- Resource Management: To prepare and manage the department budget within the set guidelines
- Leading and Managing Staff: To provide effective communication and guidance to staff, To provide professional leadership to staff within the delegated areas of responsibility, To lead and co-ordinate the professional development needs of the department, To liaise with the Principal in the recruitment of staff.
- Student Management: To ensure that students' needs are met.
- Curriculum Leadership and Management: To contribute to the development of the whole school curriculum, To implement national and local curriculum objectives, To make recommendations regarding staffing allocations to courses
- Evaluation, Assessment, and Reporting: To assess, record, and analyze the achievement of students.
- Collegiality: To demonstrate effective working relationships with:
- Department staff
- Senior Management
- Support staff
- Other HODs
- Parents
- Community partnerships
- Quality Assurance: To implement the Quality Assurance system
Bachelor's Degree in English language & literaturePrevious experience as HOD at a reputable language schoolOther advanced degrees and certificates are an added value.