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Western Cape · Somerset West

Head of Department Afrikaans (FAL)

Somerset College

Closes 11 Aug 2026

The job

What this role involves

This is a teaching and curriculum-leadership post with a focus on Afrikaans First Additional Language, FET, 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 Afrikaans First Additional Language, FET, 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: Afrikaans First Additional Language, FET, 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.
  • 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
Somerset College
School phase
Combined
School type
ORDINARY SCHOOL
Estimated teaching staff
±135 educators
Estimated learner enrolment
±1 203 learners
Town / city
Somerset West

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Qualifications

Appropriate academic and professional teaching qualification.

Experience

Minimum five years teaching Afrikaans as a First Additional Language across both Senior and FET phases; strong curriculum leadership 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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Where do I apply?

Send the application to humanresources@somcol.co.za.