Job Description

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Yasmina British Academy is an outstanding English Curriculum school in the beautiful city of Abu Dhabi. With our globally recognised and admired curriculum, dedicated and passionate practitioners and outstanding teaching and learning, Yasmina British Academy is an exceptional place to work. It has an exciting, diverse and progressive learning community that annually produces some of the very best I/GCSE and A Level result in the UAE. Our learning culture is under pinned by our 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, putting it amongst the top schools in the UAE and Middle East
Yasmina British Academy has recently moved to a new multi-building campus incorporating state of the art facilities that has enabled our teachers and students to flourish, fostering a future focused educational experience while also delivering on our environmental commitments to supply sustainable schools to the UAE.
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.
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.
Responsibilities:

• Attend all administration team meetings
• Typing and branding of official documents
• Receiving, directing and responding to emails
• Liaise with teaching and non-teaching staff and respond to enquiries on matters within the postholder's responsibility
• Link to Aldar HQ for all issues/tasks
• Design new documents, where necessary, to improve effectiveness
• Attend any training deemed necessary in relation to the role of Admin.
• Support new staff - arrival, induction, accommodation and any other requirements
• Maintaining up to date records for all staff
• Assist with the preparation of all documents
• Mail merge letters to provide a more personalised service
• Responsible for all communications
• Ensure all registers are up to date

Qualifications:

• Bachelor Degree in Business Administration or equivalent.
• School Experience is preferred.
• 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).

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 of our national development strategy and encourage UAE Nationals in their application at our company.
Aldar Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Offers of appointment are subject to satisfactory references and police clearance.

Skills Required