Applications are invited from educational leaders who can demonstrate that they have progressed in people and strategic leadership to lead the growth and further development of the High School of Dundee. This is a wide-ranging role, blending educational leadership with a generalist CEO remit. Candidates must be able to demonstrate significant experience across all essential criteria, and ideally from a range of settings.

• Degree educated
• Evidence of continuous professional development

• Experience in leading the development of strategy with a senior leadership team (either whole organisation or one area); and a proven ability to invite and act on balanced critique from a Board or senior stakeholders
• Experience in translating agreed strategy into clear, timebound objectives; and a proven ability to hold senior and middle leaders to account on their delivery
• Experience in developing strategic capability in direct reports, and a proven ability to develop a leadership team culture that is ambitious, curious and innovative
• Experience in training senior leaders to develop middle leaders in their roles
• Knowledge of the opportunities and challenges for the independent education sector
• Knowledge of safeguarding, mental health and wellbeing best practice for pupils and staff
• Appreciation of what senior schools can learn from junior schools, and the value of pupil voice at all levels of a school
• Appreciation of governance excellence in independent schools

• Commercial skills, with a proven ability to anticipate change and ambiguity, and turn these into opportunities for an organisation
• Financial skills, and a demonstrable ability to partner with a COO, wider senior leadership and finance team to ensure a sustainable operating model
• Communication and engagement skills – with proven experience of being a public figure in a community and successfully building and maintaining community relationships
• Fundraising and marketing skills, and the willingness to personally raise funds for and market the School while developing other leaders to drive forward excellence in admissions, marketing and development

• A clear vision for independent education, and the ability to inspire our entire community as a visible leader
• A clear vision for outstanding professional development for both teaching and support staff, with the ability to set clear direction and hold others accountable
• A profound commitment to creating opportunity for young people of all backgrounds, and a total commitment to safeguarding, equity, diversity and inclusion
• A focused pace-setter and decision-maker, blended with warmth and empathy
• Confident, curious and consistent
• An honest, selfless and open leadership style, grounded in sound judgement, discretion and integrity