GM – Education

Job description / Role

Our Client is looking for an Arabic Speaking individual to ensure that all of the Education initiatives are efficiently and effectively established, that they represent the aims, ethos and values of the wider company strategy and as appropriate in each country of operation, and that they maintain the highest educational and other standards as required by the relevant authorities of each country

• Provide appropriate advice and assistance to CEO especially on educational matters
• Be the lead professional within theEducation regarding all educational, curricular, staffing and administrative issues relating to all education initiatives
• Carry out such other duties as the CEO may reasonably request
• Liaise with ADEC to ensure update on all new rules and regulations and full compliance with the same
• Expansion of the education sector in line with strategic objectives of the company
• Oversight of current operations
• Liaison with external partners e.g. BCIS
• Manage the local license application process for each new initiative, including undertaking research into local curricula and adapting UK or other curricula to meet local requirements
• In consultation with the management of each institution, manage the planning, development and implementation of all educational, staffing and administrative aspects of each newly-formed entity from its inception until formal handover to its head and board of governors
• Be a member of the selection panel for all future heads
• Work with the newly appointed Heads and the boards and external contractors to ensure that new entities are fully operational, can open on time and within budget
• Advise and assist Heads with all Senior Management Team Level and admin appointment ensuring the right selection of competitive staff
• Provide educational, curriculum, staffing and administrative advice as appropriate
• Develop and monitor (on a termly basis) objective, non-financial educational performance measures and appraise each BCIS Heads’ performance against such measures and relevant targets
• Report regularly on the progress and performance to the CEO
• Sit on the board of governors of each new entity as Governor
• Facilitate memberships of the HMC, ISC, ECIS and /or any other professional organizations as appropriate
• Visit each entity on a regular basis
• Chair meeting (actual and/or virtual) regularly with all management
• Coordinate INSET opportunities across entities as appropriate
• Keep up to date with new advances in educational theory, practice, assessment and technology and ensure best practice, whether internal or external, is rapidly identified and transferred throughout the Education
• Develop (i) group-wide educational initiatives to develop appropriate strategic professional development programmes for their staff, (ii) student and staff exchanges, pupil opportunities
• Minimize the expenditure of resources in all activities as appropriate, promptly informing the CEO of any instances where budgets may be significantly over-or underestimated

Requirements

Skills
• Strong negotiation and persuasive leader
• Excellent stakeholder and shareholder management skills
• Collaborative and inclusive
• Change facilitator
• Mentoring and coaching skills
• Analytical & decision making skills
• Relationship building and clients focused
• Visionary and situational leadership
• Creative and innovative

Behavioral Attributes
• Excellent communication skills
• Emotional intelligence & Composure
• Influential & Inspirational (leads by example)
• Dynamic, driven and results orientated
• Initiative taking and pro-activity
• Integrity and ethics
• People oriented, people sensitive
• Flexible, pragmatic and resilient

Core Competencies
• Integrity
• Team Work
• Leadership
• Champion Change
• Continuous learning culture

Technical Competencies
• General Management
• Academic Curricula review and planning
• Expertise in the interpretation of the ADEC rules and regulations
• Expertise in the interpretation of the Ministry of Education’s Bilo of Federal Law No. (28) of 1999 for Private Education
• School operations management
• Excellent financial, budgeting and reporting skills
• Strong people management skills
• Good knowledge of School facilities management
• Solid knowledge of Children and Teachers/staff’s safety procedures at school

About the Company

Cobalt is part of a leading international recruitment provider with offices in Europe, Singapore and New Zealand. Cobalt offers high quality HR consultancy, executive search, contingency recruitment and Emiratization services in Dubai and the wider MENA Region. It works extensively within the fields of Construction & Engineering, Banking & Finance and HR & Business Support.

Contributing to the regions development, we play a key role in identifying and attracting the very best talent to ensure the regions potential is realized. We also understand the importance of Emiratization in ensuring the long-term success of the UAE economy and have therefore pro-actively developed a strong network of UAE Nationals within our specialist areas.