Head of Academic

Academic Department Management
- Hire, train and manage Principals for onsite and online centers
- Oversee hiring for all teachers and academic staff to maintain the service level required
- Design training materials for Principals and academic staff
- Set direction for new product development
- Set KPI and bonus scheme for each position in academic department
Train Principals to Perform the following
- Forecast recruitment needs for each center and recruit suitable teachers and academic staff
- Oversee the induction & mentoring of teachers and academic staff
- Provide teacher professional development by doing in-service teacher training, classroom observation, and appraisal
- Produce weekly class schedule that is cost effective and meets the needs of all students
- Monitor & assess exam delivery and grading
- Monitor & assess student feedback
- Conduct weekly academic meetings
- Cooperate with admission team to make sure each center meets its monthly revenue target through student renewal and referral
- Be responsible for the Profit & Loss of the center
- Provide weekly report on the performance of the academic department and of each teacher
KPI Implementation
- Design KPI for each staff that is effective, practical, and easy to measure
- Design bonus scheme based on the KPI to motivate the staff to perform the best possible
- Set target for the Principals to achieve each month and support them to reach the target
Product Development
- Work with Chairman to set the new product development plan
- Develop new courses based on market demand and the Company’s strategy
- Develop training materials (documents and videos) for current and new products
- Train Principals to train their team on the new products
Other Duties and Responsibilities
- Produce annual Academic plan and budget
- Work with other manager(s) to resolve complains of students and parents
- Conduct weekly meetings with all Principals
- Conduct regular trainings for the Principals and teachers
- Improve the service quality and operation efficiency of the academic department and the center
- Present to Chairman on a weekly basis the status of the academic department