Vice Principal

**Summary**
We are looking for an outstanding individual to join Harris Academy Peckham as Vice Principal.

**About Us**
As part of Harris, you will join a community of staff dedicated to transforming education in London. With regular progression opportunities and outstanding CPD for support staff, there will be a wealth of opportunities for you to grow your career, whether at Harris Academy Peckham, in one of our other 50 academies, or in our central team. Our aim is to help you achieve your ambitions more quickly.

**Main Areas of Responsibility**
Your responsibilities will include:

- Collaborating as a member of the academy Leadership Group in order to build and realise the shared vision of excellence and high standards for all students
- Playing a major role in determining strategy for the academy
- Contributing actively towards the formulation of all academy policies and procedures and ensuring their consistent implementation throughout the school
- Ensuring high quality teaching and learning in line managed faculties, following the academy policy for self-evaluation and review
- Managing delegated budgets effectively
- Attending academy leadership meetings as appropriate
- Engaging in the process of appointing new staff including the interview process
- Participating in duties at lunch/break/before and after school
- Contributing to assemblies
- Sharing in the management of student disciplinary incidents, making recommendations to the Principal regarding exclusions and facilitating the process of student re-integration
- Actively participating in the monitoring evaluation and review of teaching and learning in line managed faculties, including managing any capability or disciplinary procedures in line with academy policy, where appropriate

**Qualifications & Experience**
We would like to hear from you if you have:

- QTS (or equivalent and a good undergraduate degree
- At least three years' experience at senior leadership level, at least once as a deputy/ Vice Principal
- Experience of delivering high quality INSET to teaching staff
- Evidence of leading, supporting and managing others, both individuals and teams, ensuring high quality performance
- Successful experience of processes of monitoring, evaluation and review that provide performance data that can be used to improve the quality of teaching and learning
- Good level of ICT skills and experience of how new technologies can be used to raise achievement, including the use of interactive white boards
- Recent experience of involvement in innovative curriculum development
- Experience of presenting to a wide audience including teachers, managers, governors and parents
- Ideas of how Language, Literacy and Numeracy can be used across the curriculum to raise standards
- Experience of embedding innovative strategies for improving teaching and learning in a whole school situation
- Experience of managing and implementing change successfully at whole school level
- The aspirations, talent and enthusiasm to become a Principal

**Next Steps**

**Professional Development & Benefits**
Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan including access to a virtual GP, electric car scheme, and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.

**Safeguarding Notice**

**Equal Opportunities**

We value the diversity of our staff and students, and everyone at the Harris Federation is equally valued and respected. We aim to be an inclusive employer that reflects the communities we serve. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment.

Job Reference: HF03346-HAP