School principal

Job Responsibilities:

• Ensure the school’s readiness at the beginning of the academic year by checking the classrooms (maintenance, cleanliness…etc.), requesting the necessary stationary, organizing the teachers’ schedules & distributing their classes, registering the names of new students and making sure to divide them according to their levels and coordinating the transportation facilities when needed.
• Handle the school’s day-to-day tasks such as: replying to emails, arranging student’s morning assembly, and managing the classes’ timing.
• Supervise and monitoring the work of the school’s administrative staff from bus drivers, bakers, guards, and administrative assistants.
• Coach and manage the work of the teachers by following up on their daily lesson plans, providing the necessary tips & constructive feedback and distributing substitute sessions among them in case of any absence.
• Conduct classroom observations for the teachers on a regular basis and using the results to evaluate them accurately in the yearly performance appraisal process.
• Deliver weekly reports on the curriculum progress to the Education Officer.
• Ensure that the school’s daily operation is complying with all Kayany’s policies, procedures and regulations.
• Manage the exam’s process by coordinating with other school’s principals to prepare the exam’s schedule, setting the proctors’ schedule, reviewing the exams and supervising the confidentiality of their printing, conducting the exams on time and ensuring the proctors’ directness, reviewing the exam’s results before announcing them, handling the distribution of the test results and following up with the parents for any feedback.
• Monitor the Administrative Assistant in the distribution process of any school materials to students and ensure that it is accurately completed.
• Solve problems between employees or students in an appropriate way and satisfactory manner and reporting any important issue to line managers and HR department.
• Follow up with the students and/or parents in case of any continuous absence and find out the reasons; report the drop-out cases.
• Ensure that the educational curriculum is delivered according to the set timing and reporting any delay to the Education Officer.
• Organize meetings in order to follow up with the teachers, develop their work and raise their suggestions to the management.
• Supervise training programs or activities undertaken in the school by Kayany or other organizations.
• Review and sign the monthly time sheets of the schools’ staff and teachers before sending them to the HR; report any inappropriate absence or leave requests.
• Coordinate actively with their line managers for any school visits made by other organizations by reflecting the high image of Kayany’s schools.
• Prepare weekly/biweekly/monthly report.
• And any other related duties

Qualifications, Skills, and Personal Attributes

• Bachelor Degree in Education,Pedagogy, or any other related field.
• Minimum of 3 professional years of experience in a field directly related to Education.
• Proven managerial experience.
• Background in Child protection and communities of Refugees or Displaced people is an asset.
• Knowledge of English and Arabic both written and spoken is required.
• Excellent skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel).
• Ability to write and edit reports under deadlines.
• Ability to work in multicultural environment.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to work independently and respecting deadlines.
• Motivated, hard working, and very reliable.

Core Values and Ethics

• Commitment to Kayany’s mission, vision, and values.
• Integrity and Transparency.
• Respect for Beneficiaries.
• Fairness and Equal Treatment.
• Confidentiality and Privacy.