Secondary Principal Adviser, Bougainville (3008)

Closing Date: 28 May 2012

Interview: June 22nd and 23rd (Applicants will be required for both days)

Pre-departure Briefing: September 26th to 29th

Expected in Field: October 2012

Position Term: 1 or 2 years

Provide training and mentoring for secondary school principals.

Hutjena Secondary School (HSS) was established in the 1950s on Buka Island.  It was closed in the early days of the crisis and reopened again in 1991.  HSS was the first high school in the province to implement secondary reforms in education, and enrolled its first 11 students in 1999.  It is a co-educational boarding school that provides education at secondary level to students from all over Bougainville.  VSA has had three volunteer teachers at Hutjena, who were well respected by local staff and students. In addition to this VSA has had a volunteer at Hutjena as a School Manager.

VSA is seeking an experienced secondary school principal to provide training and support for Principals, Deputy Principals and Head Teachers at HSS, as well as Bougainville’s nine other secondary and high schools.  The volunteer will work with local Principals and Head Teachers to enhance current systems for timetabling, record keeping, and student absence monitoring and discipline; assist in the development of appropriate staff management and budgeting systems; and provide training and mentoring in these systems.

This is a one or two year assignment and basic, furnished accommodation will be provided at Hutjena Secondary School.

 

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1: Download and read the assignment description for this assignment.

2: Download and complete a VSA Application form

3: Submit your completed VSA Application form and current CV to:

EMAIL
volunteer@vsa.org.nz

POST
Volunteer Recruitment Unit, VSA
PO Box 12246, Thorndon, Wellington 6144