Operations Manager

About Nord Anglia Education 

Nord Anglia Education is the world’s leading premium schools organisation, with more than 85 schools located across over 33 countries in the Americas, Europe, China, Southeast Asia, India and the Middle East. Together, our schools educate over 74,000 students from kindergarten through to the end of secondary school.

Our philosophy for education rests on our four pillars of creativity, wellbeing, excellent academic outcomes, and global connectedness. These are delivered through innovative use of educational technology to create a personalised 21st century learning experience for all students.

Every parent wants the best for their child — so do we. Nord Anglia schools deliver high quality, transformational education and ensure excellent academic outcomes by going beyond traditional learning. Our global scale enables us to recruit and retain world-leading teachers and to offer unforgettable experiences through global and regional events, while our engaging learning environments ensure all of our students love coming to school.

Nord Anglia International School Dubai

NAS Dubai is a purpose built ‘flagship school’ generously resourced with a whole school enrolment of over 3040. This equates to 1690 in the primary school and 1350 in the secondary school. Our curriculum is based upon the legacy of the English National Curriculum adapted to the local environment leading up to GCSE at KS4 and on to the IB Diploma programme and A Levels at KS5. Our GCSE results consistently significantly surpass the world average, with 41% of students achieving A**-*, 9-8 over the last three years (World Average 27.6%). IBDP results are equally as impressive with an average of 20% obtaining over 40+ points over the last three years (IBDP global average 30) and 30% of our attaining A*-A in A Levels.  

Awarded by Spears to be one of the Top 100 schools in the world, NAS Dubai is recognised as an outstanding school by multiple accreditors including the KHDA, BSO and NEASC.

Our schools 

Each Nord Anglia Education school is unique in character and designed to meet the needs of its community. We are united by our philosophy, to be ambitious for our students, our people, and our family of schools. We believe that being part of our family of 85 schools gives them a special advantage. Working together, we can achieve more than we can individually. Our schools have access to a wide range of resources and support to enhance their success.

We also create unique opportunities to benefit our students and people, such as the Global Campus, Nord Anglia University, and our collaborations with The Juilliard School, MIT, UNICEF, and King’s College London.

About the role

To ensure that the school’s operation provide a service level in keeping with a Premium International School, and is run efficiently, cost effectively and is legally compliant.

To work within the school to create and cost out all campus management related project / budget plans through liaison with the school’s leadership and external project management / vendors teams to ensure all projects / contracts and services are completed to a high standard and keeping on brand.

Key deliverable is to ensure the delivery of buildings maintenance and services to ensure a high functioning school as well as the delivery and management of key projects and associated budget and to the agreed quality. The role goes beyond operations – it requires the Operations Manager (OM) to provide strong strategic leadership vision and to provide excellent stakeholder management with the key stakeholders, including partners, contractors and internal counterparts across functions.

Support driving Health and Safety across the school, working closely with The Regional Operations Director and our NAE Global HS Lead to ensure the school is fully complaint and following all NAE standards.

Working with the schools to review large scale procurement projects alongside the Regional Operations Director and our central teams as required.

To be an active contributor to the strategic direction and operation of the region, alongside our operations and facilities departments. 

About You

• A bachelor’s degree is desirable and must have a minimum 5 years’ experience working in a similar role
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills in English
• Good analysis and report writing skills
• Effective understanding of good practice in relation to project management
• Experience of contributing to and managing all IT platforms and initiatives
• Strong leadership skills and experience in working with multinational teams
• Excellent time management skills and flexibility in dealing with multi-functional tasks
• Willingness to travel is Essential
• Good cross-cultural, interpersonal & communication skills to interact with diverse nationalities and cultures
• Native-level English speaking and writing
• Creative and technical thinking ability
• Self-motivated, flexible, and adaptable to different tasks at hand
• Proactive and able to prompt others to ensure deadlines and targets are achieved, calm working under pressure
• High level of integrity
• Excellent time management and organizational skills  Essential
• Excellent attention to detail
• Affinity with and interest in education

Selection Process

The closing date for application is 5th January 2025.  Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews that will take place in December at the Nord Anglia International School Dubai. Early applications will be appreciated.

This is a full-time position, starting from March 2025.  Remuneration is competitive and it includes visa provision. 

At Nord Anglia Education, we are committed to providing a world class, safe, happy environment in which children and young people are able to thrive and learn. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our pupils irrespective of race, ability, religion, gender or culture. 

All post holders are subject to appropriate national and international vetting procedures including satisfactory criminal record checks from both Country of residence/birth and any Country of residence within the last 10 years.

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