’ strength is maintained within the school through effective implementation of enrolment strategies.
3. Carry out effective outreach of teachers and actively maintain the CV bank at any given point in time.
4. Coordinate with Area and Regional HR team for staff hiring, retaining, performance management & other HR related matters.
5. Maintain school discipline and encourage positive character building of students & staff.
6. Manage staff leaves and attendance ensuring minimal empty classroom days.
7. Supervise the admin assistant in accounts & other matters.
8. Maintain school accounts and ensure they are accurately managed, documented and up to date.
9. Ensure maintenance of building and premises.
10. Supply and manage utility services in a timely manner.
11. Coordinate with the supervisor for board related matters.
12. Understand TCF policies and ensure implementation of school activities as per policy.
13. Timely submission of reports and other documents.