Head of Learning & Teaching - Sept 2025

Full time at Gems Education in UAE

Posted on February 2, 2025

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GEMS WELLINGTON ACADEMY - AL KHAIL Dubai, UAE Posted 2 days ago Expires in a month Ref: JB5220818 We are looking for an outstanding Head of Learning and Teaching to join our team at GEMS Wellington Academy, Al Khail from September 2025. Our vision at GEMS Wellington Academy Al Khail is to ‘Empower today, for a limitless tomorrow.’ We are seeking exceptional teachers to join our team who can help us achieve this goal through our belief in: Limitless Learning, Limitless Solutions, and Limitless Possibilities. As a cognitive science driven school, evidence-informed practice is at the heart of what we do, and we seek educators who can passionately articulate what outstanding learning and teaching looks like and translate this into practice in the classroom. All successful candidates will also share the same core values of Ambition, Responsibility and Courage. Successful candidates will be joining a fully inclusive, high performing school that is evidenced through:

GCSE and A-Level results far exceeding UK national averages
Very Good rating from the Dubai Schools Inspection Bureau (DSIB)
Outstanding rating from British Schools Overseas (BSO)
World Class School status from High Performance Learning
Being an invited member of the Cognitive Science school network

Key Responsibilities:

Provide strategic leadership in all aspects of learning, teaching, and educational technology.
Develop and embed innovative pedagogical approaches to inspire all students and raise standards, including for SEND, Gifted and Talented, and Emirati students.
Monitor learning and teaching to accelerate student performance.
Develop and deliver a professional development program tailored to staff needs and whole school development.
Ensure effective performance management for teaching staff, including quality assurance and mentoring opportunities.
Promote Positive Education to ensure students contribute effectively to the learning process.
Lead the strategic integration of technology to enhance curriculum delivery and student outcomes.
Support the school’s leadership team in planning and delivering professional development.
Play a key role in school self-evaluation and contribute to the consultative and decision-making processes.

Person Specification:

Qualified Teacher Status and an honors degree or post-graduate qualification.
Evidence of ongoing personal professional development and experience in developing others through mentoring or coaching.
At least 3 years of middle/senior leadership experience with a curriculum or learning and teaching element.
Experience in leading quality assurance and improvement processes, curriculum innovation, and change.
Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to manage professional relationships effectively.

All positions attract an excellent remuneration package including: Competitive tax-free salary, individual fully furnished accommodation, free schooling, private medical insurance, annual airfares to country of residence and end of Service Gratuity. GEMS Teachers also have free access to our loyalty app GEMS rewards which provides significant savings on day-to-day life in the UAE. We offer thousands of discounts and 2 for 1 offers on everything from flights, hotels, restaurants and retail outlets, making your salary go further and enhancing the opportunity to save whilst working overseas. Career Level: Management - Manager Director of Staff At GEMS Wellington Academy Al Khail, we want to ensure that our students aspire, create, and excel in this world that is, so they can help create the world that will be. We are seeking exceptional teachers to join our team who can help us achieve this goal through our three pillars of: the science of learning, social enterprise, and student agency and innovation. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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