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Aldar Academies Hiring for Personal Assistant to Principal – Al Muna Academy Job at Abu Dhabi Full Time
Aldar Academies is currently seeking an outstanding Personal Assistant to Principal for Al Muna Academy commencing Term 3 Academic Year 2020-21 to join our growing family of owned and operated schools in the UAE. Due to planned current and future expansion we are looking to add to our current education team supporting our British, US and IB curricula schools.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the highly successful Aldar family of schools and to help shape the future of Abu Dhabi’s leading school group.
Al Muna Academy is located in the centre of the city of Abu Dhabi and is a hugely popular school with a very long waiting list to join based in a vibrant community. It is judged an ‘Outstanding’ primary school by the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK) serving over 700 students from Nursery – Year 6 and following the National Curriculum of England.
The successful candidate will be closely aligned with the core values and ethos of Aldar Academies and Al Muna Academy and possess a genuine understanding and appreciation of the values of the region.
Responsibilities
- Produce minutes for meetings as requested in an accurate and timely manner.
- Produce agendas for meetings in a timely manner.
- Attend and support ELT/SLT meetings and any other meetings as directed by the Principal.
- Ensure Principals’ calendar in managed efficiently and effectively.
- Manage school calendar, contacts, and database information. Schedule appointments and make arrangements for meetings. Schedule and provide support for meetings, including videoconferences.
- Filter telephone calls before passing them to the Principal, if it is deemed necessary and make any telephone calls as requested by the Principal and follow up any resultant actions when instructed by Principal.
- Perform other general word processing duties. Modify and/or create databases and complex spreadsheets.
- Comply with all school policies and procedures, particularly those relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality, behaviour and data protection, reporting concerns to the Principal.
- To welcome visitors to our school and deal with queries from families, visitors, staff and children.
- To maintain staff files and records ND to facilitate the transfer of documents to and from Aldar HQ.
- To support the recruitment process including inviting and taking up references for new staff.
- To maintain with accuracy the school database including parent portal, engage and MIS.
- Supporting the HR officer and admin team with administrative work when needed.
- To provide information to and receive information from Department of Education and Knowledge and to deal with associated requests and administration.
Qualifications
- Minimum diploma / degree of higher education; or related industry qualification, of graduate level, for the assigned functional area(s).
Minimum experience
- 5+ Years’ experience in similar role.
Job Specific Knowledge and Skills:
- A high level of professionalism.
- A positive and solution-focused attitude to working life.
- To be approachable, professional, calm, kind and knowledgeable.
- To be able to deal professionally with a range of stakeholders.
- To be able to prioritise workload.
- Competent using IT systems, including Microsoft Word/Excel/Outlook.
- To be an excellent and efficient administrator.
- To be able to maintain confidentiality.
- To be able to think ahead and give initiative.
- Strong organizational and prioritisation skills.
- Fluent English communication skills, written and oral.
- Attention to detail with diligent follow up, and able to execute in a timely manner.
- Skilled in multi-tasking and handling pressure.
- Organizational ability, of self and others.
- Forethought and forward planning.
- Capable of influencing people and talented in networking with cultural sensitivity.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
What we offer
Aldar Academies are a family of world-class, child centred and innovative schools based in the UAE. We educate over 10,000 students across our group of owned and managed schools and as we grow so does our need for highly skilled, inspirational and dedicated school leaders. Our future-focussed learning model includes both students and staff and so we place a special emphasis on professional development, coaching and training. Successful candidates will have access to a wide network of professionals and opportunities to both lead and contribute to training others as well as developing themselves.
Aldar Academies are keen to hear from like-minded, forward thinking school leaders who would welcome the challenge and opportunities that we have to offer.
This job description is not all inclusive. Aldar Education reserves the right to amend this job description at any time. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. We are also mindful on our national development strategy and encourage UAE Nationals in their application at our company.
As much as we would be delighted to entertain all applicants, due to high volume of applications and robust selection process, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted within 10 business days.
Aldar Academies is committed to the safeguarding of children and young people, and any offer of appointment will be subject to any relevant medical checks and clearance from appropriate safeguarding authorities.
Primary Location: UAE-Abu Dhabi
Job: Education
Organization: Al Muna Primary School
Schedule: Regular
Shift: Standard
Job Type: Full-time
Day Job
Job Posting: May 24, 2021, 6:06:54 AM
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