Head of School-Tanzania and Uganda (Two opportunities)

The position

• Promote and ensure a compelling educational vision rooted in excellence, pluralism, ethics, and service.
• Ensure high-quality delivery of the IB continuum (PYP, MYP, DP where applicable) and/or other approved curricula.
• Foster future-ready learning through innovation, reflective practice, digital learning, and responsible use of technology.
• Promote high academic standards while supporting the holistic development of learners.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, professional development, wellbeing, creativity, and high expectations.
• Act as a visible role model, upholding the highest standards of personal conduct, ethics, professionalism, and educational leadership.

• Build, lead, and develop high-performing, diverse, and values-driven teams.
• Strengthen and develop national capacity within the schools to build brench strength and talent pipelines, especially within the faculty
• Foster a culture of trust, belonging, accountability, collaboration, and professional growth.
• Develop leadership capacity and succession pathways, including the growth of local and emerging leaders.
• Uphold the highest standards of safeguarding, wellbeing, and pastoral care.

• Place student wellbeing, voice, and personal development at the centre of school life.
• Build and develop strong and respectful relationships with students, families, alumni, and the wider community through openness, visibility, and trust.
• Cultivate an inclusive and vibrant school culture grounded in care, intercultural understanding, and service.
• Strengthen the school’s reputation, impact, and engagement locally, regionally, and globally.

• Deliver strong institutional leadership across finance, human resources, operations, facilities, admissions, enrolment, and risk management.
• Ensure sound financial stewardship, operational effectiveness, and long-term sustainability.
• Work collaboratively with Boards, AKS Global Office, and key stakeholders to achieve strategic priorities, andbalance the needs of a complex group of stakeholders while maintaining clarity of purpose and accountability.
• Promote responsible stewardship of resources and sustainable practices.

The requirements

• Contribute actively to the transformation and coherence of AKS as a globally connected, locally grounded, and impact-driven education system.
• Lead and support network-wide initiatives, collaboration, innovation, and shared learning.
• Strengthen alignment, quality, and institutional effectiveness across the AKS portfolio.
• Participate in regional and international meetings, exchanges, and strategic initiatives as required.
• Work closely with Aga Khan University, the University of Central Asia and other high- quality education institutions to ensure that graduates of AKS are able to access high- quality tertiary institutions of learning,
• Contribute to the national policy development of pre-tertiary education and pedagogy,
• Keep abreast of developments in the education sector, especially in the areas of school improvement, teacher development, pedagogy, curriculum development and education technology and foster a climate of continuous enquiry and adoption of best practice.

• Proven senior leadership experience in high-performing international or independent schools, ideally in the geogrpahies that AKS operates within.
• Strong track record as an academic and pedagogical leader with demonstrable impact on student learning, wellbeing, and school improvement.
• Good experience across the IB continuum (PYP, MYP, DP) or comparable international curricula.
• International professional experience, ideally within diverse, multicultural, and/or resource-constrained contexts.
• Demonstrated success in team building, leadership development, organisational effectiveness, and performance development and management.
• Experience in financial leadership, budgeting, and leading complex educational operations.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship-building experience, including partnerships, admissions, community engagement, and institutional representation.

• Vision & Strategic Leadership: Ability to articulate and deliver a compelling, future-oriented educational vision aligned with the mission and values of AKS.
• Educational Excellence: Deep understanding of teaching, learning, student development, and continuous improvement within an international and pluralistic context.
• People Leadership: Ability to inspire, empower, coach, and develop others while fostering a culture of trust, belonging, collaboration, and accountability.
• Cultural Intelligence: Sensitivity, humility, and effectiveness in multicultural and diverse environments.
• Innovation & Change Leadership: Commitment to innovation, reflective practice, future-ready learning, and responsible use of technology.
• Relationship Building: Highly effective at establishing trust, credibility, and meaningful partnerships with diverse stakeholders and communities.
• Judgement & Decision-Making: Consultative yet decisive, with the ability to navigate complexity, ambiguity, and competing priorities with sound judgement and integrity.

• Integrity, humility, compassion, and strong ethical foundations.
• High levels of emotional intelligence, resilience, adaptability, and professional maturity.
• Excellent communication skills, interpersonal effectiveness, and professional presence.
• Open-minded, reflective, and intellectually curious.
• Deep commitment to pluralism, service, and education as a catalyst for positive societal change.
• Passion for developing young people as ethical leaders, global citizens, and contributors to society.

• Pluralism, inclusion and respect for diversity
• Excellence, integrity, and ethical leadership
• Service, compassion, and civic responsibility
• Commitment to community, dialogue, and lifelong learning
• Education as a catalyst for improving quality of life and contributing to positive societal change

About the Agency

• Sector: Social Development