Administrative Officer (UAE National) - Regent International School

About us:

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. Children develop resilience, a growth mindset and deep character strengths that allow them to flourish in an ever-changing world.

About Regent International School – Inspiring Minds. Building Character.

With a rich history of over 35 years, Regent International School is recognised as one of the leading and most innovative schools in the region, as well as a global leader in Positive Education. We have a close-knit family and community spirit with happiness resonating in our school, our children, our parents, and our teachers. We believe in inspiring, empowering, and enlightening our students and enriching the community that we are a part of.

Regent International School provides an ambitious, values-based education that develops skills for academic and personal achievement, as well as character, well-being, and happiness. We follow the National Curriculum of England offering an outstanding education from Nursery to the Early Years Foundation Stage to Secondary school, culminating in the I/GCSEs and BTECs in Years 10 and 11, and A levels in Years 12 and 13.

Regent is rated ‘Outstanding’ by the British School Overseas Inspection authority and ‘Very Good’ by KHDA. Our curriculum is distinguished by our unique STEAM & Design Thinking programme and Project-based Learning pedagogy where students ‘learn by doing,’ developing solutions to real-world projects and problems. Students combine knowledge and skills from different subjects and develop the key ‘5C’ skills of creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and commitment, which are critical to success in today’s world.

Regent is a disruptively innovative school and is distinguished by its leading-edge Signature Programmes in STEAM & Design Thinking; Performing Arts, Media & Communication; Environment & Sustainability (Forest School); Financial Literacy & Entrepreneurship; Virtual Reality; Extracurriculars & Enrichment; and Fortes Artificial Intelligence Learning Platform. All of these are woven into the curriculum and our Project-based Learning pedagogy.

We present an exciting opportunity to join us in further developing our highly popular, dynamic and innovative school.

Job Role:

Administrative Officer (UAE National Only)

• We are looking to appoint an experienced and enthusiastic Administrative Officer for UAE National only at Regent International School.
• To provide outstanding administration support for the school, ensuring it operates efficiently and effectively.
• To answer the telephone in a friendly, professional, and efficient manner - to troubleshoot and solve problems where appropriate, be proactive in decision-making, and support in addressing issues.
• To support and manage the preparation and execution of School events.
• To work under the general direction of the Operations Manager supporting the day-to-day operations of the school.
• To act as an integral part of the school team, to be a welcoming point of contact for parents and children both face to face and remotely and as such contribute to the overall aims of the School.
• To record and respond to correspondence via the school office.
• To support the office function, including general administration duties as directed by the Operations Manager.
• Maintain security by following procedures and controlling access (monitor logbook, issue visitor badges).
• Maintains supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies.
• Work collaboratively with various stakeholders to complete key tasks & projects.
• Compliance with all policies and procedures of the school.

Job specification:

• Candidate must be a UAE National with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or Management.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate information and ideas in written and verbal format and build and maintain relationships.
• Strong computer skills with demonstrated proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively with all levels of staff and management.