Project Manager & EA to Director of Education

Fortes Education has been a leading education provider in the UAE for over four decades with premium international schools and nurseries that have experienced outstanding success and growth. Our schools offer the most innovative and character-building education in the entire Middle East region.

Our core ethos and philosophy of education is Positive Education (PosEd). Through PosEd, our schools foster active engagement in learning, celebrating character strengths and accomplishments. We encourage children to cultivate fulfilling relationships with others and seek meaning and purpose in their own lives.?We enable children to become happy learners and develop into innovative thinkers, confident young adults, and life-long learners. Our students develop resilience, a growth mindset, and deep character strengths that allow them to flourish in an ever-changing world.?

• To provide outstanding executive support?to the Director of Education by executing all tasks and activities relating to the efficient operation of the?Director of Education's office exercising confidentiality, tact, and diplomacy.
• Responsible for organizing and maintaining the Director of Education's diary, managing e-mail, school communications, take notes at meetings and distributing minutes, organizing school events, and a range of further administrative responsibilities as required.
• Manage the Director of Education's calendar, including scheduling and coordinating meetings and schools’ visits with the school’s leadership team.
• Assist the Director of Education in the planning, prioritisation, and timeline setting for projects
• Maintain detailed project documentation, including status updates, timelines, meeting notes, and action items
• Actively track and manage tasks with stakeholders to ensure timely completion