Head of Marketing and Admission

Job description / Role

Job overview

The opportunity
We’re looking for a dynamic, experienced, and people-focused Head of Marketing and Admissions to lead our Admissions and Marketing Department. This is a strategic and operational leadership role in a unique international school setting.

Please refer to the job description for the full range of duties and responsibilities.

The school

Oryx International School is a unique project conceptualised by Qatar Airways and Orbital Education, creating a joint venture between a world-renowned, five-star multi-billion dollar turnover airline and a prestigious group of international schools. The objective of this £70 million project is to satisfy the demand for premium quality British style education for the children of local and expatriate employees of Qatar Airways in Doha.

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 provides 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 five-star education.

The school offers some of the best fully furnished staff accommodation in Doha, including all utensils, a welcome pack, and free utilities including internet.

Living and working in Qatar

Doha, the peninsula’s capital city of over 2.7 million residents, has a huge international community that choose to live and work here. Qatar provides an excellent lifestyle, with a combination of cultures mixed with the best of Qatar’s past and present. Being in the Middle East, the weather is good all year round with particularly high temperatures in the summer months.

In Qatar you will find plenty of opportunities to explore the desert, walk along the Corniche, visit museums, shopping malls, beaches, attend sporting events, music festivals, take a boat trip, and much more. There are excellent education, transportation, and other amenities across the city, including a new metro system.

Benefits of working at an Orbital Education school

We educate more than 7,000 young people from 128 nationalities, sending them on to high quality universities. We are an expanding group with schools already in Spain, Hungary, Slovenia, Albania, China, Mexico, Ecuador, and the Middle East, with exciting plans to develop new schools across the globe.

Working closely with Orbital Education colleagues, you will be provided with opportunities to develop your expertise and exert influence at a senior level. This is an exciting opportunity to:

• Be part of a global community, and colleagues with a wide range of expertise in both the international school market and business operations.
• Engage with colleagues, business contacts, and networks of influential leaders across the globe.
• Benefit from opportunities for professional growth and continuous improvement in practice.

Application process

All candidates must provide a statement of no less than 500 words and no more than 1000 words, which should relate directly to the specific role applied for and cover:

• Your motivation for working in the education sector.
• What attracts you to the position.
• How you feel your experience, skills, and personal qualities qualify you to take on the role with details of any unique methods or techniques that you have developed.
• What extra-curricular activities you can lead, supervise, or have participated in.
• Any other information you would like the selection panel to know.

Please note:
Incomplete applications will not be considered. All applications will be reviewed; however, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted with the outcome of their application. Due to the expected high levels of interest in positions at the school, Oryx International School reserves the right to make an appointment at any stage of the recruitment process.

Interviews

Interviews will take place in Doha and/or via Microsoft Teams. You will be contacted with arrangements ahead of interviews taking place. The school is taking all the necessary precautions to prevent the risk of COVID-19.

Safeguarding

Oryx International School, Doha is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its staff and stakeholders to share this commitment. As part of the school’s commitment to safeguarding, all post-holders are subject to background checks and an International Child Protection Certificate administered by ACRO ICP Certificates (if ever worked or lived in the UK), Prohibition Checks where appropriate, and/or Criminal Records (Police Check) disclosure from their most recent country of residence.