Deputy Head of School
Job title: Deputy Head of School – Cross Campuses
Employment level: 80–100%
Place of work: Cross Campuses
Reports to: Head of School
About Us
School of Tomorrow (SOT) is an innovative, future-focused school built around a simple belief: when learning is meaningful, relationships are strong, and systems are thoughtful, young people thrive. We combine high expectations with deep care, and we design the school experience to be purposeful, engaging, and responsive to students’ needs.
Our educational approach is based on personalized, student-centered learning and is guided by the School Enrichment Model (SEM). We place particular emphasis on enrichment, project-based learning, student participation, and well-being, supported by a diverse team of teachers, mentors, experts, assistant teachers, and support staff.
We are a growing community—ambitious, warm, and always learning. This role sits at the heart of that growth, helping ensure that our vision is translated into effective, well-run daily practice across campuses.
Position Overview
The Deputy Head of School is a pivotal leadership role at School of Tomorrow. You are the person who helps a complex, dynamic environment feel calm, welcoming, and well organised so that students can focus on learning and staff can focus on teaching, mentoring, and supporting young people.
Working closely with the Head of School, the Deputy Head helps translate strategy into action. While the Head of School retains overall responsibility for educational direction, curriculum oversight, and pedagogical leadership, the Deputy Head leads operational excellence: building strong routines, aligning people and resources, and continuously improving how the school functions day to day.
The Deputy Head supports high-quality teaching and learning by ensuring that systems, structures, staffing, and logistics enable staff to fulfil their roles effectively. This is a role for someone who can move confidently between strategic thinking and practical problem-solving, strengthening systems that make the school work well for everyone.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership & Partnership
Work closely with the school administration to implement the school's mission, values, and strategic priorities.
Contribute to management decisions with a practical, solution-oriented mindset in order to transform ideas into actionable, sustainable plans.
Representing the school administration in their absence to ensure continuity in routines, communication, and decision-making.
Be a visible and accessible leader who exemplifies professionalism, clarity, and calm in everyday school life.
Day-to-Day School Operations
Take overall responsibility for the smooth daily running of the school across campuses, ensuring that the day flows well and issues are addressed promptly and thoughtfully.
Ensure consistent standards, routines, and expectations across campuses, while responding thoughtfully to the specific needs of each site.
Lead timetabling, scheduling, and room allocation to support flexibility, clarity, and minimal disruption.
Coordinate staffing schedules and daily coverage across teaching, mentoring, support, care, and specialist roles.
Identify operational bottlenecks and improve systems to reduce friction and increase effectiveness for staff, students, and families.
Identifying operational bottlenecks and improving systems to reduce friction and increase effectiveness for staff, students, and families.
Work closely with the administrative team to ensure communication is timely, clear, and supportive.
Use feedback, observation, and operational data to inform improvements to systems, routines, and the overall school experience.
Team Leadership & Coordination
The Deputy Head provides day-to-day leadership, coordination, and operational oversight for key teaching, non-teaching and specialist roles, including:
Educators
Assistant teachers
Mentors
Experts
Support staff
Key responsibilities include:
Leading regular check-ins and team meetings to build alignment, consistency, and shared understanding.
Setting clear expectations, priorities, and standards for daily work.
Coaching, guiding, and problem-solving alongside staff to support effective practice and professional confidence.
Supporting staff wellbeing and development and flagging more complex HR matters to the Head of School as appropriate.
Coordinating teams to ensure the school environment is safe, welcoming, and ready for learning every day.
Support for Teaching, Learning & Student Experience
Support the Head of School in implementing decisions related to curriculum, assessment, and pedagogy, without taking on direct pedagogical accountability.
Ensure that operational decisions (timetables, rooming, staffing, resourcing) actively strengthen teaching and learning.
Supporting the effective implementation of personalized, enriching, and project-based learning in accordance with the School Enrichment Model (SEM) through systems and structures that enable flexibility, depth, and student participation.
Support the school’s commitment to nurturing the 12 core competencies — including curiosity, creativity, analytical thinking, self-responsibility, empathy, communication, leadership, resilience, and self-awareness — by ensuring that operational systems, routines, staffing structures, and learning environments actively enable these competencies to be developed across the student experience.
Assist with behaviour systems, restorative practices, and follow-up with students and families when required.
Collaborate with teachers, mentors, and support staff to identify and remove operational barriers to learning.
Help plan, prepare, and support professional development, ensuring sessions are well organised, relevant, and aligned with school priorities.
Camps, Trips, and Enrichment Programmes
Oversee the operational planning, staffing, and coordination of school camps, trips, enrichment weeks, and activity weeks.
Ensure appropriate supervision structures, risk awareness, and logistical preparation are in place for off-site and off-timetable learning experiences.
Work with staff teams to ensure these programmes run smoothly and safely and contribute positively to the student experience.
Staff Support & Professional Culture
Help establish and maintain clear professional routines, including meeting structures, duty rotas, and communication norms.
Provide practical, day-to-day support to teachers and staff around logistics, systems, and problem- solving.
Support the onboarding of new staff, ensuring clarity around routines, systems, and school procedures.
Strengthen a culture of trust, learning, accountability, and shared responsibility.
Health, Safety, Safeguarding & Environment
Support the Head of School in ensuring daily operational compliance with health and safety requirements.
Oversee facilities- and kitchen-related operations to maintain a clean, safe, and welcoming environment.
Ensure that protective procedures are consistently integrated into routines, supervisory structures, after-school care, excursions, and extracurricular activities.
Act as a key point of coordination in response to incidents or unexpected operational challenges, ensuring calm communication and effective follow-up.
Support consistent implementation of safeguarding procedures in everyday practice, including supervision, visitor management, and site security.
Qualifications & Experience
Recognized teaching qualification.
Experience in school operations, coordination, or middle/senior leadership.
Strong organizational, logistical, and problem-solving skills.
Experience leading and supporting teams with diverse roles and responsibilities.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trust across staff groups and with families.
Personal Attributes
Highly organized, proactive, and detail-oriented.
Calm, steady, and solutions-focused, especially in complex or fast-moving situations.
Strong sense of ownership, responsibility, and follow-through.
Warm, collaborative, and respectful, with the confidence to set clear expectations and boundaries.
Strong alignment with SOT’s mission, values, and commitment to innovation and growth.
This role is for someone who wants to shape, build and improve the future of education. You will have a meaningful influence on how the school feels and functions: the rhythm of the day, the experience of families, the support staff receive, and the environment in which students learn.
If you enjoy leading people, solving real problems, strengthening systems, and working in a mission-driven school where your impact is visible every day, this role offers genuine challenge and reward.
If you would like to play an active role in our mission, we look forward to receiving your application by email at talent@schooloftomorrow.ch.