Director ? Managed Schools - Aldar Education-2200007O

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Director ? Managed Schools - Aldar Education - (2200007O)DescriptionAldar Education is currently seeking a Director ? Managed 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 Team supporting our British, US and IB curricula network of schools.The successful candidates will be closely aligned with our core values and ethos and possess a genuine understanding and appreciation of the values of the region.Job PurposeThe Director ? Managed Schools will be fully responsible to effectively lead all school improvement strategies, marketing and enrolment activities of the managed schools and to have commercial and education line management of all managed schools. The incumbent will continuously strive to exceed internal & external customer expectations, capitalizing the economic profit and return on capital investment, while embracing the Aldar Education Core Values.RESPONSIBILITIES:Main Duties:

• Provide robust and intellectual leadership, vision and strategic direction to achieve the highest levels of performance and ensure a culture of continuous improvement across all key areas.
• Lead and support managed schools in order to build capacity and capability towards meeting current and future challenges in line with company priorities.
• Foster highly effective relationships with other members of the team responsible for central functions, (such as HR; Finance; Marketing; Enrolments and IT, etc) in meeting identified key objectives.
• Work alongside the Director of Education and other members of the Executive Leadership Team in the delivery of the company?s stated outcomes against a clearly defined set of performance indicators and standards.
• Work alongside the Director of Education and the Executive Leadership Team to deliver the education strategy, mission and vision for managed schools. Through direct reports, ensure schools are aligned and articulate the identified strategic direction and build a shared sense of vision and purpose for all schools and their communities.
• To support and advise HQ departments and School Principals on efficient and effective school operation processes, strategy and development and any other duties as required by the Director of Education

• Inspire and support direct reports in the delivery of high standards of student achievement, increased student progress, 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 for managed schools.
• Provide quality assurance of all strategic documents such as schools 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-add data, to monitor and report student progress and achievement.
• Quality assure curriculum offers and champion 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 managing to achieve the best outcomes for ch

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