Position

Principal

Board

ICSE/Cambridge/ISC

Reporting Manager

Executive Vice President - Academics

Primary Purpose: To serve as the chief administrator of a school in developing and implementing policies, programs, curriculum activities, and budgets in a manner that promotes the educational development of each student and the professional development of each staff member.

Key Accountabilities/Activities:

1. Singularly responsible for managing and coordinating the educational and administrative affairs of a school

- Plan workforce, requisition for vacant positions, select staff shortlisted & lined-up by the HR department and induct them into the school.
- Prepare a time table and develop workload for each staff.
- Serve as one of the key input providers to the budget developed by the finance & accounts department
- Singularly responsible for managing the entire student admission process from end to end in line with the admissions strategy developed by the marketing department.
- Ordering lab consumables, etc. with a view to minimizing waste and maximizing efficiency.
- Serve as the custodian for all fixed and movable assets of the school to prevent theft, pilferage or leakage.
- Manage all school publications and the entire process of publishing them on time, within budget and as per quality standards.
- Singularly responsible for planning, managing and successfully executing all major and minor on-site and off-site events such as Annual Day, Picnics, Grandparents Day, etc.
- Identify student and staff needs and develop ways of addressing those needs.
- Singularly responsible for implementing systems and procedures to check school performance
- Singularly responsible for timely collection of fees from students
- Managing the collection and storage of administrative information from students.
- Serving as the "customer" and managing the outsourcing relationship with internal & external service providers such as transport, food services, housekeeping, security, uniform provider, stationery provider, tour operator, etc.




- Singularly responsible for successfully conducting all internal and external examinations.
- Enforcing discipline within the school
- Contributing to organization-wide change projects and serving as a catalyst for positive change
- Promote the use of technology in every aspect of school life
- Represent the school at administrative meetings.
- Liaise with other schools, parents and the wider community
- Identifying and eliminating gray areas not clearly defined by established standards and processes.
- Ensuring timely preparation and presentation of internal and external reports
- Exercising good judgment and wisdom while taking appropriate action to address any variations/deviations.
- Maintaining cordial relations while getting work done from class four staff and menial staff
- Perform teaching tasks as required
- Perform duties and tasks for other entities of UE as delegated from time to time.
- Performing all duties in accordance with the UE Mission, Vision and Guiding Principles

Essential Qualifications:

- Post Graduate degree in Arts or Science subjects.
- B.Ed. degree or Equivalent qualification.
- Minimum of 05 years of school teaching experience.
- Minimum of 02 years of administrative experience
- 5+ years of experience as Vice Principal or Principal in any reputed School.

Attitudinal requirements:

- Sound people management skills.
- Ability to anticipate, identify, analyze and solve a broad range of problems and issues.
- Expert in email operations and etiquette.
- Good command over excel and other business applications on the PC.
- Loads of common-sense and good operations acumen.
- Well-developed written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to write reports, process manuals, and business correspondence.
- Ability to present information using MS PowerPoint and respond to questions from groups of parents and fellow managers.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks through productive time management and scheduling.
- Ability to set and meet targets in a high-pressure environment.
- A flexible approach and an ability to remain confidential at all times.

📌 Principal (Mumbai)
🏢 The Universal School
📍 Mumbai