Yasmina British Academy is an outstanding English Curriculum school in the beautiful city of Abu Dhabi. With our globally recognized and admired curriculum, dedicated and passionate practitioners and outstanding teaching and learning, Yasmina British Academy is an exceptional place to work. With the transition to its multi-billion-dirham new campus now complete, Yasmina British Academy is leveraging its state-of-the-art facilities to redefine digital learning. This new multi-building campus is designed to foster a future-focused educational experience, providing students and teachers with cutting-edge technology, sustainable learning environments, and unparalleled opportunities for innovation and digital excellence.
This incredible facility is more than just a school, acting as a social, sporting and performance hub for both the local and international communities of the city. The new campus enables us to add even more value to our currently outstanding educational provision, whilst utilising the reputation of Aldar Academies’ brand to positively impact the lives of our learning community in the UAE.
It has an exciting, diverse, and progressive learning community that annually produces some of the very best I/GCSE and A Level results in the UAE. Yasmina’s learning culture is underpinned by the core values of excellence, respect, passion, collaboration, and creativity, allowing all students to thrive. Furthermore, the Academy is extremely proud of its recent ADEK inspection, which rated Yasmina British Academy as ‘Outstanding’ in all six performance standards, placing it among the top schools in the UAE and Middle East.
The successful candidates will be closely aligned with our core values and ethos and possess a genuine understanding and appreciation of the values of the region.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors (BSc) in business related subject; or Related industry qualification, of graduate level, for the assigned functional area(s).
• Certificate of School Business Management / Facilities Management / NEBOSH.

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE

• At least 3 years’ experience in a senior level position within an education or service-oriented industry.

MAIN DUTIES:

• To be responsible for the organisation and delivery of operations and outsourced service teams (facilities, housing, office support and external service providers) across the school. Implementing a ‘service culture’ and ensuring efficient, effective staff deployment and the recruitment of high calibre candidates to join the Aldar Education operations and support service teams.
• To be responsible for all aspects of the school’s facilities management and premises ancillary staff to ensure the cleanliness, safety and security of the school buildings and grounds at all times.
• To implement processes and provide guidance to the Principal, Senior Leadership and Aldar Education HQ on audit and regulatory compliance matters, ensuring that the school maintains compliance throughout the year in all authority inspections, internal audit visits and school licenses.
• To ensure that all operations and outsourced service staff are supported with high quality continuous professional development and training which contributes to the development and achievements of the school.
• To support the Operations lead in achieving the key strategic objectives for the school through formulating and leading on specific aspects of the school business and/or improvement plan as they relate to facility management, facility enhancement, operations and outsourced services.
• To support, where applicable, on cluster related projects, modifications and expansions and to provide a strategic and consistent oversight with regards to technical input .