About us: Fortes Education has been a leading education provider in the UAE for over four decades with premium international schools and nurseries that have experienced outstanding success and growth. Our schools offer the most innovative and character-building education in the entire Middle East region.

Our core ethos and philosophy of education is Positive Education (PosEd). Through PosEd, our schools foster active engagement in learning, celebrating character strengths and accomplishments. We encourage children to cultivate fulfilling relationships with others and seek meaning and purpose in their own lives. We enable children to become happy learners and develop into innovative thinkers, confident young adults, and life-long learners. Children develop resilience, a growth mindset and deep character strengths that allow them to flourish in an ever-changing world.
About Regent International School \xe2\x80\x93 Inspiring Minds. Building Character. With a rich history of over 35 years, Regent International School is recognised as one of the leading and most innovative schools in the region, as well as a global leader in Positive Education. We have a close-knit family and community spirit with happiness resonating in our school, our children, our parents, and our teachers. We believe in inspiring, empowering, and enlightening our students and enriching the community that we are a part of.
Regent International School provides an ambitious, values-based education that develops skills for academic and personal achievement, as well as character, well-being, and happiness. We follow the National Curriculum of England offering an outstanding education from Nursery to the Early Years Foundation Stage to Secondary school, culminating in the I/GCSEs and BTECs in Years 10 and 11, and \xe2\x80\x98A\xe2\x80\x99 levels in Years 12 and 13.

Regent is rated \xe2\x80\x98Outstanding\xe2\x80\x99 by the British School Overseas Inspection authority and \xe2\x80\x98Very Good\xe2\x80\x99 by KHDA. Our curriculum is distinguished by our unique STEAM & Design Thinking programme and Project-based Learning pedagogy where students \xe2\x80\x98learn by doing,\xe2\x80\x99 developing solutions to real-world projects and problems. Students combine knowledge and skills from different subjects and develop the key \xe2\x80\x985C\xe2\x80\x99 skills of creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and commitment, which are critical to success in today\xe2\x80\x99s world.

Regent is a disruptively innovative school and is distinguished by its leading-edge Signature Programmes in STEAM & Design Thinking; Performing Arts, Media & Communication; Environment & Sustainability (Forest School); Financial Literacy & Entrepreneurship; Virtual Reality; Extracurriculars & Enrichment; and Fortes Artificial Intelligence Learning Platform. All of these are woven into the curriculum and our Project-based Learning pedagogy. We present an exciting opportunity to join us in further developing our highly popular, dynamic and innovative school.
About you: We are looking to appoint an outstanding, experienced, and inspirational leader with the knowledge, vision, and enthusiasm to lead the Arabic and Islamic Studies Department. The opportunity would suit a current Head of Department who has the motivation and drive to work and further enhance our dynamic team and to build upon the school\'s achievements and successes and move it forward in its next phase of development and drive standards in our continual journey towards excellence. Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s Degree in Arabic as a language and a Bachelor of Education.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in leading and managing a large team.
• A mindset which understands all students have the potential and the drive and passion to enable them to do so.
• Experience which will enable a contribution to our enriched curriculum programme.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to interact effectively with pupils, staff, and parents.
• Dedication and commitment to providing the best possible advice to our pupils and parents.
• The ability to multi-task, and effectively prioritise and delegate tasks where necessary and appropriate.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to meet deadlines and monitor progress within fixed time frames.
• The ability to work accurately and calmly and show resilience when under pressure.
• Strong passion for education and pleasure in working with young people.

Our Offer:

• Excellent tax-free salary
• Medical Insurance
• Annual Flights
• Annual paid vacation
• Tuition Fee Concession for up to 2 minor dependents.
• Working within a team of highly driven and supportive colleagues
• Excellent professional development
• Working in Dubai, one of the world\xe2\x80\x99s most sought-after work and travel destinations

Application Process: If you would like to be part of Regent\'s success, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please include in your application:

• Why this post is of interest to you, how you have prepared for this post and how it fits in with your career progression plans
• What do you see as the most exciting challenge of the post

Candidates are invited to complete our Online Application by visiting: http://forteseducation.com/Careers/Current-Openings Interviews will take place either face-to-face in Dubai or by video conferencing if the applicant is not based in Dubai. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement, should we identify an appropriate candidate.
Application Closing Date: 4th May 2023 Appointment Start Date: August 2023 Fortes Education is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a satisfactory International Child Protection Certificate, plus resident country Police checks.
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