Head of School Job Vacancy at SEGA, Tanzania

About SEGA

Secondary Education for Girls Advancement (SEGA) is a non-profit organization (NGO) with offices at Mkundi area, Morogoro Municipal, Morogoro Region, mandated to operate in Tanzania mainland with registration No. 00NG/R2/0000232. SEGA’s mission is to educate and equip bright Tanzanian girls with academic, leadership, and business skills to unleash their individual talents and reach their full potential.

SEGA programs include:

• The SEGA Girls Secondary School
• Continuing Education Scholarship Program
• Msichana wa Kisasa Community Outreach Program
• SEGA Graduates Business Development Program

The SEGA Girls Secondary School

The SEGA Girls Secondary School, located in the Mkundi area, Morogoro Municipal, provides quality holistic education for Form I – IV on different levels of scholarships. Its mission is to provide quality education for girls that fosters the development of academic excellence, strong values, healthy self-esteem, and independent thinking skills, with an emphasis on leadership, entrepreneurship, social responsibility, and environmental care.

Position: Head of School – 1 Post

Job Description

Position Summary

The Head of School is the top leader of the school responsible for managing all aspects of the school from academic and holistic programs to staff, students, infrastructure, safety, and community relations. The role involves providing strategic leadership, ensuring educational quality, upholding the school’s vision, mission, and values, and overseeing the day-to-day operations of the school.

Key Responsibilities

Student Learning and Development

• Ensures students learn to the best of their ability, through providing quality, relevant academic, business, and life education and a supportive environment.
• Leads staff to set goals and monitor progress in a) academic, b) business, c) life skills, and English fluency arenas, supported by Academic Master/Mistress, Entrepreneurship Coordinator, and Education for Life Coordinator.
• Observes classes and activities in all programs regularly to ensure quality education.
• Promotes and mentors a learning-by-doing approach in and outside the classroom.
• In collaboration with the Executive Director, ensures teaching staff receive professional development/training.
• Communicates regularly with students through assemblies, individual interaction (to the extent possible), and mentoring to inform them on developments within the school, the values, and goals of the school.
• Ensures appropriate school disciplinary policies are in place and adhered to by all.
• Promotes a safe environment for girls through a unified approach.
• Teaches some topics in at least 2 subjects.
• Identifies problems, challenges, or issues at an early stage and reports to the Executive Director.
• Conducts routine inspection of dormitories and other buildings to ensure safety and cleanliness.
• Ensures all academic classes, as well as extra-curricular activities, including subject clubs, sports, etc., are taking place per schedule.

Developing a Unified, Committed, and High-Performing Team of Staff and Volunteers

• Participates in the recruitment, induction, and mentoring of staff.
• Allocates duties to staff to ensure effective and efficient performance of the school’s teaching and service functions.
• Manages and supervises the performance of teachers and provides regular feedback on their progress.
• Conducts annual performance appraisals for staff to ensure school goals are met and staff career growth is attained.
• Motivates and reinforces staff performance in line with values, policies, and good practices.
• Promotes and models SEGA values with strong emphasis on staff welfare and social-emotional well-being.
• Leads a culture of excellence, inclusivity, and collaboration among teaching and non-teaching staff.
• Conducts regular meetings including School Management Team (SMT), academic, and committee meetings as appropriate and necessary to ensure school targets are pursued and monitored.

Safety and Security

Responsible for the safety of school properties, people (students, staff, volunteers, visitors), and the environment; ensuring regular follow-up with relevant staff to check that protocols are in place, and regular trainings related to safety and security.

• Fire System: Ensures routine inspection of smoke alarms and extinguishers, dorm fire escapes are working; dorms are not locked from outside; fire escape doors functioning; fire drills conducted; fire hydrant system (water tank, hose pipes, and pumps) functioning and maintained.
• Security: Ensures security briefing to any visitors/volunteers or any new staff who may not know the local context; guards trained regularly.
• Child Protection: Ensures that the Child Protection Policy is implemented and complied with by staff, students, volunteers, and visitors.
• Travels: Ensures that no staff or students travel after dark on highways; and foreign volunteers arriving from overseas are safely accommodated and transported to and from SEGA, to and from the airport at arrival and departure; and that foreign volunteers are briefed on safety policies.
• Environmental Protection: Ensures that all school activities comply with environmental and social impact standards.

