Head of Culture Permanent

Curro Holdings is seeking to appoint a head of academics who is passionate about learner-centred learning and committed to academic excellence at Curro Century City in {school_location}. The head of academics is responsible for managing academic and teaching standards across the school through the effective application of Curro policies and procedures as adapted and customised to the needs of the school. The head of academics is also responsible for the active teaching, knowledge transfer, skills development and growth of positive attitudes among learners through integrated and focused teaching approaches and mentoring teachers. In addition, the role involves teaching and coordinating specific subjects as per the Curro/CAPS/SAGS (IEB) curricula. .

Culture activities and programme and management   

• Create annual culture activities plan across the high school based on cultural organizing bodies schedules.
• Liaise with cultural organizing bodies.
• Registration of leaners with relevant bodies.
• Plan and set up culture roster and extramural programme for the year, and per term.
• Create and manage communications to parents regarding cultural activities. 
• Arrangement of transportation to schools for cultural activities where required.
• Create and manage the process of indemnity and permission slips for all events.
• Provide input into marketing process including providing of content and writing of newsletter inserts / extracts.
• Oversee and manage all cultural activity processes. 
• Assign and plan staff duties roster for educators who wish to coordinate and facilitate.
• Plan and order cultural equipment.
• Manage service and repairs of equipment.
• Cultural budget management. 
• Represent school on district planning committees.
• Setting of awards criteria and management of the awards process.
• Relationship building with neighbouring schools.
• Source and invite adjudicators for all events.
• Source and manage outside coaches for cultural activities as required.
• Liaise with the music center and ensuring that quality service is given to our learners.
• Drive excellence in all cultural activities presented by the school. 

• Bachelor’s degree of Arts or equivalent qualification. 
• Certificate in Events Management.
• SACE Registered.
• Experience in coaching and organizing cultural events.