Senior Registrar - Al Yasmina Academy-220000AO

Job Description

Senior Registrar - Al Yasmina Academy - (220000AO)DescriptionAldar Academies are currently seeking an outstanding Senior Registrar for Al Yasmina Academy in Abu Dhabi to start as soon as possible.Al Yasmina Academy is an outstanding English Curriculum school in the beautiful city of Abu Dhabi. With our globally recognised and admired curriculum, dedicated and passionate practitioners and outstanding teaching and learning, Al Yasmina Academy is an exceptional place to work. It has an exciting, diverse and progressive learning community that annually produces some of the very best I/GCSE and A Level results in the UAE. Our learning culture is under pinned by our core values of excellence, respect, passion, collaboration and creativity allowing all students to thrive. Furthermore, the Academy is extremely proud of its recent ADEK inspection, which rated Al Yasmina Academy as Outstanding in all six performance standards, putting it amongst the top schools in the UAE and Middle East.This is an exciting opportunity to join the highly successful Aldar family of schools and to help shape the future of Abu Dhabis leading school group.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.Responsibilities

• Manages the day-to-day operations of district-wide Admission and Registration department. Develops, recommends, plans, and administers admission and registration policies and procedures, related systems support and regulatory compliance.
• To ensure meeting the enrolments targets set for the year and deliver on enrolments strategies to drive growth to the Academy.
• Recommends and carries out operating policies and procedures with a focus on facilitating the admission and enrolment of students in the Academy
• Plans, organizes, maintains, and manages the processes and operations of admission and registration services for the school; manages activities of the admissions to include planning, implementing, administering, and evaluating processes and services impacting the school operations from an admission/registration perspective
• Supervises admissions staff and manages the admissions operations of two separate building locations
• Hires, evaluates, trains, disciplines, and recommends dismissal of staff as necessary
• Overall responsibility of Enrolments and Registration for the academy, business partnering with the Senior Leadership within the Academy and HQ Enrolments
• Develop and implement the schools enrolment plan to ensure the school meets the enrolment target or capacity
• Meet with prospective parents, explaining admissions procedures, curriculum, fee structure, ADEK regulations and ensure all documentation is completed effectively
• Managing eSIS (student information system) include students registration, withdrawals, transfers, and pre-transition)
• Develop and maintain strong relationship with ADEKs students affairs department
• Ensure all parent facing areas are attractive, uncluttered and convey a welcoming environment to students and parents
• Monitors compliance with government regulations; ensures that standards are adhered to about admission, registration, student payment and related student records. Oversees the retention, security, and confidentiality of student records
• Collaborates with staff and ADEK to research and resolve complex student issues relating to admission, registration, late joiners, refunds, and administrative withdrawals
• Attend SLT meetings when required to update on admissions at the Academy
• Be knowledgeable of the market and enrolments and competitor schools
• Work with the PRE to identify strategies for attracting new enrolments and student retention
• Manage the reenrolment process for existing parents in conjunction with the PRE, providing regular analysis of the updates to the Head of Enrolments and Principal
• Provide the Head of Enrolments with weekly and monthly reports and projections on enrolments
• Attend networking events to promote the Academy
• Organize and attend enrolment events for the Academy
• Develop and maintain strong partnerships with feeder nurseries and schools
• Represent the ethos and standard of excellence of Aldar Academies to all prospective parents
• Ensure that Aldar Academies procedures and codes of conduct are always followed
• Initiate effort and energy beyond the typical workday
• Line Managing the admission teams
• Perform other duties as requested by direct and dotted line reporting managers/ supervisors

QualificationsMinimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree Required
• Experience as Admissions/Registrar in the education field
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in an education sector
• Strong ESIS/ student affairs experience
• Previous experience in data management

Job Specific Knowledge & Skills

• Fluent English communication skills, written and oral.
• Attention to detail with diligent follow up, and able to execute in a timely manner.
• A high level of professionalism and consideration of the wellbeing of children
• Effective communicator at different levels, both orally and in writing.
• Interpersonal skills, able to operate in a multi-cultural environment.
• Computer literate, including all social media platforms.
• Attentiveness, able to listen effectively and ask questions
• A team player, willing to support colleagues to deliver results
• Willingness to learn
• Skilled in multi-tasking and handling pressure.
• Excellent office management experience
• A clean enhanced Disclosure & Barring Services check or police clearance
• Initiate effort and energy beyond the typical workday, where the tasks require additional commitment.
• Arabic speaking, reading and writing is preferred

Aldar Academies are a family of world-class, child centered, and innovative schools based in the UAE. We educate over 25,000 students across our group of owned and managed schools and as we grow so does our need for highly skilled, inspirational, and dedicated school leaders.We offer an attractive remuneration package, our future focused learning model includes both students and staff and so we place a special emphasis on professional development, coaching and training.Successful candidates will have access to a wide network of professionals and opportunities to both lead and contribute to training others as well as developing themselves.Aldar Academies are keen to hear from like-minded, forward thinking school leaders who would welcome the challenge and opportunities that we have to offer.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.#LI-HR@AYA-AFNPrimary Lo

Keyskills :