Nursery Manager / Nursery Director

Job description / Role

Job Summary:
To provide professional vision and leadership for the nursery which secures its success and improvement, ensuring high quality education for all students and improved standards of learning and achievement. The professional duties of the Head Teacher are contained in the Nursery Teacher’s Development and Conditions Document and the key areas of Headship are contained in the International Standards for Head Teachers and the organization’s standards and purposes.

Key areas of responsibility
• Promote a secure foundation achieve high standards in all areas of the nursery’s work.
• Develop programs for enabling nursery students and families to meet academic goals.
• Hold clear values and goals to ensure providing world-class education for all year groups at the nursery.
• Maintain strong governance and actively support the governing board to understand its role and deliver its functions effectively; in particular, its functions to set nursery strategies, goals, development plans, expansions, projects and hold the Head Teacher to account for students, staff and financial performance.
• Maintain high quality education by efficient management of teaching and learning and using student-centred learning to realise the potential of all students.
• Maintain an optimistic and positive behaviour, positive relationships and attitudes towards students and staff, and towards parents, government officials and members of the local and international community.
• Promote a culture that maintains excellence, equality and high expectations of all students.
• provide vision, leadership and direction for the nursery academic team, students and parents and ensure that the nursery is managed and organised to meet its aims, targets, vision and mission.
• Ensure the top level of professional representation of the nursery mission, vision, values, accomplishments and goals in front of the students and staff, and towards parents, government officials and members of the local and international community.
• Lead integrity, creativity, resilience, and clarity, with adherence to the policies, regulations and instructions of the company, the nursery, the Omani Ministry of Social Development and the International Education Standards.
• Maintain wide knowledge and understanding of education and nursery systems locally, nationally and globally, and pursue continuous development of the nursery and the academic team.
• Work with strategic and financial astuteness, within a clear set of principles centred on the nursery’s vision, mission, and marketing and development plans.
• Inspire and influence others - within and beyond the nursery - to believe in the fundamental importance of education in young people’s lives and to promote the value of education and how the nursery vision and mission fit with these values.
• Implement ambitious standards for all students through enhancing and assuring a strong sense of accountability in staff for the impact of their work on students’ outcomes and yearly improvement plans.
• Ensure that the nursery’s systems, organisation, policies, procedures and processes are well structured, efficient and fit for purpose, keeping the principles of transparency, integrity and probity.
• Evaluate the nursery’s performance to identify the priorities for continuous improvement and raising standards; ensuring equality of opportunity for all and keeping the nursery growth, improvement and enhanced students’ performance as a main priority.
• Secure excellent level of education through an analytical understanding of how students learn and of the core methodologies of successful classroom practice and curriculum design, leading to rich curriculum opportunities and pupils’ outstanding results.
• Spot all emerging challenges, coach and aspire current leaders in a climate where excellence is the standard, leading to clear succession planning.
• Ensure Annual Yearly Progress meetings and execute programs to conform academic success.
• Establish policies as per Nursery’s performance management, succession planning and staffing requirements.
• Review and update nursery policies and procedures every year and keep it updated as per the international child rights policies and the Omani Laws.
• Arrange expenditures and budget with Nursery Finance to satisfy financial obligations.
• Encourage nursery in community and foster relationships within with the surrounding private and public nurserys.
• Attend different levels of meetings and represent the nursery in front of the Omani Government and public sector representatives.
• Create, manage and ensure an attractive, organized, functional, healthy and safe facilities giving attention to the different age groups and to the Omani and International cultures.
• Maintain a safe, calm and well-ordered environment for all students and staff, focused on safeguarding students and developing their exemplary behaviour in nursery and in the wider society.
• Establish strict, fair and transparent systems and measures for assessing the performance of all staff, addressing any under-performance, supporting staff to improve and valuing excellent practice.
• Work with other nurserys and organisations - in a climate of mutual challenge - to champion best practice and secure excellent achievements for all students.
• Ensure the procedures of health, safety, environment and welfare of students, parents and staff members within the nursery premises.
• Establish procedures and regular drills trainings for emergencies and disasters.
• Distribute leadership throughout the organisation, creating teams of colleagues who have specific roles and responsibilities and hold each other accountable for their decision making.
• Ensure that the resources are efficiently and effectively used to achieve the nursery’s aims and objectives and for the day-to-day management
• Lead nursery’s representation in the community and the educational associations on domestic and international levels to communicate the nursery’s well-being and accomplishments.
• Support nursery start-up activities like presentations, orientations, open days, social media advertisements, marketing campaigns, staff induction programs and all levels of preparations.
• Secures the commitment of the wider community to the nursery by developing and maintaining effective relations and partnerships with, for example, neighbouring nurserys, other services and agencies for children, higher education institutions, governmental authorities and employers.
• Liaise with the nursery Administration Department to ensure the proper communication and the upmost level of communication and satisfaction of parents.
• Liaise with the nursery Administration Department to create efficient marketing plans for the nursery and to enhance to proper communication with the community.
• Liaise with the nursery Administration Department to collect detailed information about the number of students and prepare a proper plan for the number of needed academic staff members.
• Liaise with the Human Resources Department to assure recruiting the needed number of staff, and avoid being overstaffed or short-staffed.
• Liaise with the Human Resources Department to assure Creating an environment where all staff are motivated and supported to develop their own skills and subject knowledge, and to support each other.
• Head the academic role of the recruitment committee, assess the new applicants and report to the Human Resources Department regarding the proper potential applicants.
• Liaise with the Human Resources department to prepare proper yearly CPD plans for the academic team.
• Assure the proper communication between all departments of the nursery.
• Arrange weekly, monthly, and termly meetings with the nursery SLT members, to assure the implementation of the year’s target and the nursery’s development plan.
• Review, assess, and update the nursery vision and mission as per the regulations and standards of the international nursery’s and the Omani Ministry of Social Development.
• Liaise with the events coordinator to plan, prepare and organize trips, events, and different levels of activities within the nursery or domestic and international communities.
• Keep updated with the rules, policies, procedures, requirements and instructions of the Ministry of Social Development and the international curriculums followed by the nursery.
• Seek international and governmental accreditations for the nursery, and ensure preparations of the international standards required for accreditations.
• Oversee nursery activities to ensure educational goals and outcomes’ fulfilment.
• Support accreditation process with growth of new nursery.
• Offer consistent and compassionate customer service to students, parents and referral sources.

Requirements

• A degree in Early Childhood Education or its equivalent
• A degree in Educational Leadership
• Experienced with the Reggio Emilia Philosophy and the Early Years Foundation Stage
• A minimum of 5 years experience as a Nursery Headteacher/Principal
• Experienced with international accreditations process

About the Company

Al Shomoukh International School (SIS) is a new KG to Grade 12 global school in Muscat. Established by Global Education Services (GES) the school opened for the 2015/16 school year in Al Hail.

A new school has been constructed and, combined with an international curriculum and excellent staff, the school intends to become one of the outstanding international schools in Muscat. It will draw students from both the local Omani and expatriate community. Both will be rewarded with an education experience of the highest order.

The school will be a beacon of international educational excellence for local and expatriate male and female students using English as the medium of instruction. Classes will be a maximum of 25 students.