Head of Admissions

**The Opportunity**
- Further details and essential criteria can be found in the attached Job Description._

Key objectives:
Develop the school’s admission, marketing, and communications strategy (including digital), ensuring that the school’s ethos and vision are represented consistently and effectively through high-quality internal and external communications

Lead the admissions process ensuring that a whole school culture of customer service is developed.

Build effective partnerships with the school’s Principal and leadership team, Qatar Airways marketing and PR teams and the Orbital Education teams at the head office and across the group’s network.

In addition, the personal qualities we are looking for include:

- Proactive, enthusiastic, ambitious and energetic person
- International work experience, particularly in Qatar and an understanding of Islam and Arab culture.

Applicants should be committed to being outstanding professionals who lead by example. You should possess good IT, organisational and communication skills and aspire to the highest levels of professional learning, which concur with our values of Excellence, Respect, Responsibility, Integrity and Compassion.

Further details of the safeguarding requirements and essential criteria for the post can be found in the attached Job Description.

**Our School**

The aim of Oryx International School is to provide the employees of the world’s five-star airline and their children access to a five-star education. The new, bespoke, built-to-specification school offers state-of-the-art facilities and education technology to enrich teaching and learning experiences for our students. The school aspires to foster an ethos of global citizenship, the celebration of cultural diversity and a wide international perspective to equip students with the skills and aspirations to become future leaders across the world.

The facilities offered at the school site, combined with our creative approach to education, which incorporates a full curriculum and enrichment based upon the English National Curriculum, enhanced by local Qatari identity, history, culture and tradition, allows Oryx International School to offer a 5-star education.
- Oryx International School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures that promote safeguarding and safer working practices across the school. We care about the well-being of our staff, students, community and broader society, creating an environment built on trust where we listen, engage and support each other. We celebrate differences and diversity, recognising that we can learn from each other._

**Living and working in Qatar**

Doha, the peninsula’s capital city of over 2.7 million residents, has a vast international community that chooses to live and work here. Qatar provides an excellent lifestyle, combining cultures with the best of Qatar’s past and present.

**Benefits of working at an Orbital Education School**
- Opportunities to collaborate with colleagues and students worldwide
- Enhanced professional development opportunities through partnerships with specialist learning providers to offer recognised and accredited professional development programs.
- Opportunities for career development and movement within the group, providing an opportunity to see the world whilst progressing toward an attractive and rewarding career.

**Application Process**:
Applications should be made by CV in the first instance, with all relevant details of your career and educational history and including any employment gaps.

**Closing date: 31st May 2023**

**Interviews**:

- Interviews will take place here in Doha or Online. You will be contacted with arrangements ahead of the interviews taking place.

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