Principal — Carmel School, Kuwait

Est. 1969 · senior secondary · English medium · P.o.box 596 13006
₹8.3L – ₹14.8LCBSEfull-timeOn-site5–9 yrs1 openingsCloses 19 Dec
● posted 12 Jun

Job description

Overview

Immediate opening: Principal at Carmel School in Kuwait, Foreign Schools. Open to both seasoned practitioners and early-career candidates with strong potential. Carmel School, established 1969, is a senior secondary school in Kuwait, Foreign Schools — a CBSE-affiliated school. The working culture is collaborative, professional, and grounded in student-centred decisions. Context: the Principal reports into the Principal and works alongside other senior leaders. The role carries academic and operational responsibilities and is central to the school's day-to-day functioning. Day to day, you will:

  • Run faculty meetings, academic reviews, and section-level planning.
  • Observe classes, give actionable feedback, follow up on teacher development.
  • Approve calendars, assessment papers, and major parent communication.
  • Engage with leadership on hiring, budgets, and infrastructure needs.
  • Spend time on the floor — corridors, classrooms, labs — to read the school accurately. Candidate requirements:
  • Senior educator with a balanced view of academics and operations.
  • Proven ability to mentor teachers and improve outcomes over time.
  • Strong stakeholder management — board, parents, regulators, vendors.
  • Comfortable with data — assessments, attendance, faculty metrics.
  • A long-term thinker who can also execute well in the short term. Benefits at a glance:
  • Market-aligned salary (₹8.3 LPA – ₹14.8 LPA).
  • Structured working hours with adequate planning time.
  • Investment in teacher and staff development across the year.
  • A workplace built on clarity and professional respect.
  • Long-term career growth at a school invested in its people. Submit your application here so Carmel School can shortlist you alongside the active pool. Strong profiles move to a brief teaching demo and a discussion with the academic head.

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 school's annual academic and operational plan.
·Hire, coach and (where needed) exit faculty to maintain the standard.
·Chair leadership-team meetings and own the school's KPIs.
·Lead parent communication — newsletters, escalations and the annual address.
·Represent the school with the board, regulators and the wider community.

Working in a CBSE school

As a CBSE-affiliated school, the calendar is structured around term-wise assessments, project work and board-format mocks for senior grades.

Career path

Explore adjacent roles teachers move to next in Kuwait.

  1. Coordinator→
  2. Academic Coordinator→
  3. Vice Principal→
  4. Principal
Carmel School
CBSE · Kuwait · Est. 1969
1969
FOUNDED
CBSE
BOARD
senior secondary
LEVEL
English
MEDIUM
SR SARITHA MONTEIRO A C
PRINCIPAL
5930003
AFFILIATION
Kuwait, Foreign Schools
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