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Ref: OP910-21
Job description / Role
This role executes data collection, manipulation and analysis on educational and operational activities to provide insight and analysis on a wide range of education related data. A key function is to design and implement data management and storage solutions to enable efficient analysis and insight. The role will also support reporting functions as well.
Key Accountabilities:
• Analyse education and related data from internal and external providers/systems and provide appropriate insights and reporting to drive improvements for school and student outcomes.
• The ability to take raw data from numerous education providers and systems, match disparate datasets and turn it into clear and usable insights and reports.
• Develop implement and support timely, sustainable reporting and analysis for the department.
• Support the Education Data and Analysis strategy to ensure data is recorded/captured, consistent, accessible and usable going forward.
• Where possible suggest new approaches and solutions to Education issues.
• Work with the systems and processes manager to automate a dashboard report with the key required metrics.
• Understand and maximise how Microsoft Power BI can be used at HQ and School level to provide high quality insights for a range of audiences including the ability to provide self-service reports.
Requirements
Qualifications:
• A relevant degree and/or exposure to statistical analysis, additionally experience of using any of the following packages would be an advantage: MS Excel, SQL, Server2008, MYSQL, Power BI, Salesforce, SIMS.
Expected Experience:
• 5+ years’ experience in a similar or larger organisation, Data analysis and report development highly sought.
Job-Specific Knowledge & Skills:
• High level proficiency in the use of MS excel, PowerPoint and Word.
• Excellent core professional skills, (General strategic skills, experience in procurement processes, compliance with business policies, PC skills).
• Experienced Business Analyst who can gather important company data and compile it into reports, Stakeholders and Departmental Managers can use.
• In charge of projects and delivers results that will make the organization more efficient and effective.
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and translate business data into digestible information that improves corporate processes.
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively in English – both verbally and in writing.
About the Company
Aldar Academies, a division of Aldar Properties PJSC, is a leading provider of private education in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. We provide inspiring learning environments, combining the very best academic, arts and sporting facilities with the highest standards of teaching. From a single school with 250 students in 2007, Aldar Academies now operates six schools in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain with over 4700 students. With over 700 employees we have planned projects to grow our current schools and build new ones to increase our student capacity to over 14,000 in the next 4-5 years. All our schools are rated Band A by the Abu Dhabi Education Council.
All Aldar Academies schools offer a British curriculum, which has been adapted to the needs of students in the UAE, ensuring that all our students have access to an international education in a stimulating, multi-cultural setting where academic achievement is nurtured alongside personal development. Operating as integral parts of the communities to which they belong, each of our six primary and secondary schools allows students to find and pursue their passions and prepare them for a future of success.
Aldar Academies schools are, at pre-school and primary level, The Pearl, Al Mushrif and Al Muna; serving both pre-school, primary and secondary age students are Al Ain International School and Al Yasmina, which operates from FS1 to Year 13. Al Bateen Secondary School serves the needs of secondary school students in the heart of Abu Dhabi and offers the IB Diploma Programme in Years 12 and 13.