Summary: Seeking a Head of Studies to lead a didactic team, manage scheduling, and foster a dynamic learning environment for adult and teen English language learners. Highlights: 1. Manage, train, and support a didactic teaching team 2. Set the tone for a fun and highly social learning environment 3. Opportunity to grow and manage a team What's Up! Living English, a company that specializes in teaching English as a foreign language, is looking for a Head of Studies for our academy in Murcia! At What's Up, our main focus is on teaching real English skills to adults and teens in a dynamic and hands\-on way. Learn more about us at www.whatsup.es The **Head of Studies** manages the didactic team, plans class scheduling, and sets the tone for fun and highly social environment our centres are known for. You should be a great teacher who is looking for the chance to grow, and manage a team. **KEY RESPONSABILITIES** * **Manage, train, support and supervise the didactic team**; to ensure the professional growth of teaching staff; * **Schedule time\-tables in response to the demand** for classes in your centre; * **Teach classes**, depending on staff levels in your centre and **substitute/find a substitution to cover classes** when a teacher is ill/on sick leave; * **Quality control** through **ongoing training, weekly staff meetings** with the didactic team, **class observations** and **staff appraisals**; * **Liaison with consultants** and **create** **good rapport with the students**, as well as manage any customer service issues relating to your area of responsibility; * **Coordinate** teacher holidays/Saturday rotas/school bank holidays; * **Coordination** and **weekly meetings** with management on various aspects (Director/Centre Manager/Didactic Manager); * **Promote the events** that the school organises and ensure that the didactic staff is well prepared for the events and they are successful. * **ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS** + Degree level or above + CELTA or Trinity Cert TESOL / PGCE TEFL, or equivalent experience + Ability to mentor and guide newly qualified teachers + Good communication skills + Demonstrable leadership skills + Excellent organisational skills + Ability to work effectively under pressure + Comfortable working with IT + C2 level English + B2 level Spanish + Residence in Spain with EU working papers AND Social Security number. * **RECOMMENDED** + Previous management experience + An outgoing personality + People skills + A can\-do attitude