Director - Operated Schools

2 months ago

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Aldar Education L.L.C Full time

*Aldar Education* is currently seeking *director-operated Schools *to
support our growing family of owned and operated schools in the UAE. Due to
planned current and future expansion, we are looking to add to our current
Education team supporting our British, US, and IB curricula family of
schools.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the highly successful Aldar Education
family of schools and to help shape the future of Abu Dhabi’s leading
school group.

The Director - Operated Schools will lead and manage all operational matters
across our group of owned and operated schools. To ensure the highest
standards of education, parent experience, and student outcomes against
board-approved targets and the company’s strategic vision and plans.

The successful candidate will be closely aligned with our core values and
ethos and possess a genuine understanding and appreciation of the values of
the region.

*Main Duties:*

* Oversee all day-to-day operations of Aldar Education's owned and operated
schools, ensuring the delivery of the highest standards of education and
customer service.
* Lead and manage a multi-functional team responsible for education
provision and related support services, including marketing, enrolment,
teacher hiring and training, budgetary control, operations, procurement,
and all people-related matters.
* Collaborate with the wider network of support functions and quality
assurance teams to maintain and enhance educational standards and
operational efficiency.
* Develop and implement strategic plans to achieve organizational goals,
including enrolment targets, academic excellence, and financial
sustainability.
* Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards and drive
continuous improvement initiatives across all aspects of school
operations.
* Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement
within the school team, encouraging creativity and excellence in teaching
and learning.

*Specific Duties:*

*Operational Leadership:*

* Inspire and support direct reports in the delivery of high standards of
student achievement, increased student progress, and school inspection
increases using available data to drive improvement.
* Support Leadership and other senior staff to shape the strategic
direction, guiding the delivery of specified educational goals and
directives.
* Provide quality assurance of all strategic documents such as the school's
strategic improvement/development plans and self-evaluations, taking
appropriate action as required.
* Lead in the effective implementation (and ongoing review) of learning and
assessment frameworks that use benchmarking and value-added data, to
monitor and report student progress and achievement.
* Quality assurance curriculum offers and champions new educational thinking
and educational initiatives in conjunction with the Senior Executive team
and schools.
* Support Principals in the most appropriate educational strategies ensuring
equity of educational outcomes to enrich the school as a learning
environment for its students, families, and the wider community.
* To provide effective, innovative, and professional leadership and
direction for Principals and other staff coaching, mentoring, and talent
management to achieve the best outcomes for children.
* Provide support and guidance about inspection planning, preparation, and
quality assuring the SEF.

*Relationship Management:*

* Promote and represent the company effectively and positively to all
internal and external stakeholders and seek opportunities to expand its
role across the UAE and globally.
* Represent the company at school functions, interacting with parents
professionally and collaboratively to build trust in the company and
strong community relations.
* Develop strong relationships with education authorities and other
government entities to establish and maintain a positive reputation that
enhances the company’s standing.
* Establish and maintain excellent working relationships with other members
of the Executive Leadership Team and other colleagues at HQ to ensure a
positive and collegial working environment that enables the company’s
goals to be met.

*People Responsibilities, Leadership & Management:*

* Support the leadership teams and schools to draft, deliver, and update
relevant plans as required and undertake monitoring, evaluation, and
reporting of progress.
* Connect and share good practices within and across the school network to
raise standards. 
* Identify and implement strategies to raise standards of teaching and
learning, including the creation of experts to support recommendations. 
* Plan and deliver effective training and development programs that meet
identified needs within the schools.
* Support appropriate staff in the development and implementation of
strategic planning and ensure regular reviews and monitor the strategic
plan and targets in each of the schools.
* Communicate and broker, where necessary, Leadership/Principal professional
development opportunities, ensuring processes are in place to share
successful improvement strategies and best practices and promoting the use
of technology for virtual communication where appropriate.
* Lead Professional dialogues and appraisals for Principals and/or other
staff where appropriate and identify appropriate educational development.
* Encourage collaboration across schools, creating communities of
professional learning and networks focused on key areas of school
improvement, new educational initiatives, and development.

*Strategic Planning and Financial Management:  *

* Collaborate with School Leadership Teams to present a three-year school
improvement plan with educational and financial KPIs (refreshed on an
annual basis)
* Present the annual operating budgets for approval by the Aldar Education
Executive Management Team.
* Be accountable for the execution of operating budgets and achieve approved
financial and academic KPIs. 
* Review the monthly financial performance of the schools and set in place
action points for addressing variances for the School Leadership Team to
execute.
* Collaborate with the School Leadership Team to identify value-added
services that not only generate additional revenue streams for the schools
but also strengthen their USP and provide a strong return on investment
for all stakeholders.    

This job description is not all-inclusive. Aldar Education reserves the right
to amend this job description at any time. We are an equal opportunity
employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. We are also
mindful of our national development strategy and encourage UAE Nationals in
their application at our company.

*Aldar Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of
children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.
Offers of appointment are subject to satisfactory references and police
clearance.*

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