HOD Humanities — The Brilliant School, Pune

Est. 2022
₹9.2L – ₹18.8LCBSEfull-timeOn-site5–10 yrs3 openingsCloses 17 Oct
● posted 27 Jun

Job description

Overview

Join The Brilliant School in Pune, Maharashtra as our next HOD Humanities. The school invests in its faculty and runs a calm, well-organised academic calendar. About The Brilliant School: a secondary institution in Pune, Maharashtra — a CBSE-affiliated school, established 2022,. The campus runs a structured academic calendar with steady investment in teaching, co-curriculars, and faculty culture. Details: a high-ownership leadership role. The HOD Humanities leads by example in classrooms, faculty meetings, and parent interactions, while keeping the school's long-term direction in view. Core responsibilities:

  • Lead and inspire a high-performing academic team.
  • Maintain standards through reviews, observations, and structured feedback.
  • Drive the assessment, reporting, and parent communication cycle.
  • Manage disciplinary cases, parent escalations, and staff conflicts.
  • Contribute to the school's strategic priorities as part of the leadership group. 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. Benefits and culture:
  • Salary in line with experience and market norms (₹9.2 LPA – ₹18.8 LPA).
  • Structured calendar with reasonable workload expectations.
  • Professional development through workshops and internal training.
  • A collaborative staff culture with clear leadership backing.
  • Stable, full-time employment at a settled school. Hit Apply on this page to put your CV in front of the The Brilliant School academic lead. Selected profiles progress to a model class and a conversation with leadership.

Requirements

Role details

Vacancies
3

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

Explore adjacent roles teachers move to next in Pune.

  1. Coordinator→
  2. Academic Coordinator→
  3. Vice Principal→
  4. Principal
The Brilliant School
CBSE · Pune · Est. 2022 · 30:1 students per teacher
2022
FOUNDED
CBSE
BOARD
secondary
LEVEL
English
MEDIUM
ASHWINI MANOJ SHINDE
PRINCIPAL
30:1
STUDENTS / TEACHER
English, Hindi
LANGUAGES
1131402
AFFILIATION
Pune, Maharashtra
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