Principal in Omagh

Primary Location: Tyrone-Omagh-Newtownstewart Model Primary School

Contract Type: Permanent

Duration of Contract: Permanent

Status: Full-Time

Hours per Week: Full-Time

Working Pattern: Monday-Friday

Grade/Scale: Principal | L7-L13 | £60,038 - £69,300 per annum

School Group: Group 1

Anticipated Interview Date(s): tbc

Additional Information: A school visit will be organised for shortlisted candidates. This is a teaching Principal post. The school currently has a financial allocation to allow for Principal Release.

PROFESSIONAL DUTIES OF A PRINCIPAL

A Principal shall be required to carry out his/her professional duties in accordance with the school’s policy and objectives as determined by the employing authority and, in the case of a controlled school, the Board of Governors and shall obey the reasonable directions of the employing authority and, in the case of a controlled school, the Board of Governors.

Subject to paragraph 1 the Principal shall be responsible for the internal organisation, management and control of the school. In carrying out his/her duties the Principal shall consult, where this is appropriate, with the employing authority, the staff of the school and, in the case of a controlled school, the Board of Governors.

Professional Duties

• Formulating the overall aims and objectives of the school and policies for their implementation;
• Participating in the selection and appointment of the teaching and non-teaching staff of the school;
• Deploying and managing all teaching and non-teaching staff of the school and allocating particular duties to them;
• Ensuring that the duty of providing cover for absent teachers is shared equitably among all teachers in the school;
• Maintaining relationships, as appropriate, with organisations representing teachers and other persons on the staff of the school;
• Determining, organising and implementing an appropriate curriculum for the school;
• Keeping under review the work and organisation of the school;
• Evaluating the standards of teaching and learning in the school;
• Providing information about the work and performance of the staff employed at the school;
• Participating in any scheme of staff development and performance review of teachers;
• Ensuring that the progress of the pupils of the school is monitored and recorded;
• Determining and ensuring the implementation of a policy for the pastoral care of the pupils;
• Promoting effective relationships with persons and bodies outside the school;
• Advising and assisting the Board of Governors in the exercise of their functions;
• Maintaining liaison with other schools and institutions of further education;
• Allocating, controlling and accounting for those financial and material resources of the school;
• Making arrangements in co-operation with the employing authority for the security and effective supervision of the school buildings;
• Arranging for a Vice-Principal or another suitable person to assume responsibility for the discharge of his/her functions as principal at any time when he/she is absent from the school;
• Participating in the Performance Review and Staff Development (PRSD) for Principals.

Conditions of Service

The Conditions of Service for this post will be in accordance with the Regulations of the Department of Education for Northern Ireland. This job description will be subject to review in light of changing circumstances.

Primary Principal – Person Specification

Essential

• Hold a teaching qualification which meets the requirements for recognition to teach in grant-aided schools in Northern Ireland.
• Have a minimum of 7 years post qualification teaching experience in primary education.
• Currently hold or have held for a minimum of 2 years a post with experience of strategic leadership or co-ordination of a whole school area.
• Evidence of how your leadership has led to whole school improvement.
• Evidence of building a professional learning community.

Desirable

• Have successfully completed an additional post graduate qualification in Education.
• Have experience of financial and/or budgetary management within school/s.
• Can demonstrate evidence of leading staff development within school/s.

Knowledge

The successful candidate must demonstrate extensive knowledge of:

• The Northern Ireland Primary Curriculum and current policies and procedures;
• Current educational developments and the ability to evaluate and respond to new educational challenges;
• Effective classroom pedagogy;
• Effective data management;
• Effective organisational management including the appropriate deployment of resources;
• Effective financial management.

Skills

The successful candidate must demonstrate highly developed skills in order to:

• Lead, motivate, manage, challenge and enthuse others;
• Support the school's ethos and articulate a vision for the future of the school;
• Develop good relationships at all levels;
• Promote, achieve, monitor and evaluate high standards of teaching, learning and achievement throughout the school;
• Develop effective partnerships between the school and the local community;
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing;
• Organise and prioritise workload effectively.

Personal Qualities

The successful candidate must demonstrate:

• Vision;
• A sound value system;
• Enthusiasm and motivation;
• Assertiveness and confidence;
• A caring child centred approach;
• Integrity;
• Discretion;
• An ability to cope under pressure;
• Tact and diplomacy;
• Decisiveness;
• Adaptability.

The Board of Governors reserves the right to enhance the essential criteria if necessary in order to facilitate a manageable shortlist. Applicants must be registered with the General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland (GTCNI) upon taking up employment.

In the event that you are recommended for appointed to a post that involves ‘regulated activity’, the Education Authority will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure of Criminal Background.