16/11/2024
VACANCY: HEAD TEACHER
Zomba Baptist Private Schools is a church-owned institution, comprising day care, nursery and primary schools, situated in Zomba City, behind Standard Bank.
The institution provides Christian learning environment, facilities and instructions through which God teaches, instructs, prepares and develops learners in the City of Zomba and beyond as guided by Psalm 32 v 8.
Following a vacancy that has arisen in its establishment, the institution is calling for applications from interested and suitably qualified persons to fill the following post:
Vac. No. ZBPS/2/24: Head Teacher
Responsible to: The Board Chairperson Duty Station: Zomba City
Number of Posts: 1
Job purpose
The head teacher shall be responsible for the internal organization, management and control of the Zomba Baptist Schools which comprise day care, nursery and primary.
Key duties and responsibilities
The teacher shall be responsible for, but not limited to, the following duties and responsibilities:
a. Providing professional vision and leadership for the school which secures its success and improvement, ensuring high quality education for all its pupils and improved standards of learning and achievement;
b. Providing strategic direction and development of the school (providing educational vision and direction to secure the strong and passionate commitment of staff, parents/carers and pupils);
c. Deploying and managing all teaching and non-teaching staff of the school and allocating particular duties to them (including such duties of the head teacher as may be properly delegated to a deputy head teacher or other member of staff) in a manner consistent with their conditions of employment, maintaining a reasonable balance of workload;
d. Ensuring that the duty of providing cover for absent teachers is shared equitably among all teachers in the school (including the head teacher), taking account of their teaching and other duties;
e. Ensuring that teachers at the school receive information they need to carry out their professional duties effectively;
f. Challenging underperformance at all levels and putting in place effective procedures to deal with underperforming staff;
g. Making arrangements for the security, maintenance, development and effective supervision of the school buildings and their contents and of the school grounds, and ensuring (if so required) that any lack of maintenance is promptly reported to the maintaining authority or, if appropriate, the governing body;
h. Any other duties as assigned from time to time by the Board.
Minimum qualifications and experience
The applicant must possess:
a. T2 Certificate plus five years’ experience in teaching at a credible school
b. A good Malawi School Certificate of Education
c. Those with experience in a similar post or higher qualifications relevant to teaching will have an added advantage
Key competencies and attributes
The ideal applicant must:
a) Have high administrative and managerial skills;
b) Be mature, with sober behaviour and high level of integrity;
c) Have good command of English language (both written and spoken);
d) Be a self-starter and able to work with minimum supervision;
e) Be motivated and able to complete tasks in required time
f) Have strong interpersonal skills;
g) Be computer literate, familiar with MS Office package.
Contract Period and Remuneration package
The successful candidates shall be offered a renewable three-year contract with a competitive remuneration package commensurate with their qualifications and experience.
How to apply
Interested persons who meet the above requirements should submit a written application letter together with copies of relevant certificates and detailed current Curriculum Vitae, providing three traceable referees. If sent via e-mail, the whole application should be scanned into once document and attached to the e-mail. while the subject box should indicate the position applied for.
The applications must be sealed in an envelope, with the post being applied for clearly marked on top of the envelope.
Zomba Baptist Private Schools is an equal opportunity employer and committed to the promotion of merit, fairness, equity, honesty, integrity, impartiality and professionalism. As such, any form of canvasing is not allowed and any applicant involved in canvasing of any kind shall be disqualified.
The deadline for receiving applications is 20th November, 2024. All the applications should be addressed to:
The Board Chairperson Zomba Baptist Private Schools Post Office Box 580
Zomba, Malawi
Email: [email protected]
