Operations Manager

Location:

Dubai, AE

Job ID: 4915

School: Swiss International Scientific School

Company: Nord Anglia Education

The Swiss International Scientific School in Dubai (SISD) is a leading international day and boarding school where future generations are inspired to become confident and enthusiastic lifelong learners, ready to embrace the opportunities and challenges of a global world.

At SISD we follow the framework of the International Baccalaureate (IB) programme from Pre-Kindergarten (PreKG) to Grade 12 and the Swiss Baccalaureate programme from Grade 6 onwards. The Swiss International Scientific School in Dubai is an IB Continuum World School authorised to offer and teach the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP), IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) IB Diploma Programme (DP) and the IB Career-related Programme (CP).

We are also a member of the Swiss Group of Schools, CIS and ECIS.

Skills

SISD offers three different streams with an emphasis on offering learners the chance to develop international-mindedness, to broaden their skills and capabilities and to acquire the information needed to access other cultures:

• IB Bilingual English/French (with Arabic)
• IB Bilingual English/German (with Arabic)
• IB with additional languages (French or German with Arabic) and personalised STEAM* programme from PreKG-Grade 5.

Our unique curriculum offers an engaging learning experience, the challenge of developing a real understanding of cultural diversity and the support of a thriving international community.

Our large eco-friendly campus ensures that we can offer a wide range of sporting facilities that make the most of our location adjacent to Dubai Creek. Find out more about SISD at www.sisd.ae

We have created a school that offers an outstanding education focused on both academic excellence and personal growth. We encourage students to take risks, become compassionate lifelong learners and responsible citizens who care for one another and contribute to a strong society through intercultural understanding and respect.

At SISD, a distinctive feature of school life is the diverse student body made up of more than 90 different nationalities. It is our strong belief that the next generation of international citizens will need to be dynamic, flexible and linguistically ambitious. This is why we offer all our students the opportunity to become multilingual.

Our international programmes reflect a sincere commitment to a Swiss vision of excellence in education to enable our students fully to embrace future opportunities.

Job Description

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 your 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.

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Due to the expected volume of applications, we will only contact those applicants that are shortlisted for interview. We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date.

SISD is committed to safeguarding and providing a safe and happy environment for all our students and employees and one in which our students can thrive and learn. We follow safer recruitment practices, which ae allied to Keeping Children Safe in Education and the International Task Force on Child Protection. All appointments are subject to an interview and appropriate vetting procedures including identity checks, online social media checks, criminal record checks from both country of residence/home country and any other country of residence, right to work in UAE and Barring & Prohibition checks.