Assistant Principal – Safety, Security and Integration

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.

IES Eskilstuna is one of the largest schools in Sweden with 1,250 students enrolled in grades 1-9 and approx 130 staff members.

Assistant Principal – Safety, Security and Integration

Internationella Engelska Skolan Eskilstuna is seeking an Assistant Principal Pastoral to lead on safety, security and integration. The school is situated in Fröslunda, a diverse community with social challenges and lots of positive potential. Engelska Skolan delivers a school based on three important pillars, the IES Ethos:

1. A safe and orderly school environment where teachers can teach and students learn:
• Order, structure and safety are necessary prerequisites for learning and signal respect for the value of education. We are strict in norms of behaviour, but also care for our students in our efforts to prepare them for success as adults. We call this “Tough Love”.
2. Command of English:
• English is the “key to the world” and children should learn to command both the Swedish and the English language at an early age. We believe fluency is best achieved through language immersion. Up to half of the education at Internationella Engelska Skolan is delivered through the English language, by native English-speaking teachers.
3. High academic expectations and aspirations:
• Our conviction is that every child can achieve success irrespective of social background. This ambition means we support every student to realise their own potential. We are dedicated to supporting students of all backgrounds to become responsible citizens and acquire the confidence and ambition to do the most with their talents.

The areas of responsibility for the Assistant Principal Pastoral will be as follows:

• Lead the school’s pastoral wing: Behaviour, support measures, organization, processes and routines
• Lead the school’s safety and security: Cameras, alarms, and other safety measures to keep the school secure and always protected
• Lead the school’s Social Development Team: Ensuring the best possible support for our students through designated specialists
• Take a leading role on the school’s Student Care Team: Identify socially vulnerable students early and ensure support measures are implemented that have a positive impact
• Lead the school’s community work, including spearheading the municipal SSPF initiative: Cooperation with the police, social authorities and other local schools and groups • Lead on integration projects through the implementation of the IES Ethos: Drive initiatives that will have a positive impact on our student body

Required qualifications, skills, and experience

• Extensive experience of working at a high level in a school, organization, or community with social challenges
• Proven track record of driving initiatives that have a lasting impact in meeting the challenges
• Extensive experience of high-level leadership in schools, special schools, “HVB-hem” and other specialist organizations or support units
• Supreme ability to develop positive relationships with challenging young people • Extensive experience in working with external support agencies such as the police and social authorities
• Extensive understanding of the laws that apply to schools in Sweden
• Experience of line management, “personalansvar”
• Total fluency in Swedish/English (written and oral) as necessary for the role