About Kopila Valley School

Kopila Valley School (KVS), located in Birendranagar, Surkhet, is a green and sustainable school providing quality and inclusive education to more than 450 students from preschool to Grade 12, primarily from Karnali Province and other parts of Nepal. KVS combines Nepal’s national curriculum with experiential, environmental, community-based, and global learning. The school encourages students to learn from their surroundings while developing academic, social, leadership, life, and career skills. Beyond academics, KVS prioritizes students’ overall well-being through learning materials, meals, counselling, health-care services, and career guidance. Through its focus on sustainability, inclusion, and community engagement, the school aims to nurture confident, caring, and responsible young people.

About the Role

The Vice Principal – Academic Affairs at Kopila Valley School plays a key role in leading and strengthening the school’s academic program across ECV, Primary, and Secondary levels. Reporting to the Head of Programs, the role works closely with the Principal, HODs, Coordinators, teachers, and other departments to ensure that the school’s academic priorities are effectively planned and implemented.

The Vice Principal supports and guides HODs and teachers through classroom observations, regular feedback, coaching, professional development, curriculum and academic planning, and assessment. The role also uses student learning data to identify areas where students need additional support and works with teachers and relevant teams to improve learning outcomes. The role also focuses on creating a safe, inclusive, engaging, and student-centered learning environment where students feel heard, encouraged to think critically, and motivated to learn. Through strong collaboration with teachers, students, parents, and school leadership, the Vice Principal helps strengthen teaching practices, improve student achievement, and continuously enhance the quality of education at KVS.

In collaboration with the BlinkNow Foundation, this role will help strengthen a positive, inclusive, and high-performing school culture characterized by respect, collaboration, accountability, solution-oriented thinking, and professionalism aiming to position KVS as a globally high-performing school.

Core Responsibilities

Academic Leadership & Instructional Excellence: Lead the academic vision, curriculum implementation, instructional quality, and continuous improvement across all school levels.

Student Learning, Performance & Teacher Development: Strengthen student learning outcomes through data-driven approaches, targeted interventions, assessment systems, teacher supervision, coaching, and professional development.

Academic Culture, Safeguarding & Student Engagement: Foster a positive, inclusive, safe, and academically rigorous learning environment that promotes student voice, critical thinking, holistic development, and safeguarding.

Stakeholder Engagement and Academic Coordination: Build strong collaboration among school leadership, teachers, students, parents, and relevant departments to ensure academic priorities are aligned with the overall school strategy.

Detailed Responsibilities

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Additional expectations

• Build positive working relationships and foster a solution-oriented, professional working environment.
• Demonstrate professionalism, accountability, and integrity in all interactions and responsibilities.
• Report to the Principal on a weekly basis, and provide updates as needed for urgent matters.
• Ensure alignment of the team with organization-wide decisions and priorities.
• Maintain strict confidentiality in handling all data and sensitive information.
• Actively promote gender equity, inclusion, and sustainability across academic practices.

Requirements

Education

Master’s degree in Education or a related field.

Experience and Skills

• At least 7 years of relevant professional experience in the education sector, with demonstrated experience in school administration, academic leadership, teacher development, and areas relevant to this role.
• Strong understanding of education-related laws, policies, standards, and compliance requirements, including relevant Government of Nepal and CDC provisions.
• Demonstrated experience in academic leadership, curriculum implementation, instructional supervision, teacher coaching, and student learning improvement.
• Experience working with international organizations, international education standards, or multicultural teams is highly desirable.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills, with the ability to work effectively with students, teachers, school leadership, parents, government stakeholders, and other partners.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, mentoring, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong organizational and planning skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently.
• Proficiency in using digital tools and technology for academic planning, communication, data analysis, assessment, reporting, and school management.
• Commitment to child safeguarding, inclusion, gender equity, sustainability, and student-centered education.

Language

Excellent command of spoken and written English and Nepali.

Application Procedure

If you think this career opportunity will amplify your career growth, we encourage you to visit the official job portal, review detailed responsibilities, and apply by submitting all required documents.