Hilltop Schools Inc.

 Ashmun & Mechlin Streets

Monrovia, Liberia

VACANCY: PRINCIPAL-MTMA (EXTERNAL)

About Hilltop Schools

Hilltop Schools is a Women Led, Liberian NGO that will work to promote children’s rights to education, health, and protection. We envision an organization of high impact and integrity. Hilltop Schools was launched to carry on the activities and mission of More than Me following its closure. Hilltop Schools is committed to leveraging the best prior work of More Than Me with improved Liberian leadership, governance, and accountability.

Role Summary

The Principal of More Than Me Academy (MTMA) is charged with leading a Pre-K-12 school serving approximately 300 + female students. MTMA is a tuition-free school and the majority of students come from West Point and the Central Monrovia environs. The Principal is responsible for ensuring that the Academy is an effectively run school with excellent academics, sound safety and a respectful and caring school culture. This role reports to the Executive Director and collaborates closely with whom to be a designee.

In general, the duties of the Position to be filled by the Principal shall encompass the following:

∙ Develop an annual work plan and school calendar; determine an annual budget and hiring needs;

∙ Conduct rigorous staff vetting and assessment; communicate effectively with parents and students;

∙ Ensure MTMA has strong foundational systems to run an effective and organized school including: student registration, student attendance, and teacher attendance, record keeping;

∙ Consistently implement organizational policies to promote fairness, integrity, and transparency;

∙ Develop and encourage understanding of key school policies such as the Student Handbook;

∙ Conduct regular meetings with staff and parents to develop a shared understanding of school expectations;

∙ Oversee building maintenance and appropriate use of school assets; oversee the operational staff including cooks, janitors, and security;

∙ Oversee the work of the Vice Principal for Instruction to ensure that teachers are well prepared, utilize diverse pedagogies to engage students, and hold high academic expectations;

∙ Ensure that academic resources and systems such as curriculum, school schedule, teacher assignments, grading methodology;

∙ Conduct classroom observations, review of student work and assessments to ascertain the quality of teaching and learning;

∙ Regularly communicate school values and behavioral expectations to students and staff; ∙ Monitor behavior and provide reminders and corrections as necessary; ∙ Create a warm and caring environment where every student feels important and respected;

∙ Serve as a role model to teachers for how to appropriately handle student misbehavior without humiliation, aggression or abuse;

∙ Ensure that disciplinary consequences follow a positive discipline approach that emphasizes education, not humiliation; set and enforce clear expectations about

Page 1 of 2 consistent student supervision; develop an annual work plan for staff professional development;

∙ Develop and deliver professional development workshops to teachers and other staff; ∙

Solicit external support to provide additional guidance to teachers;

∙ Ensure each of the school staff has a clear working knowledge of the child protection policy and safeguarding practices;

∙ Report any suspicions or allegations of abuses of students through the reporting pathway; ∙ Report and issue disciplinary actions for any infraction of the child protection policy by school staff;

∙ Perform other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the Safe Guarding Director/designee, and or the Executive Director.

Required Qualifications:

∙ Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Education (ECE/Primary/Secondary focus); or educational leadership. Master’s in Education is an added advantage,;

∙ 3-5 years of experience working as a principal or administrator in a school setting; ∙

Experience in staff management, development, and training; and

∙ Have clear leadership abilities which help shape a vision of academic success for all students, etc.

Location: More Than Me Academy – Ashmun Street, Monrovia

Salary: Commensurate with duties and responsibilities Start Date: Soon

Application Requirements: Apply to work at Hilltop Schools by submitting the following items via email to thomas@hilltopschools.org; CC. sylvestine@hilltopschools.org; please write the title of the post you are applying for on the subject line of the email, or drop off your application at the campus of More Than Me Academy (MTMA). It is opened until recruitment is finished. Ensure that your application contains the below listed items.

1. Resume
2. Two professional references
3. Copies of Academic credentials (Degree, certificate, diploma, etc.

A writing sample with responses to the three following questions (no longer than 2 pages):

1. Why are you well qualified to be the principal of an all-girls school?
2. What are the characteristics of a high-quality education? iii. How would you ensure safeguarding as an integral part of the work/school culture?

We solicit applications from external qualified persons with no disrespect to gender, creed, race, religious affiliation/background, etc. Interested applicants must be able to work in Liberia; that is, should have a work permit from the authorized agencies of government, Republic of Liberia.

*Please note that ONLY short-listed candidates will be contacted. References will be taken, and thorough background checks will be carried out in conformity with Hilltop Schools Inc. Safeguarding & Child Protection Policy, Fraud, Code of Conduct, and Harassment Policy. Hilltop Schools Inc. follows an equal opportunities policy and actively encourages diversity, welcoming applications from all. This position is contingent on the availability of funds.