Head of Academics

Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 650,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization in the education sector is seeking a qualified individual to lead the academic strategy and enhance performance across its schools. This role requires a minimum of 10 years' teaching experience and strong leadership skills, focusing on implementing innovative teaching methodologies and improving academic outcomes.

Qualifications

• Preferably a Master’s or Doctoral qualification in Education.
• NQF Level 8 with sufficient leadership experience in education.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of the academic strategy.
• Benchmarking and improvement of academic performance.
• Oversight of teaching and learning methodologies.
• Support development of teacher skills.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic Planning

Change Management

Teaching Methodologies

Performance Improvement

Education

Master’s or Doctoral qualification in Education

NQF Level 8 qualification

Job description

ADvTECH is the leading provider of private education in Africa, passionately committed to enriching people’s lives and futures. The academic strategy of ADvTECH’s Schools Division is to ensure that each student progresses incrementally toward mastery in a learning environment that is flexible, inspiring, engaging, and challenging. ADvTECH houses a number of prestigious school brands offering IEB, Cambridge, & IB curricula and boasts an online home schooling delivery option.

Duties will include:

1. Development and Execution of the Academic Strategy (Macro)
   • Leading review and development of the academic strategy for the ADvTECH schools.
   • Working with schools’ leadership to align brand value propositions with the academic strategy.
   • Setting performance goals against the strategy.
   • Selection of measurement tools for performance measurement.
   • Communication of strategy internally and externally.
   • Review and monitoring of strategy and strategic focus areas.
   • Definition and development of the tactics, goals, and processes to achieve that strategy.
   • Oversight of professional development and associated activities to improve brand performance.
2. Academic performance benchmarking and improvement
   • Selection and implementation of benchmarking tools.
   • Communication of findings and collaborative agreement with school management of improvement strategies.
   • Monitoring implementation of the performance improvement strategies.
3. Teaching and Learning
   • Leading central and brand teams of experts in selecting progressive teaching and learning methodologies and technologies.
   • Oversight and leadership of implementation and impact monitoring of strategies.
   • Developing and reviewing a framework for the use of ICT in teaching and learning.
   • Oversight of implementation of appropriate technologies to support learning and teaching.
   • Driving and supporting adoption of learning management systems as the next phase of blended learning.
   • Supporting development of teacher skills.

Qualifications: Preferably a Master’s or Doctoral qualification in Education, or an NQF Level 8 with sufficient leadership experience in education.

Experience: Minimum 10 years’ teaching experience in a similar environment, with 5-8 years in management.

View the full advertisement and apply online via the ADvTECH Career Portal: (Please note that the above link will direct you off the ISASA website and onto the ADvTECH Career Portal site. If you do not have an existing account on the ADvTECH portal, you may need to register on their website to apply for this vacancy. You do not need to register on the ISASA site.)