Director of Sports

Overview

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About Tenby Schools Setia Eco Park, KL Campus

Tenby Schools Setia Eco Park, Kuala Lumpur campus is a large 3-18 school located on a green 20-acre site with excellent facilities. It offers a welcoming, inclusive, and stimulating place to work. The flagship school in the region.

Role Overview

We are looking for a Director of Sports who will oversee the whole Physical Education Department of the International Section, helping guide the school and working with colleagues to take us to the next level.

Safeguarding & Safer Recruitment

We care about our whole community, young people and adults. Our priority is the safety and wellbeing of our community. We have rigorous safeguarding policies and procedures that we all must follow. We hold ourselves to a high standard of effective recruiting practices with specific attention to child protection. All appointments are subject to an interview, identity checks, criminal record checks, and successful references.

About Our Campus

We are a unique campus, home to Tenby International School, which consists of a Primary and Secondary School following IPC, National Curriculum for England, CIE, IGCSE, and A Level, and a Malaysian Private School, Sekolah Sri Tenby (Malaysian National Curriculum). We welcome almost 2000 students, aged 3 to 18 years, from 38 nationalities. The international school has 1200 students. We celebrate being Asian and combine this with international thinking to create a diverse and exciting campus.

Core Values & Culture

Our core values and behaviours are based on Confidence, Curiosity, and Care. We believe in creating “Amazing Learning Experiences” for our communities. Working collaboratively to help children be ready for the world and the contributions they can make locally and globally. We believe that all students learn through good struggles and this at times needs to be consolidated using a variety of teaching methods. Taking risks, being resilient, and showing creativity and adaptability for all our communities are important in our learning process. Our students go onto some of the top universities in the world and follow a wide variety of future pathways. Learning is at the heart of everything we do here at Tenby. We are an honest campus and aim to be self‑reflective so we can improve together to create “Amazing Learning Experiences” for everyone. We encourage our students to take risks, be resilient, and show creativity and adaptability in the learning process.

About Our Group

Tenby Schools SEP is proud to be part of the International Schools Partnership (ISP), a fast‑growing global schools group in six clusters across the world; Europe, Mexico & Central America, the Middle East, South America, Southeast Asia, and the USA. Our Regional cluster includes other Tenby schools across Malaysia. Our teachers are supported by the school leadership teams and other learning clusters and networks both regionally and globally. We love to talk about learning at all levels, as this is at the core of everything we do!

Our Opportunity

This is an amazing opportunity for you to develop yourself, take a risk or two, meet other like‑minded leaders, share learning practices and work collectively with a local and global team. We even have a global learning hub where you can share learning and leadership ideas so we can get better together.

Commitments

ISP Commitment to Safeguarding Principles : ISP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All post holders are subject to appropriate vetting procedures, including an online due diligence search, references and satisfactory Criminal Background Checks or equivalent covering the previous 10 years’ employment history.

ISP Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging : ISP is committed to strengthening our inclusive culture by identifying, hiring, developing, and retaining high‑performing teammates regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender expression, age, disability status, neurodivergence, socio‑economic background or other demographic characteristics. Candidates who share our vision and principles and are interested in contributing to the success of ISP through this role are strongly encouraged to apply.

The Role

• Puts children at the heart of everything they do and cares about their wellbeing.
• Enjoys being a team player willing to work with, learn from and help develop others.
• Is an inspiring Director of Sports with a proven track record in making students better.
• Has a genuine interest in leadership, getting better at leading and supporting others to improve.
• Is an outstanding teaching practitioner with minimum degree in Sports Science, Physical Education, or a related field and possess a teaching qualification (PGCE, Diploma in Education, or equivalent).
• Has an experience in designing and lead a forward‑thinking, inclusive sports programme from Early Years to Secondary.
• Inspire a love for physical fitness, sportsmanship, and lifelong healthy living.
• Coach and mentor both staff and students to achieve excellence in competitive and recreational sports.
• Organise thrilling inter‑house and inter‑school competitions, sports festivals, and community events.
• Strengthen partnerships with local and international schools to broaden our competitive platform.
• Oversee the development and management of world‑class facilities, resources, and coaching teams.
• Champion school spirit and pride through sports leadership and participation initiatives.
• Is someone who recognises and rewards excellent learning.
• Is a strong communicator, who is personable, caring and passionate with high expectations of themselves and others. You want to get better!
• Is committed to their own continued professional development and excited about professional learning conversations with like minded colleagues.
• Is committed to safeguarding and sees the pastoral responsibilities of a teacher as central to everyone’s role.

In Return We Offer

The Package

This is a two‑year contract with an option to renew at the end. Benefits include :

Application Process

So if this excites you, please apply. We’d love to talk to you.

Interviews : Initial interviews will be completed through Microsoft Teams. Final interviews may be carried out face‑to‑face whenever possible.

How To Apply : The closing date is 4th January 2026 but interested candidates are strongly encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible as interviews may be arranged before the deadline.

Candidates are invited to apply via ISP Careers site and attach a comprehensive CV with a recent passport‑size photograph and contact details of three referees from the latest employers (one of whom must be your current Head of School). Please check your Junk Folder for emails and add tenby.edu.my to your safe senders list. Only applicants short‑listed for an interview will be notified.

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