About us:
Fortes Education has been a leading education provider in the UAE for over four decades with premium international schools and nurseries that have experienced outstanding success and growth. Our schools offer the most innovative and character-building education in the entire Middle East region.
Our core ethos and philosophy of education is Positive Education (PosEd). Through PosEd, our schools foster active engagement in learning, celebrating character strengths and accomplishments. We encourage children to cultivate fulfilling relationships with others and seek meaning and purpose in their own lives. We enable children to become happy learners and develop into innovative thinkers, confident young adults, and life-long learners. Our students develop resilience, a growth mindset and deep character strengths that allow them to flourish in an ever-changing world.
About Sunmarke School – Where Amazing Happens
Sunmarke School provides an ambitious and inspiring, values-based education that nurtures the hearts and minds of students so that they can flourish and achieve their dreams. Powered by our suite of signature programmes, Sunmarke is a uniquely innovative school, transforming young lives. This was reflected in Sunmarke School winning the coveted ‘Most Innovative School’ award at the international Which School Advisor ceremony in Dubai and London.
Sunmarke is an all–through school which offers a premium education across a fantastic range of pathways for students, including the National Curriculum of England, GCSE/IGCSE, ‘A’ Levels, BTEC and the IB Diploma Programmes. Our students regularly win examination boards’ ‘best in world’, ‘best in Middle East’ and ‘best in country’ awards every year, across a diverse range of subjects. The latest incredible IB results show that Sunmarke School is in the top 3 schools in Dubai and 69th in world rankings. Our suite of Signature Programmes is unrivalled in Dubai, with inspiring opportunities for students to experience transformative learning opportunities. These include Environmental and Sustainability Studies, where students learn in Forest School settings, as well as utilising cutting-edge hydroponic technology to examine how science can support sustainability in future terrains; a world-class STEAM centre and curriculum, which offers students an incredible opportunity to apply their learning in solving real-world problems, from Foundation Stage through to Year 9; Augmented and Virtual Reality AR/VR experiences alongside our cutting edge use of Artificial Intelligence for staff and students; outstanding performing arts opportunities with full black box and auditorium facilities alongside peripatetic music spaces and media suites; and a fantastic sports programme augmented with professional coaches, which led Sunmarke to be overall champions at the BSME Games.
Sunmarke School has been judged by the Dubai School Inspection Bureau (DSIB) as a ‘Very Good’ school since our third year of operation and is consistently judged ‘Outstanding’ by British Schools Overseas (BSO).
We present an exciting opportunity to join our all through school and to play an important part in our journey beyond “outstanding”. Sunmarke School, Dubai is one of our flagship schools, located at a prime location in Jumeirah Village Triangle.
About you:
Sunmarke School has an exciting opportunity for a Deputy Head of University and Career Guidance to join our team in August 2025.
Job Purpose: The school's Career and University department is responsible for providing guidance and support to students in their post-secondary education and career planning. The Deputy Head of University and Career Guidance is responsible to support the Head of University and Career Guidanceto ensurethe effective implementation of all policies and procedures which affect student readiness and placement into the university of their choice.
Reporting to: Head of University and Career Guidance
Key Responsibilities:
·Assist the Head of University and Career Guidancein providing advice, guidance and support regarding applications to Sixth Form students, their tutors, and their families.
·To be responsible for the arranging and scheduling of practice interviews for senior pupils.
·Collaborate with the Head of University and Career Guidanceto ensure that pupils have opportunity to experience work-related learning, work shadowing, or similar.
·To support the department’s use of record keeping and destination tracking to improve effectiveness of advice and guidance.
·To be present at and support daytime and evening careers activities, events and trips as required. e.g., practice interviews, UCAS exhibition, parent, and guardian information evenings.
·Support the Head of Sixth Form in building an alumni network
·Work with external organisations to establish, maintain and promote opportunities for pupils.
·To remain current and competent with higher education and career information, advice and guidance.
·To attend training and professional development opportunities as required for the post.
·To support colleagues through advice at our sister school (RIS) who are developing their Sixth Form Programme
·To lead on the programme of careers lessons for Years 7-10, ensuring this blends into the whole school programme for careers lessons. This will include designing and developing relevant learning resources.
·To deliver weekly careers lessons to 6th form students when needed.
·To deliver, in part or whole, careers lessons to entire year groups, smaller groups and individual classes.
·Any other task or activity as reasonably requested by management.
·Conforming to the Staff School’s Code of Conduct.
·Adherence to the School’s safeguarding procedures
Candidate specification:
·A certified professional qualification at degree level, such as business, management, or psychology or equivalent specialism in Counselling
·Candidates should have a minimum of 2-3 years of experience in a similar role, demonstrating ability to guide and support students effectively in their career paths. Experience in IB school is desirable.