UWC Mostar, located in the Balkans since 2006, was founded with the goal of helping rebuild a post-conflict society. It began as a partnership between UWC and the International Baccalaureate organisation to create a model for students from different ethnic backgrounds to study together using a high-quality curriculum.

The school demonstrates how education can unite and inspire communities, promoting peace and sustainability. UWC Mostar is now seeking a compassionate and visionary leader to guide the school into the future, continuing to strengthen and unite its diverse community while adhering to core UWC values.

The role involves managing all aspects of the school, including education, student well-being, admissions, staff performance, and finances, while also increasing the school's visibility and impact within the local and national context.

Desirable background and management qualities/approaches (* indicates a minimum requirement):

• Excellent academic credentials, degree and professional teaching qualification from a reputable, internationally recognised institution and fluent in English.*
• Relevant experience in a senior position demonstrating whole school management/organisation/ leadership and at least 5 years of teaching.*
• Knowledge of and interest in the history, politics, culture of BiH and the local educational system from which many teachers are drawn.
• Experience of leading and motivating both teaching and non-teaching staff, with a view to their ongoing professional development.
• Evidence of success in managing change within schools and of getting positive outcomes in the face of challenges.
• Evidence of practical commitment to a broad curriculum that educates the whole person and, preferably, familiarity with the IB curriculum.*
• Evidence of awareness, knowledge, and understanding of the diversity of cultures from which UWC staff and students come, reflecting cultural sensitivity, and insight into the implications of working in a multilingual environment.*
• Understanding of a residential school; experience in residential life, including understanding the needs of young people today, but also flexible working hours, would be an advantage.
• Experience of dealing effectively with budgets and the drafting of policies.*
• Experience of a public role in building relationships of a school within a local/national context.
• Commitment to proactive leadership in which integrity, motivation, sense of responsibility, and personal example inspire trust, alongside resilience and resolution in response to a challenging environment. Appropriate personal qualities would include: people skills (the ability to work effectively, constructively, diplomatically and collaboratively with others at all levels), willingness to listen, excellent communication skills, ability to take tough, timely decisions, respect for the expertise of others, ability to deliver what has been promised, a disposition to make space for the flowering of the talents of both staff and students, willingness to be accessible and make time for staff and students, to be an effective speaker in public, and to be fair, objective, just and principled.
• To have a broad vision of where the school could be going and of ways of improving upon the delivery of the College and UWC mission.

Remuneration: the salary will be competitive in the regional context.

For more information visit UWC Mostar's website.

Interested candidates should send the following documents in English to Nina (Cisic) Spago, the Secretary of the College Board at UWC Mostar: nina.cisic@uwcmostar.ba by Wednesday, October 16th, 2024 :

• CV
• motivation letter
• contacts of three professional referees including the line managers

Please provide the names, titles, contact information, and your relationship to three professional references. UWC Mostar carries out background checks before recruitment and reserves the right to contact previous line managers to verify employment history and qualifications. Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview.