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GEMS World Academy – Abu Dhabi, is recruiting outstanding Primary & Secondary Senior Leaders with ambition and vision to ensure continued success. This is an exciting opportunity through to contribute as a key leader at one of the leading schools in GEMS Education. Working with GEMS offers you a unique opportunity to enhance and progress your career in a global setting. Whether this is your first role in international education or the latest in your successful career overseas, GEMS provides you with the unparalleled chance to be part of the world’s largest K-12 private school operator. As a Senior Leader at GEMS World Academy – Abu Dhabi you can expect to work within high quality facilities, with passionate and dedicated staff from across the globe educating truly international minded students who have a thirst for learning, and engage with highly aspirational and supportive parents. We know that when it comes to being a great place to work, it helps to make sure our people feel valued; GEMS prides itself on providing staff with the opportunity to grow and develop within the organisation. You will be able to access and contribute to our world class Professional Development and Leadership Programmes as well as work with our internationally recognised GEMS advisors who are leading experts in their field. Applicants should be highly successful, proven leaders with a track record of educational excellence and tangible outcomes. You should be a passionate educator with a recent working knowledge of the IB or British Curricula, as well as having excellent communication skills that will enable you to motivate and inspire all stakeholders. To apply for this position, please complete an online application, ensuring you submit your CV, along with a formal letter of application taking care to outline why you believe you have the experience, skills and attributes to contribute to the leadership at this school. To express your interest and find out more apply now.
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Applicants should be highly successful, proven leaders with a track record of educational excellence and tangible outcomes. You should be a passionate educator with a recent working knowledge of the IB or British Curricula,
GEMS Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all of its students and staff. A UK-enhanced DBS or equivalent police check is a pre-requisite for all appointments.
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GEMS WORLD ACADEMY - ABU DHABI
GEMS World Academy - Abu Dhabi is a dynamic, diverse, and inclusive community that captivates hearts and minds, challenges and empowers learners, fosters collaboration and unity, and inspires authentic local and global action. We are committed to creating a Culture of Dignity whereby all members feel safe, valued and included - a place where they belong. We actively foster a climate that encourages all members of the WAA learning community to express openness, care, empathy, agency and opportunity. We nurture, we challenge and we inspire. With a passionate team of dedicated educators, we draw experience and expertise from across the globe. We are so much more than the traditional concept of a school. We are a proud and supportive learning community with mutual respect and tolerance at our core. As well as being a thoroughly international family, we recognize and respect the importance of our host country’s language and culture, and actively promote these at all times. Offering the International Baccalaureate Organization’s (IBO) Primary Years Programme from FS1 – Y9, our students learn at an early age what it means to belong to a multicultural, diverse and inter-connected world. In September 2025, we will be expanding our provision to include Y10, commencing our journey to MYP authorization. Learners at GEMS World Academy Abu Dhabi develop intercultural understanding, social and environmental stewardship as well high levels of personal and collective achievement.