Sentinel Kalumbila School is located in Kalumbila in the North Western Province. The school was established in Octo-ber 2014 with the aim of serving the need for high quality education of the surrounding mining community. The school was commissioned and supported by First Quantum Minerals until the point of sustainability.
\nEducation
\nSentinel Kalumbila School is one of three Sentinel Schools. The other two, Sentinel Kabitaka Primary and Secondary are located in Solwezi. All Sentinel schools offer a blend of the Cambridge International Curriculum and the national curriculum, with public exams in year 7 (ECZ), year 9 (ECZ) and year 12 (IGCSE). Sentinel is part of the ISASA (Inde-pendent Schools of Southern Africa) and ISAZ (International Schools Association of Zambia) associations and enjoys active collaboration with other schools in the region because of this.
\nThe Sentinel group of schools is operated by Educore Services, which also operates two other school groups (Trident and Frontier) aimed at international, national and regional students, and the Educore Academy, which provides in-service teacher training and continuing professional development to our schools, the government and other external partners. There are currently eight schools in the wider Educore family.
\nEducore Services is seeking a suitably qualified, experienced, and enthusiastic Head to lead Sentinel Kalumbila School into its exciting next phase. This follows the transition of the previous head into the role of Head of Kalumbila Secondary School, a joint venture between the Ministry of\u00a0Education\u00a0and the Educore Foundation. The successful candidate will report to the Executive Head.
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\nCommencement date: Ideally 1st\u00a0September 2026.
\nMain Purpose of the Job
\nBuilding on the recent leadership of Mrs Vallery Lungu, now the Head of Kalumbila Secondary School, the new Head of Sentinel Kalumbila will provide strong direction and guidance to the school. They will bring a clear vision and inno-vative strategic development to realise Sentinel Kalumbila\u2019s future ambitions in line with the school\u2019s unique context. The Head will provide purposeful leadership to staff and assumes full responsibility for the efficient and effective teaching, discipline, and safety of all pupils in the school.
\nQualifications & Experience
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\nApplicants must hold a minimum of a Bachelor of Education Degree or Bachelor\u2019s Degree with a Post Graduate Teaching Diploma. The successful candidate is likely to be someone with senior management experience in a school, preferably one doing the Cambridge curriculum, with a wide range of co-curricular activities.
\nSkills and Atributes
\nThe successful candidate will possess the following key skills and attributes:<\/p>\n
Outstanding leadership skills, underpinned by energy and drive.
\nExcellent interpersonal skills including proven tact and diplomacy and the ability to\u00a0communicate\u00a0effectively with a variety of stakeholders.
\nAn understanding of employment procedure.
\nThe ability to engage fully in the financial and administrative aspects of leading a school.
\nDedicated to working with children across a wide range of ages.
\nComfortable leading a school with high-level IT based systems that support education and administration.
\nSelf-driven and independent, enjoys working with others to achieve the objectives of the larger organisation.<\/p>\n
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