Senior Director Bartos Institute

Job title:Senior Director of the Bartos Institute

Working pattern:Full-time
Duration of contract:12-month contract

Founded in 1982, the United World College-USA is one of 18 United World College (UWC) campuses worldwide and the only campus in the United States. The UWC movement seeks “to make education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future.” Our participation in the UWC movement and our philanthropy-based educational model distinguish UWC-USA among international boarding schools.

Since its founding as an endowed institute at UWC-USA in 2000, the Bartos Institute has promoted the practice of Constructive Engagement of Conflict (CEC) within UWC-USA and among school partners. UWC-USA increasingly recognises that building a peaceful world through CEC is deeply connected to its concern for building a sustainable future. For this reason, the school has reimagined the Bartos Institute as a home for both its CEC and Sustainability initiatives.

The reorganised Bartos Institute serves as the campus centre for mission praxis, focused on our core practices of CEC and Sustainability (within an integral framework). The Institute fulfills four main functions:
1) it grounds students in theory, equips them with foundational skills and leads them into direct practice through the various programmes that the Bartos team delivers;
2) it supports the Academic and Student Life curricula as they engage our core practices;
3) it partners with the schools’ operations departments as they align with mission; and
4) develops the sharing of our most impactful work with local, regional, national and global stakeholders.

The Senior Director is an educator who organises the Bartos team, oversees the ongoing development of its internal and external programmes/activities, ensures the timely coordination and implementation of all programmes/activities and leads on the development of new initiatives. The Bartos team includes the Director of Co-curricular Learning, the Director of Expeditionary Learning, the Bartos Programmes Specialist, and the Global Leadership Forum Coordinator.

As the Bartos Institute begins to broaden its scope in 2026-27, the Senior Director works closely with the Bartos team to build coherence across its programmes/activities; communicates the Institute’s new vision, philosophy and principles to all stakeholders; sees that all programming is delivered in such a way that reinforces Bartos’s new institutional role; and collaborates with the Associate Head to prioritise new initiatives for development and implementation.

As the lead Bartos administrator, the Senior Director manages the Institute’s staff, policies/procedures, budget and calendar, and contributes to advancement efforts on behalf of the Institute. In addition to leading, administering and supervising, the Senior Director often plans, organises and delivers programmes/activities for students, employees and external stakeholders.

Working across all programming and in partnership with operations, the Senior Director promotes and contributes to an integrated student and employee experience. The Senior Director fulfils their responsibilities in accordance with the UWC mission and values as well as the school’s strategic plan, foundational documents, IBDP authorisation, ISAS accreditation and best practices in experiential education.

• Consults with the Associate Head of School to prioritise new initiatives for development and implementation.
• Together with the Bartos Programmes Specialist, completes the development of a formal, bespoke CEC programme that draws on more than 20 years of practice at UWC-USA; collaborates with the Education Leadership Team and partners with Human Resources so as to integrate this across the curriculum and institution.
• Establishes a complementary Sustainability Practice programme; collaborates with the Education Leadership Team and partners with Operations to integrate this across the curriculum and institution.
• Together with the Director of Co-curricular Learning,…