Assistant Principal

Internationella Engelska Skolan (IES) is a leading independent school group ("friskola") with academic results far above average and a diverse and energetic staff. Teaching is through both Swedish and English, with English the language of the corridors. IES is one of Sweden's largest school groups at "Grundskolan" with 43 schools and around 30,000 students across the country. IES has grown steadily and maintained quality since 1993.


More about the company and its schools can be found at www.engelska.se


About this vacancy

IES Staffanstorp is looking for an Assistant Principal of student care:

Internationella Engelska Skolan Staffanstorp is looking for a committed and professional Assistant Principal of Student Care to join our team from May 2022.

Take the opportunity to be a part of our team opening a brand new school in August 2022.

The role of the Assistant Principal of Student Care is primarily to ensure that the school complies with relevant laws and regulations and to keep the ethos of Internationella Engelska Skolan at the centre of the effective management of the school.  This means creating and maintaining a safe and calm environment where teachers can teach and students learn.

In order to achieve the above the Assistant Principal of Student Care will undertake the following:

-        Meet as a management group on a regular basis to discuss school issues.  Individual meetings may be regularly scheduled with the Principal.

-        Lead and develop the Plan to prevent abusive treatment and Crisis plan with A.P. of Academics.

-        Coordinate and implement established routines for staff and students. To ensure that the flow of information complies with the approved diagram.

-        Lead, observe, advise and assist staff. To be a resource and support for all staff in their everyday work.

-        Cover and/or monitor substitution duties.

-        Promote school integrity and identity.

-        Chair a regularly scheduled meeting with respective teams, creating an agenda and store minutes for the meeting in liaison with their colleagues.

-        Collaborate with the other Assistant Principal (of Academics) and the Principal in the day-to-day running of the school.

-        Assisting/Holding meetings with parents in order to support teachers

-        Developing the teaching staff by integrating research and best practices, safety policies and routines.

-        Creating the Novaschem/skola24 schedule for the academic school year.

-        Lead and assist Heads of Years and the Student care team with their duties and responsibilities.

-        Lead the creation of remedial programs, report to social services and other instances when needed.

The successful candidate will:

-        Have experience in helping manage a school, preferably a free school with an international profile.

-        Good working knowledge Swedish and English

-        Have strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills

-        Working knowledge of Swedish school law related to student care

-        Ability and credentials to evaluate teacher effectiveness

It would also be considered an advantage if the candidate had taken or was currently taking the Swedish Principals qualification (Rektorsutbildning)