Vacancies at other schools across the Orbital Group
Executive Principal
Oryx International School, Doha
- Contract Type: Full Time
- Contract Term: Permanent
- Start Date: August 2025
Are you a dynamic and enthusiastic Headteacher or Principal , with experience delivering the English National Curriculum and seeking an exciting opportunity to lead a flagship school through the next stage of development? If so, you will be interested in this fantastic opportunity to join Oryx International School, Qatar as Executive Principal.
About the School
Oryx International School https://oryxschool.qa/ is a unique project conceptualised by Qatar Airways and Orbital Education https://orbitaled.com/ creating a joint venture between a world-renowned, 5- star airline and a prestigious group of international schools. This £70 million project supports the demand for premium quality British-style education for the children of local and expatriate employees of Qatar Airways in Doha.
The aim of Oryx International School is to provide the employees of the world’s five-star airline and their children access to a five-star education. The new, bespoke, built-to-specification school offers state-of-the-art facilities and education technology to enrich teaching and learning experiences for our students. The school aspires to foster an ethos of global citizenship, the celebration of cultural diversity and a wide international perspective to equip students with the skills and aspirations to become future leaders across the world.
The facilities offered at the school site combined with our creative approach which incorporates a full English National curriculum enhanced by local Qatari identity, history, culture and tradition, allows Oryx International School to offer the highest standards of Education.
About you
This is a high-profile opportunity for an intelligent, ambitious, and experienced Headteacher or Principal to impact and shape international education and its delivery, by leading this first-class school through its next phase of development.
You should have a demonstrable track record of outstanding senior educational leadership, preferably with experience in British style international schools, and in the Gulf Corporation Council (GCC). You should be a visionary, strategic leader and a committed team player, able to demonstrate a collaborative approach to working with others. You should have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to develop and maintain strong and positive relationships with all school stakeholders.
The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate:
- Experience leading a large growing school.
- A proven track record of achievement in senior leadership positions at an all through/ K12 UK curriculum school.
- Substantial experience of working in a British international school environment outside the UK in a multi-lingual, multi-cultural setting.
- Experience of working within the GCC and understanding of Islamic and Arab culture.
- Comfortable interacting at a corporate and board level with the ability to lead change and achieve sustained improvements through engagement with key stakeholders.
Benefits of working at an Orbital Education School
Orbital Education focuses on delivering quality education to its students around the globe. We educate more than 7,000 young people from 128 nationalities, sending them on to high quality universities. We are an expanding group with schools already in Spain, Hungary, Slovenia, Albania, China, Mexico, Ecuador and the Middle East, with exciting plans to develop new schools across the globe.
Working closely with Orbital Education colleagues, you will be provided with opportunities develop your expertise and exert influence at a senior level. This is an exciting opportunity to:
- Be part of a global community, and colleagues with a wide range of expertise in both the international school market and business operations.
- Travel and engage with colleagues, business contacts, and networks of influential leaders across the globe.
- Benefit from opportunities for professional growth and continuous improvement in practice.
Living and working in Qatar
Doha, the peninsula’s capital city of over 2.7 million residents, has a huge international community that choose to live and work here. In Doha you will find an extremely safe and vibrant city, an excellent lifestyle with combination of cultures and varied opportunities; to explore the desert, walk along the Corniche, visit museums, shopping malls, beaches, attend sporting events, music festivals, and much more. There are excellent education transportation and other amenities across the city, including a new metro system.
The Process and how to apply
If this opportunity excites you, and you would be enthused by the opportunity to lead and develop our school, we would welcome an application from you.
Your application should be submitted by email, and in the first instance include a CV and a letter of application detailing how you feel your skills and experience meet those contained within the role profile. You should also include the names and email contacts of three referees, one of whom must be your current or most recent employer. Final stage candidates will be asked to complete a full application form ahead of Final Interview, to support the final selection process and safer recruitment best practice. Applications should be submitted to recruitment@orbitaled.com
Closing date – Early applications are requested as selection will take place on a rolling. We anticipate significant interest in this position and anticipate the advert may close prior to the formal closing date once a strong final shortlist of candidates has been identified.
Due to anticipated levels of interest, we regret that we will not be able to feedback to all candidates. Therefore, if you have not heard from us prior to 22nd November 2024 please assume that on this occasion your application has not been successful.
Orbital Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS/ ICPC checks or police vetting will be required for this post.
