HOD Languages — Ashok Academy, Mumbai

Est. 1979
₹11.3L – ₹26.9LCBSEfull-timeOn-site7–10 yrs1 openingsCloses 9 Nov
● posted 23 Jun

Job description

Overview

Ashok Academy is hiring a HOD Languages in Mumbai, Maharashtra. A full-time role — a CBSE-affiliated school, with structured planning time and clear academic deliverables. About Ashok Academy: a secondary institution in Mumbai, Maharashtra — a CBSE-affiliated school, established 1979,. The campus runs a structured academic calendar with steady investment in teaching, co-curriculars, and faculty culture. About the role: the HOD Languages is a senior position blending academic leadership with operational ownership — running reviews, mentoring teachers, handling escalations, and representing the school externally. Responsibilities:

  • Lead the assigned section/department on academic and operational matters.
  • Mentor teachers through observation, feedback, and development plans.
  • Oversee assessment cycles, result analysis, and improvement plans.
  • Handle parent escalations professionally and represent the school externally.
  • Drive a culture of academic rigour, discipline, and student wellbeing. Ideal candidate — you have:
  • 8+ years in school education with leadership exposure.
  • Direct experience running a section, department, or full school.
  • A point of view on good teaching, good assessments, and good schools.
  • Patience to coach and firmness to enforce standards.
  • Strong personal organisation across multiple workstreams. Perks and culture:
  • Fair compensation with annual review (₹11.3 LPA – ₹26.9 LPA).
  • Stable, full-time engagement with a clear academic calendar.
  • Regular PD through internal and external programmes.
  • A working culture that takes faculty wellbeing seriously.
  • A school that genuinely cares about student outcomes. Complete your application through this page with your latest CV and references. The recruitment desk at Ashok Academy reviews every profile that arrives via the platform.

Requirements

Role details

Vacancies
1

Why apply

Salary disclosed up-front — no guesswork before applying.
CBSE school — strong academic systems and recognised curriculum.
Full-time on-roll position — stable contract, not a short engagement.

What you'll handle

·Set the subject's annual scope-and-sequence.
·Hire and onboard new subject teachers.
·Run weekly department meetings.
·Moderate assessments and exam papers for the subject.
·Own subject-level board results and improvement plans.

Working in a CBSE school

CBSE schools value teachers comfortable with conceptual lesson design, art-integrated learning and NEP 2020-aligned pedagogy.

Career path

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  4. Principal
Ashok Academy
CBSE · Mumbai · Est. 1979 · 10:1 students per teacher
1979
FOUNDED
CBSE
BOARD
secondary
LEVEL
English
MEDIUM
KULSOOM FATIMA
PRINCIPAL
10:1
STUDENTS / TEACHER
1130116
AFFILIATION
Mumbai, Maharashtra
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