Financial Management and Administration

• Oversees the school budget development and submits it to the Finance department.
• Manages the expenditure of the school budget to ensure an optimal level of relevance, utilization, and efficiency.
• Liaises with the Executive Director and Human Resources Manager to ensure SEGA policies and Tanzanian laws are adhered to.
• Ensures school fees and contributions are collected effectively.
• Oversees the school’s didactic productive units, ensuring revenues are collected for sustainability.

Students’ Selection and Admission

• Leads and ensures the selection process of prospective students as per SEGA’s mission of reaching vulnerable and bright Tanzanian girls.
• Ensures SEGA procedures for student selection and admission for economic and paying students are observed.
• Ensures the development and protection of quality entry exams of the prospective students.
• Clearly communicates to applicants and relevant authorities the outcome of any applications made.
• In collaboration with the Executive Director, ensures proper marketing of the school to attract paying students.
• Ensures proper planning, effective training, and assignment of selection team members for adherence to selection policy and bias omission.

Promotes a Positive Image of SEGA and SEGA School

• Facilitates the development and smooth functioning of a parent committee for the school, involving parents of students to gain their involvement and contribution to monitoring and quality of the school.
• Ensures regular communication with local authorities (Municipal, Regional, Ward, and Village education authorities).
• Ensures regular communication with parents, informing them of the school calendar, events, school rules, policies, as well as their students’ progress, each term.
• Participates in Heads of Secondary Schools forums and networks as required.
• Hosts volunteers and visitors at the school and prepares for campus tours.
• Seeks connection with the local and broader Tanzanian community by inviting mentors, speakers, and accomplished persons to share and interact with students.

Professional Qualifications and Requirements

• Education: A Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Educational Leadership and Management, School Administration, or a related field from a recognized institution. A Master’s Degree in Education, Educational Leadership, School Administration, or a related field is highly preferred.
• Leadership Experience: At least 10 years of relevant experience in teaching and school administration, with a minimum of 3 years in a senior leadership or management position, such as Deputy Head of School, Academic Mistress, School Administrator, or equivalent.
• Academic Leadership: Demonstrated ability to provide strong academic leadership, oversee curriculum implementation, monitor teaching and learning, and drive continuous improvement in students’ academic performance.
• Staff Management: Proven experience in recruiting, supervising, developing, motivating, and evaluating teaching and non-teaching staff, including effective performance management and professional development.
• School Administration: Strong knowledge and practical experience in managing day-to-day school operations, policies, procedures, student affairs, staff affairs, timetables, examinations, and school programs.
• Strategic Planning: Ability to develop, implement, monitor, and evaluate school strategic plans, annual plans, academic targets, and improvement initiatives in line with the institution’s vision, mission, and objectives.
• Student Welfare and Safeguarding: Strong understanding of student welfare, child protection, safeguarding, discipline, inclusion, and the creation of a safe, respectful, and supportive learning environment.
• Financial and Resource Management: Demonstrated ability to manage school budgets, human resources, facilities, equipment, and other institutional resources responsibly, efficiently, and transparently.
• Policy and Compliance: Sound knowledge of education policies, school regulations, employment-related matters, health and safety requirements, child safeguarding standards, and other applicable regulatory requirements.
• Leadership and Decision-Making: Excellent leadership, decision-making, problem-solving, conflict-resolution, delegation, and change-management skills, with the ability to make timely and well-informed decisions.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with students, teachers, parents, school management, government authorities, and other stakeholders.
• Stakeholder Management: Ability to establish and maintain positive professional relationships with parents, staff, students, the school board/management, community, and other educational stakeholders.
• Technology: Strong computer literacy and ability to effectively use ICT and school management systems to support administration, communication, academic monitoring, reporting, and decision-making.
• Performance and Results: A proven track record of achieving measurable improvements in academic standards, staff performance, student discipline, school administration, and overall institutional effectiveness.
• Personal Attributes: Must be proactive, organized, decisive, adaptable, resilient, and capable of working effectively under pressure while managing multiple priorities.
• Language: Excellent command of English, both written and spoken. Knowledge of Kiswahili and/or other relevant languages will be an added advantage.

FEMALES ONLY

THE IDEAL CANDIDATES SHOULD BE UNDER 40 YEARS OF AGE.

Mode of Application

Interested applicants can find detailed job descriptions on our website: www.sega.or.tz.

Please send a cover letter and CV to recruitment@sega.or.tz.