Departmental Head / HODApplications open

Gauteng · Johannesburg

HEAD OF DEPARTMENT: ENGLISH

St Mary’s School Waverley

Closes 17 Aug 2026

The job

What this role involves

This is a teaching and curriculum-leadership post with a focus on English, History, Intermediate, Senior. Alongside your own teaching load, you will lead the department or phase, support educators, coordinate curriculum delivery and assessment, monitor learner performance and keep the department functioning effectively.

  • Teach according to the post-level workload, including the focus on English, History, Intermediate, Senior.
  • Lead curriculum planning, pacing, assessment and moderation across the department, subject or phase.
  • Monitor learner performance and coordinate practical intervention where results or progress need attention.
  • Guide, support and develop educators, including classroom and instructional support where required.
  • Manage departmental records, resources, meetings and communication with school management and parents.
  • Coordinate relevant extra- and co-curricular responsibilities connected to the department or phase.

Curriculum and teaching

Curriculum and teaching focus

  • Teaching focus: English, History, Intermediate, Senior.
  • For language teaching, plan across listening and speaking, reading and viewing, writing and presenting, and language structures at the advertised HL, FAL or other level where specified.
  • For Social Sciences, History or Geography, build source, map, data and enquiry skills alongside content knowledge, written reasoning and formal assessment.
  • As Departmental Head, coordinate curriculum implementation, assessment quality, moderation and learner-performance follow-up across the department, subject or phase.

School context

Know the school you are applying to

School
St Mary’s School Waverley
School phase
Combined
Estimated teaching staff
±126 educators
Estimated learner enrolment
±1 025 learners
Town / city
Johannesburg

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Qualifications

Suitable professional qualification with in-depth English knowledge across Junior and Senior Primary phases.

Experience

Relevant English teaching and departmental/managerial capability; administrative and EdTech experience required.

SACE requirement

SACE registration required.

Application

How to apply

Prepare the required documents and send them to the application email shown in the application guide.

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FAQ for this vacancy

Where do I apply?

Send the application to vacancies@stmary.co.za.