Deputy Rector
Kampala, Uganda * Full-timeGreenhill Academy
Category: Administration
Total Positions:
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Full-time
Salary: Attractive
Posted 1 year ago
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• KPI-1: Strategic oversight – Planning & Management (40%)
• Develop and implement strategic plans aligned with the Institution’s mission and objectives.
• Collaborate with Heads of Schools to prepare annual school business plans; and ensure that comprehensive and thorough objective-based budgeting takes place.
• Provide visionary leadership to ensure organizational growth and sustainability.
• Establish the long-term vision and strategic objectives for the schools, ensuring they align with the overall Institutional Mission.
• Ensures effective use of resources (human, financial, material) to achieve strategic goals.
• Enhance synergy: collaborates within Greenhill Schools, and external partners to maintain a unified direction.
• Tracks progress against strategic goals and adjust plans as needed to respond to emerging challenges or opportunities.
• Manage financial performance, budgeting, and resource allocation.
• Representation: In collaboration with the Rector, Liaises with major institutions and government departments
• KPI-2: Operational Oversight (30%)
• Curriculum Development, Implementation, monitoring and review
• Collaborate with school leadership to design innovative, inclusive curricula that align with strategic goals and national competitiveness.
• Integrate modern tools, skills, and industry needs while providing oversight for effective implementation and performance tracking.
• Address challenges collaboratively, lead periodic curriculum evaluations, and use stakeholder feedback to drive continuous improvement.
• Performance Tracking: Ensure systems are in place to track student progress and evaluate teaching effectiveness.
• Curriculum Evaluation: Lead periodic evaluations of the curriculum’s relevance, effectiveness, and alignment with educational needs.
• Feedback and Improvement: Gather feedback from all stakeholders to inform enhancements and integrate recommendations to improve outcomes.
• Ensure outstanding Learning and Teaching standards are maintained at all times
• Maintain high academic standards by tracking key performance indicators, including exam results and assessments for the schools.
• Teacher Performance: Establish benchmarks, conduct evaluations, facilitate professional development, and address areas of underperformance.
• Learner Outcomes: Monitor student progress, identify performance gaps, and promote holistic development.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure systems are in place to monitor quality of teaching and learning while maintaining compliance with standards.
• Provide oversight in Tracking school, Teachers and Learners performance aiming for outstanding standards of learning and teaching at all times.
• Ensure consistent achievement of high academic standards across all schools and grade levels.
• Monitor and promote progress in key performance indicators such as exam results, student engagement, and class assessments.
• Establish clear performance benchmarks for teachers and ensure regular evaluations based on teaching quality and effectiveness.
• Support Heads of School in addressing underperformance and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Quality Assurance and Standards: Ensure systems are in place to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of teaching and learning strategies.
• Conduct regular audits of teaching practices, lesson plans, and classroom delivery to maintain consistency and quality.
• KPI-3: Leadership Development, Team Management, Supervision, Performance Oversight, Recruitment, and Capacity Building of Staff:
• Recruitment services
• Mentor and empower SMT members: Provide mentorship and support to SMT members, cultivating a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement to enhance institutional success.
• Ensure SMT targets align with strategic objectives and student achievement. Ensure SMT targets are strategically aligned with institutional goals and prioritized to optimize student achievement and academic excellence.
• Culture change: Foster a positive organizational culture and promote collaboration
• Performance oversight: In collaboration with the Rector, Monitor and review performance and, in particular, holding staff accountable for meeting the success criteria and delivering any improvement goals which have been identified; taking decisive action in the case of poor performance.
• Ensuring that each member of the SMT fully understands the outcomes that are expected of them and that they are aware of the success criteria which pertain to their work.
• KPI-4: Enhance Quality Assurance in Teaching and Examinations
• Monitor and evaluate Institutional performance against strategic goals.
• Ensure that all quality assurance processes and standards are documented, understood and consistently applied by team members.
• Establish clear policies and benchmarks to ensure high-quality teaching practices and rigorous assessment standards.
• Oversee regular evaluations of teaching methods, examination processes, and academic outcomes to maintain consistency and excellence.
• Ensure the implementation of robust systems to review and improve teaching strategies and examination procedures.
• Data Analysis: Use data-driven approaches to monitor trends in teachers and student performance and identify areas requiring improvement.
• Promote accountability by ensuring compliance with internal and external academic standards.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with educational leaders, teachers, and external bodies to maintain the institution’s reputation for quality in academics.
• Continuous Improvement: Champion initiatives that foster innovation and continuous improvement in teaching and assessment practices.
• Ensure adherence to legal and regulatory standards.
• Online job fairs
• KPI-5: Budgeting
• Provide support to the Rector to ensure that Greenhill Schools’ budgets align with strategic objectives and are executed promptly.
• KPI-6: Policies, process adherence & Compliance
• Uphold GAL Vision, Mission, Code of conduct, Core values & policies.
• Ensure policies, processes are adhered to at all levels
• At all times behaving in a way that demonstrates the highest standards of professionalism and ethical behaviour
• KPI-7: Risk Management and Innovation
• Ensure that Greenhill Schools risk management processes are effectively embedded in the Schools and perform the quarterly review of the Greenhill Schools risks/risk register. Report the risks to the Rector and Risk Coordinator.
• Generate new ideas/innovation initiatives and translate them into tangible outcomes.
• Promote a culture of creativity, innovation, encouragement, support, challenge that will effectively develop pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural aspects (holistic development) so that they can be prepared for adult life.
• KPI-8: Stakeholder Engagement
• Maintain and strengthen the Greenhill brand both internally and externally.
• Collaborate with the Rector and Senior Management Team (SMT) to enhance parent relations and effectively address parent appeals.
• Establish transparent and effective communication channels with stakeholders, including parents, students, staff, and the wider community.
• Develop and implement engagement initiatives that foster positive relationships between the school and its stakeholders.
• Uphold high standards of customer service to ensure stakeholder concerns are addressed efficiently and professionally.
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QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS
• Master’s degree in Education or a related field. Post Graduate diploma in a related field is an added advantage.
• Over 15 years work experience, at least 10 of which should have been at Senior Management level in an Institution or organization offering education services or similar role.
• Extensive experience in academic leadership, policy, and governance.
• Proven ability to lead and inspire diverse teams and foster inclusivity.
• Excellent communication, organizational, analytical, decision-making, emotional resourcefulness and problem solving skills.
• Budget management and financial planning proficiency.
• Experience or knowledge in teaching, curriculum development, and educational administration.
• Awareness of trends and challenges in education sector.
HOW TO APPLY
Please follow the application instructions provided in the full job description above.
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