Regional Learning Director

At ISP, everyone is a learner. As a Regional Learning Director, you lead by example and model learning and a growth mindset, demonstrating a desire to learn and build on your knowledge, skills and understanding in leading your own learning and the learning of others. You foster learning and growth in those you work with, be they teachers, school leaders, or regional colleagues based in Malaysia. As the Regional Learning Director, Malaysia, you are critical to the implementation and success of all elements included in the ISP Learning and Innovation Strategy and are accountable for delivering the key goals of Embedding Quality and Academic Achievement across ISP schools in Malaysia. You are uniquely placed to support and collaborate with a wide spectrum of colleagues within and across schools, the regional country team in Malaysia, and other Asian countries and the Central ISP Learning and Innovation Team.

The ISP learner recognises that their mindset, experiences, and actions drive their learning outcomes. With this awareness, they exercise voice, choice, and ownership over their process of learning - leading their learning and the learning of others.

• A culture of engagement and trust, where staff contributions are recognised and valued.
• A passionate and motivated team of professionals who put children at the heart of decision-making.
• An embedded commitment to professional development and employee well-being.
• Access to expertise, best practice sharing and learning opportunities across countries and cultures.
• Competitive salary.
• Medical benefits.
• Comprehensive hospitalisation insurance coverage for the candidate and dependants.
• Group Personal Accident insurance coverage.
• Employer contributions to the Malaysian Employee Provident Fund (EPF).
• Fee discount for children of employees.
• Relocation and settling in benefits.

One of the leading education groups in Malaysia, ISP Malaysia operates Tenby Schools, Asia Pacific Schools and Straits International Schools. Our nine campuses are strategically located in the developed areas of Klang Valley in Selangor, Perak, Penang and Johor.

Our schools in Malaysia follow the international school curriculum comprising IGCSE and A-levels, starting at the kindergarten level, while five of the schools also offer the Malaysian National Curriculum. With over 8,000 students, we have a 60-year history of providing education to students in the country and have gained a reputation for excellence and high standards in education.

We champion a transformative approach to learning that goes beyond the classroom. By igniting our students' curiosity and growing their self-confidence, we empower them to become the next generation of changemakers.

ISP Malaysia is part of ISP, a global community of over 80 international schools across more than 20 countries.

• You demonstrate and model that our students come first, always.
• You relentlessly promote and facilitate the use of ISP’s Learning First Framework to Embed Quality in all schools.
• You ensure that all Senior Leaders know and are able to communicate the purpose and value of ISP’s offerings, as well as our expectations, enabling schools to fully access the various elements of the Framework to positively impact on student and adult learning.
• You continuously initiate and facilitate professional dialogue that focuses school leaders on improving student learning.
• You consistently use, reference, and reinforce ISP’s Shared Ideas and language for learning, such that school leaders and regional colleagues in Malaysia are able to confidently do the same.
• You demonstrate A Focus on Learners and Learning by actively looking for and identifying examples of excellent practice and Amazing Learning. You then communicate these and other Evidence of Learning effectively and efficiently to colleagues both in schools and the regional team in Malaysia and the Central team, such that they drive improvements in learning, and equip colleagues to effectively promote the learning benefits of the school and ISP in the wider community.
• You effectively lead the Future Pathways team, ensuring that career and university guidance support services are consistently provided by counsellors to existing students in schools.

• Partnerships
• The Learning Improvement Process
• Learning Improvement Planning
• Leading the Learning
• Evidence of Learning
• Build Talent
• The Offering
• Onboarding
• Future Pathways

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 postholders 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 of employment history.

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.