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Primary Teacher
Baleares International College, Sant Agusti Campus
- Contract Type: Part Time
- Contract Term: Permanent
- Start Date: January 2025
Are you a fully qualified, inspirational, and highly motivated Primary Teacher, seeking a new opportunity at a successful and growing international school? If so, you will be interested in this exciting opportunity to join our school from January 2025.
About the School
Baleares International College (BIC) http://www.balearesint.net/Sant-Agusti-Campus is a growing British-curriculum international school serving the international community in Mallorca. We offer a high-quality education from Nursery to Year 6 with small class sizes of up to 20.
The school is accommodated in a beautiful building just outside of Palma in Sant Agustí. The school has approximately 160 students and is a wonderful, caring family environment that welcomes an international community.
BIC is part of the Orbital Education group, an expanding group of international schools specialising in providing a British Education to an internationally diverse student population. In addition to our partner school in Mallorca, BIC Sa Porrassa, the Orbital group have schools in China, Russia, Hungary, Slovenia, Ecuador and the Middle East, with exciting plans to develop schools in new regions across the globe. Working at the school would provide the opportunity to work and collaborate with colleagues at our partner school but also at schools across the world, supporting you to achieve excellent outcomes which enable our students to achieve their potential. After two years’ successful employment you also have the opportunity to be considered for roles at our other schools, giving you the opportunity to see the world at the same time as progressing in your career.
About the Opportunity
The school is seeking to appoint a Primary teacher, with effect from January 2025. Applicants should be committed and outstanding teaching practitioners, able to lead by example, and possessing excellent teaching, organisational and communication skills.
We are seeking individuals who can apply a committed and common-sense approach to primary education, such that it achieves outstanding results and happy children. The role requires an individual who has sky-high expectations of what children can achieve and how they can behave.
The successful candidate will want to play their part in the development and implementation of the school’s strategic plan, supporting the delivery of the school's mission to make the school the number one choice on the island.
As a British school, specialising in teaching the National Curriculum to a diverse, international student population, strong English language is an essential requirement and applications from native-level speakers of English are preferred.
For more information, please refer to the Job Profile by clicking Download PDF.
Benefits of working at an Orbital Education School
The school also forms part of the Orbital Education group, an expanding group of acclaimed international schools, which currently educates over 5,000 students from 114 nationalities providing them with skills and qualifications to access high quality universities. We are a group of Internationally acclaimed schools, focused upon delivering outstanding education to a large and diverse student population. Our schools are spread globally from Latin America, through Europe and the Middle East to Asia, with exciting plans to develop new schools across the world.
Key reasons to work at an Orbital Education School include:
- Opportunities to collaborate with colleagues and students on an international scale.
- Enhanced professional development opportunities, through partnerships with specialist learning providers to offer recognised and accredited professional development programmes.
- Enhanced opportunities for future career development and movement within the group, providing opportunity to see the world whilst progressing an attractive and rewarding career.
Living and working in Mallorca
As a relaxed, friendly and cosmopolitan island, working in Mallorca has many benefits. From the beautiful beaches and coves spread across its 550km coastline, to the majestic world heritage Serra de Tramuntana mountain range, the splendid landscape means you are never far from the mountains or sea. The international city of Palma de Mallorca is also close by, one of Spain’s major cities, steeped in history, wonderful architecture, shops and restaurants. With an added benefit of cheap and short haul transport links to the UK and Europe - via Palma de Mallorca Airport – home, and some of Europe’s finest cities are only a short journey away.
Applications - Applications should be made by e-mail and include a covering letter addressed to the School Principal, Elizabeth Compton, and an updated CV including the details of two referees, one of whom should be your most recent employer. Interested applicants should review the job profile and person specification, and ensure their covering letter highlights how their experience, knowledge and skills match those of the ideal candidate.
Applications should be sent to: elizabeth.compton@balearesint.net
Closing date for applications is Tuesday 15th October.
However, interviews will take place by teams and will commence immediately from the date of advertising. The school reserves the right to appoint before this deadline if the right candidate is found. If you have not been contacted by 22nd October you should assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion.
Safeguarding – Baleares International College, is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all of its staff and stakeholders to share this commitment. As part of the school’s commitment to safeguarding, all post-holders are subject to background checks and an International Child Protection Certificate administered by ACRO ICP Certificates (acro.police.uk) (if ever worked or lived in the UK), Prohibition Checks where appropriate and/or Criminal Records (Police Check) disclosure from their most recent country of residence.
