{"id":13600,"date":"2018-07-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/tonlistarskoli-hafnarfjardar-oskar-eftir-ad-rada-skolastjora-til-starfa\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:00:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:00:58","slug":"the-hafnarfjordur-school-of-music-is-seeking-to-appoint-a-headteacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/tonlistarskoli-hafnarfjardar-oskar-eftir-ad-rada-skolastjora-til-starfa\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Music School is seeking to appoint a headteacher."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The school was founded in 1950 and now operates in two locations.<br \/>\nin Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. In a magnificent school at Strandgata 51, which was opened in 1997 and in<br \/>\nThe key at the \u201eOld Stream School\u201c where the rhythmic department is located.<br \/>\nhouses.<\/p>\n<p>The job involves managing the school where around 600<br \/>\nstudents are studying and 50 teachers<br \/>\nWe have 34 staff working at the school. We teach all major musical instruments as well as singing.<\/p>\n<p>The school has a symphony orchestra and bands.<br \/>\nas well as numerous other interactions. The music school emphasises the role<br \/>\nitself as one of the cornerstones of a diverse musical life, both at home and abroad.<br \/>\nHafnarfjar\u00f0ar and fulfils that role by taking part in events and<br \/>\nConcert-going far and wide.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is important that the applicant is prepared to lead<br \/>\ncontinue the professional work that has been developed in the school. He needs to<br \/>\nsupport a constructive school ethos and a shared vision for an ambitious<br \/>\nSchool work. The successful candidate would need to be able to start as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\nMusic education<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Further education in management desirable<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Knowledge and experience of management and<br \/>\nManagement in public administration<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Experience of music teaching and<br \/>\nmusical performance<\/p>\n<p>Leadership skills, ambition and initiative<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 An interest in school development and innovation<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Good Icelandic skills and the ability to<br \/>\nto express oneself in speech and writing<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Good computer skills<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Excellent communication skills and<br \/>\nPositive attitude<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main<br \/>\nDuties and responsibilities:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Grants from the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Music School<br \/>\nprofessional leadership<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Management and responsibility for day-to-day operations<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Overseeing the monitoring and assessment of<br \/>\nThe school's services<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Active participation in development and organisation<br \/>\nschool activities and collaboration with comparable institutions<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Cooperation with the local council and stakeholders<br \/>\nthe school community.<\/p>\n<p>The application deadline is 18 August. The application for the post must be accompanied by<br \/>\nA detailed CV and a cover letter explaining the reason<br \/>\napplication, the applicant's previous jobs, education, management experience and those<br \/>\nprojects he has worked on and which can shed light on his ability to<br \/>\nto carry out the duties of headteacher.<\/p>\n<p>Apply for the job on the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur website. <a href=\"\/en\/\">www.hafnarfjordur.is<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Information about the job is provided by Gunnar Gunnarsson<br \/>\nHeadteacher of the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Music School <a href=\"mailto:gunngun@tonhaf.is\">gunngun@tonhaf.is<\/a> and Fanney D\u00f3r\u00f3the Halld\u00f3rsd\u00f3ttir, Director of Education and<br \/>\nLeisure services <a href=\"mailto:fanney@hafnarfjordur.is\">fanney@hafnarfjordur.is<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to<br \/>\nUnder the gender equality policy of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, both men and women are encouraged to apply.<br \/>\nthe job.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sk\u00f3linn var stofna\u00f0ur 1950 og starfar n\u00fa \u00e1 tveimur st\u00f6\u00f0um \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i. \u00cd gl\u00e6silegum sk\u00f3la a\u00f0 Strandg\u00f6tu 51, sem v\u00edg\u00f0ur var 1997 og \u00ed T\u00f3nkv\u00edsl vi\u00f0 &#8222;Gamla L\u00e6kjarsk\u00f3la&#8220; \u00fear sem rytmiska deildin er til h\u00fasa. Starfi\u00f0 felur \u00ed s\u00e9r a\u00f0 st\u00fdra sk\u00f3lanum \u00fear sem um 600 nemendur stunda n\u00e1m og&nbsp; 50 kennarar starfa vi\u00f0 sk\u00f3lann [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13600\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13600"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}