IBDP Coordinator

Dates:

Job start Preferably January 2013

Location:

Tanzania

Contract type:

Full Time

Contract term:

Permanent

Established in 1905, the Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School is a private, co-educational day school located in Upanga, close to the downtown business area of Dar es Salaam.  The school offers two curriculum pathways: the international pathway of Pre-IGCSE in Years 7-9, IGCSE in Years 10 & 11, and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in Years 12 & 13; or the national pathway of the national curriculum of Tanzania (NECTA) in Forms 1-6. The school has an enrolment of 720 students and 50 teachers, and is a May session school. The Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School is operated by the Aga Khan Education Service, Tanzania (AKES,T); a non-profit organization that operates four schools in Dar es Salaam across four different campuses: two Aga Khan Nursery Schools, the Aga Khan Primary School, and the Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The IBDP Coordinator will work in collaboration with the NECTA Coordinator to provide overall leadership and management of the Senior Secondary School.  The IBDP Coordinator is a senior pedagogical leader and role model, who will report directly to the Head of School as a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT). They will also work in collaboration with the Heads of Department and all Year Level Coordinators as part of the Management Team (MT), and they will be allocated a 50% teaching load. The IBDP Coordinator will be the key advocate for the IBO, informing a wide variety of constituencies about the IBO's philosophy, mission and pedagogical practices.  They will have a significant role in marketing the Diploma (and indeed the school) to both current and incoming students/parents/teachers. 
EXPECTATIONS

• to model the attributes of the IB Learner Profile
• to teach at least one IB subject class, at HL
• to supervise at least one CAS activity
• to supervise at least one Extended Essay
• and to teach a ToK class.

PROFILE FOR SUCCESS
The IBDP Coordinator will have:

• experience of teaching in the IBDP (required)
• familiarity with all aspects of the IBDP beyond their own subject area(s), including CAS, Theory of Knowledge, and the Extended Essay (required)
• support for the philosophical goals of the IBDP (required)
• outstanding organizational skills to meet conflicting priorities and internal / external deadlines (required)
• the ability to communicate in a clear and timely manner (required)
• demonstrated success in the role of IBDP Coordinator (desired)
• demonstrated success working in an international context, and/or working with culturally diverse groups of students/teachers/parents (desired)
• professional involvement with the IBO as examiner/moderator/workshop leader/curriculum advisor
  (desired).

Interested and qualified applicants should send their updated CV with educational philosophy, colour photo and a letter of application outlining your suitability for this post via e-mail to hr@akest.org
Please ensure you include an email and Skype address and a mobile telephone contact, along with the contact details of three professional referees, including your current head of school.
Start date: Preferably January 2013. Willing to delay for August for the right candidate
Aga Khan Education Service, Tanzania is an agency of the
Aga Khan Development Network