Competitive salary + International benefits package

Full Time, Permanent

Aug 2025

31 December 2024

Dubai British School Jumeirah Park are currently recruiting for a highly qualified and experienced Head of PE.
Due to continued expansion and growth, Dubai British School Jumeirah Park are seeking a Head of PE to join our thriving school, set in the heart of the Jumeirah Park community.
This is an excellent opportunity for a suitably qualified individual who is passionate and forward thinking and who will thrive in our vibrant learning environment. The successful candidate will be welcomed into a team that fosters pedagogical discussion, embraces our vision of “Enjoy, Aspire, achieve” and aims to make their subject accessible to all students. In return you will have the opportunity to work in an outstanding, premium, state-of-the-art school with a committed and dedicated staff. We have a pro-active approach to continuing professional, personal development and wellbeing, and the successful candidate will join a school where our values and our community are integral to our ethos.
Requirements:
Education:

• High quality degree and relevant teaching certification. Experience of leadership qualifications preferred (e.g. NPQSL)

Experience:

• At least 2 years’ senior or middle leadership in a similar setting

Competencies:

• Knowledge of international of curriculum including assessment, accreditation, inspection and evaluation frameworks
• Secure understanding of Extra-Curricular programmes and positive relationships with external stakeholders within the UAE
• Excellent communication skills in spoken and written form
• Educational leader and outstanding teacher
• Sound decision making, solutions focused, knowledge of child protection and health and safety
• Experience in developing and/or sustaining high performance teams
• Highly effective relationship management with a variety of stakeholders

Attributes:

• Collaborative team player, inspirational speaker, empathetic listener
• Integrity and confidentiality
• Strategic thinker, able to convert vision into action
• Internationally minded, emotional intelligence
• Intercultural awareness, creative, persuasive
• Flexible and capable of managing growth and instilling high standards
• Adept in multilingual settings, spirited, pioneering, professional and nurturing

Our School
Dubai British School Jumeirah Park is part of the Taaleem family of schools and offers high quality education to over 1800 students aged between 3 and 18 years of age. The school is unique in many ways and has been designed to the highest specifications with the 21st century learning needs of students in mind. Facilities include a state-of-the-art performing arts theatre; radio station; large, light and airy classrooms; an 8-lane 25-meter swimming pool with training pool; large sports field with tennis courts, shaded outdoor learning spaces, innovation lab and food technology room. Our multi-cultural environment offers an exceptional combination of the best of a well-rounded British education delivered within a truly international community. In the pursuit of the highest academic standards, we provide a caring and supportive atmosphere, which allows children to thrive academically, socially, and emotionally, with each individual talent being nurtured and celebrated.
Our Curriculum
DBSJP follows the National Curriculum for England, from EYFS through to GCSE, BTEC and A Level examination courses. The curriculum is significantly enhanced by the local context and culture. The opportunities that students enjoy outside the classroom are just as important as the main curriculum and we offer an extensive, competitive, and varied extra-curricular activities programme.
Please visit our candidate brochure in the attached documents to find out more about Dubai British School Jumeirah Park.
The closing date for applications is Tuesday, 31st December 2024, but applications will be reviewed as they are received and the school reserves the right to make an earlier appointment.

At Dubai British School Jumeirah Park (DBSJP), it is our goal that every student is given the tools to make a positive difference during their time with us and beyond. Under the shared Dubai British School's vision, of Enjoy, Aspire, Achieve, we provide the facilities, resources and inspiration in which students can enjoy their schooling experience, and ultimately achieve their life goals.

Opened in 2015, DBSJP was designed with the learning needs of 21st century students in mind. The multi-cultural environment delivers a well-rounded British education within a truly international school community, in an environment that recognizes and nurtures individual talents and celebrates diversity.
At DBSJP we believe that children who have high levels of emotional, behavioural and social wellbeing live happy, purposeful and productive lives. Our approach is to develop a community of learners who are positive, engaged and connected in line with our school’s vision statement. We achieve this through our extensive, balanced and ambitious curriculum. We place an equally significant value on sports, the expressive arts and enrichment opportunities, as well as the highest standards of teaching across all subjects and key stages.
Our staff and students operate in an atmosphere that promotes self-confidence, excellence and celebrates success. Our school encourages our young people to realise, reach for and ultimately fulfil their aspirations and ambitions and we embrace a wide range of programmes to support our learners at every stage of their educational journey.