Vice Principal - Rabdan Charter School - January 2027

Role Overview

Vice Principal at Rabdan Charter School, Abu Dhabi, operated by Aldar Education. Start date: January 2027.

Company Overview

Rabdan Charter School is an American Curriculum school in Abu Dhabi with a globally recognized curriculum, dedicated practitioners, and outstanding teaching and learning. The school serves an exciting, diverse, and progressive learning community committed to fulfilling the National Agenda for Emirati students. Aldar Education operates a highly successful family of schools and is Abu Dhabi's leading school group.

Role Purpose

The Vice Principal provides professional leadership and management of Teaching and Learning throughout the school in partnership with the Principal and Senior Leadership Team. This role shapes school development, raises teaching quality, builds professional learning communities, and ensures accountability to parents, ADEK, and Aldar Academies senior leadership.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Direction and Development of the School

• Undertake professional duties of the Vice Principal as reasonably delegated by the Principal.
• Undertake the professional duties of the Principal in the event of his or her absence from the school.
• Provide professional leadership and management of Teaching and Learning throughout the school in partnership with the Principal and Senior Leadership Team.
• Provide professional leadership and management of School Development Plan priorities.
• Assist the Principal in the ongoing and annual review of standards of leadership, teaching and learning in specific areas of responsibility and across all areas of school provision, consistent with the school self-evaluation policy.
• Create costed subject development plans that contribute positively to the achievement of the School Development Plan and actively involve all staff in its design and execution.
• Develop and implement policies and practices for subject or area responsibilities that reflect the school's commitment to high achievement and are consistent with curriculum strategies and policies.
• Promote high expectations for attainment.
• Establish short, medium, and long-term plans for the development and resourcing of specific areas of responsibility.
• Monitor progress made in achieving subject or area plans and targets and evaluate the effect on teaching and learning.
• Work with outside agencies and stakeholders to inform future action.

Leading Teaching and Learning

• Work with the Principal to raise the quality of teaching and learning and pupils' achievement, setting high expectations and monitoring and evaluating effectiveness of learning outcomes.
• Provide regular feedback to colleagues that recognizes good practice and supports their progress against professional and performance management objectives, resulting in tangible impact on student learning.
• Develop whole staff, phase teams, and individuals to enhance performance.
• Oversee the planning and delivery of staff meetings, including bringing in outside speakers where necessary.
• Keep abreast of the latest developments in the curriculum and disseminate effectively to other members of staff.
• Plan, delegate, and evaluate work carried out by teams and individuals.
• Create, maintain, and enhance effective relationships.
• Recruit and select teaching and support staff.

Leading and Managing Staff

• Work with the Principal to build a professional learning community that enables others to achieve.
• Support staff within your team and within the whole school in achieving high standards through effective continuing professional development.
• Be committed to and take responsibility for your own professional development and undertake performance management, setting and agreeing targets linked to school development priorities with the Principal.
• Implement successful performance management processes with allocated team of staff.
• Treat people fairly, equitably, and with dignity and respect to create and maintain a positive school culture.
• Build a collaborative learning culture within the school and actively engage with other schools to build effective learning communities.
• Acknowledge the responsibilities and celebrate the achievements of individuals and teams.
• Develop and maintain a culture of high expectations for self and others.

Efficient and Effective Deployment of Staff and Resources

• Work with the Principal to provide effective organization and management of the school and seek ways to improve organizational structures and functions based on rigorous self-evaluation.
• Work with the Principal to ensure the school and the people and resources within it are well organized and managed to provide an efficient, effective, and safe learning environment.
• Oversee and evaluate the subject or area budget allocation to ensure the budget is spent in line with subject or area learning priorities and best value principles.
• Secure and allocate resources to support effective learning and teaching within subject areas.
• Monitor and control the use of resources and budget according to the school's agreed financial procedures.

Accountability

• Work with the Principal to ensure the school's accountability to a wide range of groups, particularly parents, ADEK, and Aldar Academies Senior Leadership Team.
• Ensure that pupils enjoy and benefit from high-quality education, promoting collective responsibility within the whole school community.
• Develop a school ethos that enables everyone to work collaboratively, share knowledge and understanding, celebrate success, and accept responsibility for outcomes.
• Develop and present a coherent, understandable, and accurate account of the school's performance to a range of audiences including parents and Aldar colleagues.
• Reflect on personal contribution to school achievements and take account of feedback from others.
• Agree, monitor, and evaluate pupil targets to ensure all students make sufficient progress.
• Engage all staff in the creation, consistent implementation, and improvement of schemes of work and curriculum plans that encapsulate key school learning strategies.
• Provide guidance on a choice of teaching and learning methods and strategies.
• Coach and mentor other staff and exemplify good practice.
• Undertake shared planning and team teaching as required within allocated subject areas.
• Develop and implement systems for recording individual pupils' progress.
• Evaluate the quality of teaching and standards of achievement, setting targets for improvement.

Strengthening Community

• Work with the Principal to engage with the internal and external school community to secure equity and entitlement.
• Work with the Principal to collaborate with other schools and Aldar Academies headquarters in order to share expertise and bring positive benefits to their own and other schools.
• Work with the Principal to collaborate at both strategic and operational levels with parents and across multiple agencies for the well-being of all children.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor Degree in Education or B.Sc degree with PGCE is essential.
• Master's degree is desirable.
• Minimum of 6 years of teaching experience.
• Line or Performance Management experience is required.
• Pastoral experience is required.
• Experience of leading whole school initiatives that have led to improvement in standards and achievement.
• Middle leadership experience is required.

Additional Information

• Successful candidates must be closely aligned with core values and ethos and possess a genuine understanding and appreciation of the values of the region.