Operations Manager

Job description / Role

Job overview

Job start: December 2025
Contract type: Full time
Contract term: Fixed term – initial 2 years

North London Collegiate School Dubai seeks an operations manager (based in the UAE).

Founded in partnership with Sobha, North London Collegiate School Dubai offers an academically ambitious education in keeping with the aspirational ethos of NLCS (UK). The school provides the same impressive range of extra-curricular activities for which NLCS (UK) and NLCS Jeju are well known, and aims to foster well-rounded individuals who are capable of becoming leaders.

NLCS Dubai aims to be the top-performing IB world school in the UAE, supporting the aspirations and abilities of all students; as a result, they and their families will choose to stay in Dubai throughout their primary and secondary schooling.

This selective, co-educational day school caters for students aged 3 – 18. The school is located within the prestigious Sobha Hartland development, close to the Burj Khalifa and ‘Downtown’ area of Dubai, and boasts state-of-the-art facilities.

North London Collegiate School Dubai seeks an enthusiastic, efficient, and experienced operations manager to assist the senior operations manager of the school to oversee the management of the school and its resources in line with the development plans and objectives of the school. The role ensures that the facilities and buildings meet the academic needs of the school and includes responsibility for the management of the non-teaching staff. This position is offered on a full-time basis.

All members of staff are expected to be involved in pastoral care within the school community and to contribute to the extra-curricular life of the school.