Job Title: Headteacher for Lamwo Kuci Ki Gen Peas High School – Lamwo District
Organisation: PEAS Uganda
Duty Station: Lamwo, Uganda
About Organisation:
PEAS is an international education not-for-profit organisation with the mission to ‘expand access to sustainably delivered, quality secondary education across Africa’. Since 2008, PEAS has built and operated high quality low-cost not-for-profit secondary schools in close partnership with government in communities where there is urgent unmet demand for secondary education. We currently run 28 secondary schools in Uganda and 4 in Zambia serving over 15,000 students.
Job Summary: PEAS (Promoting Equality in African Schools) is social enterprise with a mission to ‘expand access to sustainably delivered, quality secondary education across Africa’. PEAS establishes and operates affordable secondary schools in Uganda and Zambia in areas where access to quality secondary education is limited due to cost and geographical barriers. PEAS launched an ambitious strategy in 2021, aimed at expanding Access to Quality education, ensuring schools are Sustainable and invest in systems strengthening. With over 30 secondary schools in Uganda educating over 16,000 students, 50 staff at the Country Office and 900 staff working in the network schools, PEAS intends to recruit Headteacher for Lamwo Kuci Ki Gen Peas High School – Lamwo District.
Job Summary: As a PEAS Headteacher, you will provide strategic leadership and professional management for the school. To ensure success and drive improvement in your PEAS school, you will ensure that high quality education and personalized learning is delivered to all its students and drive high standards and achievement in all areas of the school’s work.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Outreach
- Works with the Senior School Support Officer to develop and execute outreach plans to increase student enrolment and student populations in PEAS school.
- Develops and implements strategies to promote PEAS School’s mission to both the internal constituencies of the school and the community at large.
Education Management
- To drive high performance expectations for PEAS students and for teachers to be effective and innovative.
- Promote an atmosphere of care and trust amongst PEAS staff, setting the tone for respectful interaction with students and demonstrating a willingness to change practices. in the light of new understandings.
- Works with the SSSO to establish/sustain school structure that promotes participative decision making, supporting delegation and distributive leadership.
- Facilitates opportunities for staff to learn from each other and models continual learning in his or her own practice.
- Assumes responsibility for all Education Targets and SIP reports to the SSSO.
- Performance management and assessment of teaching staff. Complete all necessary PEAS. schools’ performance evaluation processes.
- Oversee regular lesson observations of teaching staff.
- Take responsibility for induction program for new staff members.
- Act as primary point of contact for MoES, UNEB and in conjunction with the SSSO, work with the Board of Governors and PTA for the best interests of the students.
Leadership
- Leading teachers towards the achievement of commonly agreed goals and
- performance targets.
- Ensuring that the school follows all applicable government regulations
Finance Management
- Jointly accountable for school budget and expenditure budget with the SSSO.
- Co-sign all school accounts together with the SSSO.
- Accountable for all school management financial USE reports and data as specified from time to time by the SSSO.
- Collates and prioritizes departmental resource requirements Governance
- Works with the PEAS National office, Board of Governor, Parents – Teachers Association and the SSSO to develop strategies to initiate and meet aggressive school goals.
- Assists the SSSO with recommending and researching potential new members teaching and non-teaching staff.
Contribute to the Network
- Establishes new links with external partners, and build upon existing relationships, in order to promote PEAS schools model experience.
- Participates in the induction and orientation of new members in the PEAS ethics and culture.
- Provision of early leadership experiences for school management teams. Takes initiative. to share learnings and good practices with new PEAS school management teams.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- A bachelor’s degree in education from a recognized University / Institution
- Registered as a Graduate Teacher with the Ministry of Education and Sports.
- A minimum of five (5) years’ teaching experience in a Secondary School, three (3) of which should be at the level of a substantive Head Teacher or any Leadership role.
How to Apply:
Suitable and qualified candidates should follow this link to access and complete the application form and the detailed Job description.
Deadline: 1st October 2025 at 17:00hours EAT.
PEAS is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in its recruitment practices and, to build the strongest possible workforce actively seeks a diverse applicant pool. PEAS is committed to the protection of children, and we do not employ people whose backgrounds are not suitable for working with children.
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