CHF 1 per year
Job overview
Reporting to the Head of Campus, the Head of Gymnasium will build on the achievements of an established team and seek to further develop the school’s academic activities, outreach, and growing reputation. Successful candidates will be proven and credible professionals, with the ability to lead highly capable teams. The Head of Gymnasium must possess the intercultural sensitivity and adaptability required to effectively navigate an international environment. They must be a team player, and the opportunities afforded to them of being part of a wider network of schools must genuinely excite them. Fluency in German is essential.
The successful candidate will:
- Be a capable leader with relevant experience of development and execution of strategy.
- Have a demonstrated commitment to putting children first, motivated by the passion about delivering the best education.
- Understand how to use data to improve learning and teaching.
- Have proven experience of being able to collaboratively analyse problems, reach reasoned judgements and resolve issues.
- Be a highly committed team player with the drive, energy and passion to develop an expanding and forward-looking school and work within a network of schools.
- Have excellent communication and relationship building skills.
- Have high personal and professional expectations.
- Have demonstrable evidence of working effectively with integrity under pressure.
- Present as an effective and confident ambassador for HIF.
- Have a growth mindset.
- Show initiative and be able to pre-empt issues and challenges.
About Hochalpines Institut Ftan
‘Where Exploration meets Education’
Founded in 1793 and recently acquired by Education in Motion (EiM), the Hochalpine Institut Ftan (HIF) is an international boarding school in the stunning Lower Engadine. Locally anchored and globally networked, at HIF, we see education as a journey where global horizons meet local traditions. Fostering a truly student-centred culture of learning and discovery and taking full advantage of its unique and life enriching alpine location to offer a range of Swiss sports and outdoor programmes, students at HIF lead an inspiring, healthy, and active educational and outdoor life.
As a Cantonal and federally recognised grammar school with boarding HochAlpines Institut Ftan runs a bilingual grammar school and an international diploma programme combining A Levels and a unique range of accredited micro-credentials essential to learning and life skill development and recognised as a differentiator by universities.
At HIF all students both local and global, are challenged to become internationally minded citizens with a sense of responsibility for themselves, their peers, and our shared planet. With understanding that our values of Open-Mindedness, Respect and Responsibility help to make the world a better place, and together with our high performing Sports Academy, HIF is an ideal place for young people to live, learn, grow, and thrive.
We are a growing school, and this is an exciting opportunity for a candidate who will inspire, set the highest of standards and build systems to ensure that we set the scene for future excellence in all that we do.