Director of Sport - Sept 2025

Job Description

At GEMS Wellington International School, our vision is to ensure that all of our students are beacons of social responsibility, empowered by a co-constructed, pioneering and authentic learning experience. We are seeking an exceptional Director of Sport who is willing to uphold our values of integrity, empathy and fortitude, to join our established team for September 2025.

We are a fully inclusive, high performing school, with a long history of success. This is evidenced through our performance in rigorous inspection and accreditation frameworks. Some specific examples include:

• Rated as Outstanding for 14 consecutive years by the Dubai Schools Inspection Bureau (DSIB),
• Rated as Outstanding by British Schools Overseas,
• Holder of the coveted COBIS Patrons accreditation, with beacon status for Leadership,
• Recognition as a High Performance Learning (HPL) World class School.

Through our personalised professional development programme, we ensure our teachers are at the forefront of global educational best practice and research. Our teachers have the opportunity to engage with a wide number of stakeholders and partners, such as the Schools Students and Teachers Network (SSAT) and the Best Practice Network (BPN).

Skills

Successful candidates will need to:

• Embody and role model our core values of integrity, empathy and fortitude in everything they do,
• Hold a BEd or Bachelors degree with PGCE / PGDE or equivalent,
• Have proven experience of teaching Sport in a leadership position,
• Have a willingness to collaborate and share their outstanding practice,
• Have a growth mindset, whereby they are reflective and solution focussed,
• Be creative and enthusiastic in their approach to teaching,
• Possess excellent interpersonal skills to work closely with colleagues, students and parents,
• Have a proven track record of providing outstanding learning & teaching,
• Have aspiration to work in a world-class school with real prospects for enhancing their career,
• Be willing to make a positive contribution to our school community and culture through active engagement in our extra-curricular programme and community-based events.

Interested in using technology to enhance individual and team performance.

All positions attract an excellent remuneration package including:
Competitive tax-free salary, individual fully furnished accommodation, free schooling, private medical insurance, annual airfares to country of residence and end of Service Gratuity.

GEMS Teachers also have free access to our loyalty app GEMS rewards www.gemsrewards.com which provides significant savings on day-to-day life in the UAE. We offer thousands of discounts and 2 for 1 offers on everything from flights, hotels, restaurants and retail outlets, making your salary go further and enhancing the opportunity to save whilst working overseas.