Vice Principal of Primary School Haimhausen part-time 70% (m/f/d)
Haimhausen Campus
Part-time
Temporary
Further Information
Part-time (70%), initially for one yearcan be combined with a teaching assignment.
Your Responsibility
The Vice Principal serves as a key member of the campus leadership team, responsible for supporting strategic initiatives and daily organisational operations alongside the Principal. This role requires a hands-on approach to academic management, sharing responsibilities with the PYP Coordinator for facilitating collaborative planning, curriculum review, and pedagogical enhancements. The Vice Principal is an integral member of the cross-campus primary and whole-school leadership teams.
Your duties
General Leadership & Operations
Curriculum & Pedagogical Leadership
- Work with the Principal and campus leadership to ensure the Primary School reflects the BIS philosophy and effectively implements the school’s purpose and commitments are implemented
- To work with the Primary School Principal to foster a culture of inclusion, respect, and belonging for all students, staff, and families
- Maintain a highly visible, approachable profile of positive leadership
- Attend and actively contribute to Pedagogical Leadership Team, Whole School Leadership, and Primary School Academic Council meetings
- Deputise for the Principal in their absence and undertake areas of delegation, reporting regularly on progress
- Support the Principal with the staff appraisal process, holding direct responsibility for supervising assigned staff members
- Play a constructive role in the hiring and selection of new staff, as well as whole-school policy development
- Support the organisation and facilitation of staff induction and orientation, ensuring a smooth transition for new faculty
- Manage daily operational logistics, including the coordination of staff substitutions, duty rosters, and updating the weekly staff memo
- Support the planning of residential trips, including risk assessments and required meetings with parents, chaperones, and the health department
- Support the Principal in preparing regular campus reports for the Executive Board and implementing emergency protocols
- Maintain high ethical standards, promoting morale, engagement, belonging, and strict confidentiality
Curriculum & Pedagogical Leadership
- Support curriculum leadership and coordination to ensure the effective implementation of the IB Primary Years Programme in delegated areas
- Champion transdisciplinary learning, concept-driven inquiry, and student agency as the foundation of the school's learning culture
- Lead the primary school’s enrichment strategy, designing, executing, and promoting a robust program aligned with the PYP framework
- Partner with the PYP Coordinator to align duties and ensure all IB programmatic expectations, standards, and evaluation recommendations are met
- Provide direct coaching and guide the team's focus on inclusive pedagogical practices, including differentiation and Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
- Facilitate collaborative planning meetings, ensuring curriculum and assessment are accessible through differentiation and Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
- Collaborate with the PYP Coordinator and relevant committees on the writing, review, and development of curriculum documentation
- Coordinate, maintain, and update parent, staff, and academic handbooks alongside staff reference resources
- Model best practices in teaching and learning through co-planning, co-teaching, and modelling classroom methodology
- Coach, mentor, and inspire faculty and staff to grow, challenge themselves, and develop their instructional practices
- Carry out effective classroom observations and provide constructive, growth-oriented feedback
- Undertake specific teaching duties as required by the Primary School Principal
- Oversee the inventory of educational resources to facilitate efficient staff collaboration
- Line manage and guide assigned teams in developing high-quality, outcomes-aligned assessments throughout the planning cycle
- Lead and account for grade-level and department teams, facilitating regular moderation meetings to ensure robust horizontal and vertical assessment articulation
- Oversee direct reports to ensure essential agreements for assessment and evidencing learning are rigorously formulated, implemented, and maintained across all areas of responsibility
- Manage and hold teams accountable for the accurate setup, coordination, and proofreading of student academic reports
- Oversee and resolve escalated student behavior issues, designing targeted interventions to maintain a positive, safe, and disciplined school culture
- Oversee student leadership structures and participate regularly in Primary School assemblies.
- Serve as a point of contact for community questions and concerns, meeting with parents, students and staff members to foster strong connections
- To ensure the ongoing development of the IB Learner Profile and PSPE curriculum to integrate and embed social-emotional learning (SEL) competencies explicitly
- To champion student voice initiatives and create leadership opportunities that empower students to contribute to the school community
- To support the development of student and parent affinity groups
- To manage student discipline, ensuring it is grounded in restorative practices and focused on learning and growth
- To analyse behaviour data to identify trends and implement proactive, preventative support systems
Your profile
- Significant teaching experience within the IB PYP framework, with a firm grasp of the IB continuum
- Proven experience in educational leadership, curriculum management, and successfully leading institutional change
- Demonstrated ability to develop, lead, inspire, and build trust among colleagues and the wider school community
- A solution-focused mindset paired with excellent interpersonal and written/oral English communication skills
- Strong awareness of child protection/safeguarding and a strict commitment to student safety
Why us?
We offer a varied and exciting job with an international spirit, at a modern campus with the best equipment. We promote professional development and training and provide our employees with their own laptops and among other things. We live diversity, and the work-life balance of our employees is important to us. Therefore, we offer excellent working conditions and social benefits.