Parent Relations Executive - Yas American Academy

Job Description

Yas American Academy are currently seeking an outstanding Parents Relations Executive commencing January 2025. This is an exciting opportunity to join the highly successful Aldar family of schools and to help shape the future of Abu Dhabi’s leading school group.

Yas American Academy opened in September 2016 providing high quality education to the Emirate. The children are taught the Massachusetts Common Core Curriculum – tailored to be meaningful to children attending the school, alongside the local curriculum of Arabic, Islamic Studies and Social Studies. Facilities at the school are excellent and include a large astro-turf field, two swimming pools, well stocked library, a large multi-purpose sports hall, an auditorium and outdoor play areas.

We provide a warm, friendly and supportive environment where students enjoy learning and achieving in an atmosphere of mutual respect and trust.

The 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

Main Duties

• Welcome all prospective parents to the Academy and deal with any initial enquiries
• Assist with external marketing for the Academy and manage the social media channels
• Conduct tours of the Academy for prospective families
• Assist the Admissions team when needed with enquiries and enrolments
• Create and send out welcome information packs to new families prior to joining the Academy
• Work with the senior leadership to plan induction and transition days and hosts these events
  
  
  

Specific Duties

• Maintain open lines of communication with existing parents throughout the year. Send updated notifications from the Leadership Team and teachers via email and Newsletters.
• Mange the feedback process, acting as the initial point of contact for parents to ask questions or raise any issues. Liaise with the school faculty to resolve these issues and keep a record of any such queries.
• Share weekly reports with the school Principal on parent feedback and ensure the escalation process and complaints procedure is complied with.
• Organize parent/community events in order to engage parents in school activities and celebrations and support the school’s parent engagement activities.
• Work closely with parent bodies such as the Parent Council and Parent Ambassadors.
• Support and advertise the school’s parent engagement activities.
• Management and continual development of the school communication channels, such as newsletters, to ensure the school’s parent population is fully aware of the school's activities as a key driver of customer/student retention.
• Undertake regular surveys of new parent views on enrolment process and other subjects of relevance.
• Drive the communication on the re-enrolment process; increase parent retention
• Work with the Marketing team at HQ on enquiry generating activities
  
  
  

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
  
  
  

Minimum Experience

• A minimum of 2 years of experience in a similar role in the region
• Customer service experience is required
• Experience in the Education sector is preferred
  
  
  

Job Specific Knowledge & Skills

• Fluent English communication skills, written and oral
• Strong interpersonal skills to be able to work well in a multi-cultural environment
• Excellent office management skills and computer literacy
• Fluency in Arabic is preferable
  
  
  

What We Offer

Aldar Education is a family of world-class, child-centred, and innovative schools based in the UAE. We educate over 38,000 students across our group of owned and managed schools and as we grow so does our need for highly skilled, inspirational, and dedicated school leaders. We offer an attractive remuneration package. Our future-focused learning model includes both students and staff and so we place a special emphasis on professional development, coaching and training.

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 dedicated to our national development strategy and encourage UAE Nationals in their application to 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.