AQS follows the US Curriculum and is a large and thriving Charter School, with over 600 students from KG1 to Grade 5. The AQS aim is to be a collaborative, student centred school, to constantly develop staff, to develop stakeholder voice and to keep evolving in our practice, so demonstrating a change agent attitude
The successful candidate will be closely aligned with our core values: Respect, Collaboration, Passion, Integrity and Excellence and our ethos, ‘ Aspire, Believe, Achieve ’
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
Minimum Qualifications
- “O” Levels/NVQ/High School Diploma or equivalent (certificate will need to be attested)
Minimum Experience
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in a similar industry
Job Specific Knowledge \& Skills
- The successful candidate will require use of Microsoft Office, enthusiasm, initiative, flexibility, good interpersonal skills, motivation, resilience, patience, ability to work flexibly as a member of a team and ability to hit the ground running!
- Applicants must be confident Good literacy skills and an excellent command of English (An ability to speak Arabic would be an advantage).
Main Duties
- Attend all administration team meetings
- Typing and branding of official documents and letters to Secondary parents
- Receiving, directing and responding to emails of behalf of the Secondary Leadership Team as appropriate
- Liaise with teaching and non-teaching staff and respond to enquiries on matters within the postholder’s responsibility
- Link to Aldar HQ for all Secondary related issues/tasks
- Design new documents, where necessary, to improve Secondary Academy’s effectiveness
- Attend any training deemed necessary in relation to the role of Admin Support – Secondary
- Support new staff – arrival, induction, accommodation and any other requirements
- Maintaining up to date records for all Secondary pupils on engage
- Assist with the preparation of Secondary PTCs
- Mail merge letters to provide a more personalised service for parents and attached to DMS system
- Responsible for all communications to Secondary parents including Homework, Educational visits and invitations to events
- Ensure all fire registers are up to date and accurate for the Secondary School
- Process any student leavers forms for whole school, update Engage and forward to Admissions
- Responsible for arranging the cover of secondary teachers in times of absence