Director of Sport & PE

North London Collegiate School Jeju seeks a Director of Sport & PE

Effective start date: August 2025

 NLCS Jeju is seeking a dynamic, energetic and highly committed person to oversee the PE curriculum and co-curricular sports provision across the whole school. The Director of Sport & PE will have overall responsibility for strategic and operational leadership of the Sport and PE Department in fostering both success and an enjoyment of sport throughout the school. They will ensure high standards of teaching, learning and achievement, efficient use of resources and the creative development of the PE and Sports curriculum. They will have overall responsibility for managing the use and development of the School’s Sports facilities including the Swimming Pool and Sports Centre.

NLCS Jeju believes that each employee makes a significant contribution to our success and that contributions should not be limited by the assigned responsibilities. We are seeking to appoint talented, highly motivated and well-qualified individuals.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The school expects all teaching staff, non‐teaching staff and volunteers to share and uphold this commitment.

It is essential that the Director of Sport and Physical Education has the ability to communicate deep knowledge of and passion for both sporting excellence and the benefits of sport and physical fitness for all.

The successful candidate will also ensure that the qualities of the IB Learner Profile and the core academic skills of research and inquiry are embedded within the academic PE curriculum. 

Previous experience of teaching within the international or UK private sectors is an advantage; however, of prime importance is an ability to motivate and inspire students and lead staff in order to ensure that the School’s sporting and physical education provision is consistently of the highest standard.

All members of staff are expected to be involved in pastoral care within the school community, usually in the role of form tutor or co-tutor, and to contribute to the extra-curricular life of the school. 

NLCS (UK)

North London Collegiate School (UK) was founded in 1850 by Frances Mary Buss; her aim was to offer an academically ambitious education to girls, similar to that available to their brothers. The School has pioneered women’s education for over 160 years and remains among the highest achieving schools in the UK. Exam results regularly top the UK league tables and the School has repeatedly outperformed other prestigious schools in terms of Oxbridge success rates.

Unlike many UK independent schools, NLCS has a firm commitment to ensuring close links with its overseas branch schools. Every effort is made to replicate the ethos and standards of NLCS overseas. Wherever possible, staff for overseas schools are interviewed in London and by NLCS (UK) staff, as well as staff from our overseas schools. All teachers, once appointed, are invited to travel to London for induction and training at the UK school and this is generously funded by our partners.

Once an overseas branch is open, it is regularly monitored and inspected by the UK school, and close links are formed through pupil and staff exchanges, joint departmental projects, educational visits and extracurricular activities, such as videoconference debates and jointly produced student publications.

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS 

In 2011, NLCS opened its first international branch school in South Korea: NLCS Jeju. NLCS Jeju is a co-educational day and boarding school, and offers the IB Diploma to all students in the Sixth Form, and has achieved outstanding results since its first cohort of graduating in 2014. The School’s alumnae continue on to excellent universities around the world, including destinations in the UK, USA and Asia.  

In September 2017, NLCS opened its second branch school in the UAE: NLCS Dubai. The School is a co-educational, day school, following the IB Continuum, with pupils undertaking the IB Diploma in Grade 12.  

NLCS (Singapore) opened in August 2020. This is NLCS’ third branch school. The School is a co-education day school in the heart of Singapore. 

NLCS JEJU 

North London Collegiate School Jeju (NLCS Jeju) is a leading British International school providing an exceptional education experience for 1500 day and boarding students aged 4-18.   The first international school to be opened in the vibrant Global Education City on the spectacular South Korean Island of Jeju, NLCS Jeju has rapidly established itself as a centre of educational excellence in South East Asia. 

The School, now entering its thirteenth year of operation, has nearly 1500 students on the roll.   NLCS Jeju offers the IB Diploma to all in the Sixth Form and has achieved outstanding results since its first cohort of graduating students in 2014.   Over the last 4 years our average points score   has been over 38 points and we have students achieving the perfect score as well as significant numbers of students achieving 40+points . 

THE ETHOS 

The ethos of NLCS Jeju echoes that of NLCS (UK) – every effort is made to recreate the ethos of the UK ‘parent’ school, whilst taking into account and remaining sensitive to the local culture and context.  

The School aims to provide a first-rate ambitious academic education for every child, which inspires a life-long love of learning and gives the knowledge, attitudes and confidence to flourish.  

At North London Collegiate schools, academic success is gained, not through an emphasis on results, by creating an atmosphere of rigorous scholarship; students are encouraged to study beyond the examination syllabus in order to develop their intellectual independence and love of their subjects. The pastoral well-being is of the utmost importance and good relationships are fostered between students and staff, as well as between the students themselves.  

LIFE IN JEJU 

Jeju Island, 130km off the southern coast of the Korean peninsula, is often described as one of Asia’s best-kept secrets. Jeju’s temperate climate, natural scenery and beaches make it a popular tourist destination for South Koreans as well as visitors from other parts of East Asia.  

In 2007, UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee listed Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes as a World Natural Heritage site. The island also possesses outstanding geological features and special properties as a habitat for a variety of rare and endangered species.  

Jeju provides NLCS staff and their families with a safe, peaceful and breath-taking environment in which to live. The employment pages on the NLCS Jeju website contain further practical information about life in Jeju. 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS 

A competitive package will be offered to the successful candidate, which will include the following:  

• Competitive salary 
• Initial two year contract  
• Accommodation  
• Relocation costs  
• Annual return flights to home country  

• Health insurance  
• Tuition fees for eligible children