School Manager at Hilltop Preparatory School

Background

Hilltop group of schools is a set of three privately owned schools located in Mombasa County, Kenya. The three schools encompass both primary and secondary school sections. The school has been in existence for the past twenty years.

We are currently looking for a School Manager whom will be overseeing the day to day operations of all the three schools and will be reporting directly to the Board of Managers (B.O.M) chaired by the director of the school.

Job summary/objective

The role of the manager will be to provide leadership to both the teaching and non-teaching staff so as to ensure a smooth running of the school’s activities on a daily basis for the long-term.

Duties and responsibilities

1. Manage the school’s administrative function
2. Ensuring the vision for the school is clearly articulated, shared, understood and acted upon effectively by all
3. Build a strong and cohesive culture that is supported by effective systems and structures
4. Setting targets and goals for school staff through a participative process
5. Conducting annual reviews based on standards of leadership, teaching and learning in specific areas of responsibility
6. Manage the maintenance of the school buses including sourcing for their spare-parts and supervising their repairs
7. Review the daily fee collection and ensure that the institution is financially stable and able to meet its obligations i.e. bank loan, staff salaries, suppliers
8. Audit the schools accounts so as to seal any revenue leakages
9. Work with the schools heads and accounting department in preparing an annual budget and ensure that it is strictly adhered to
10. Attend and sit in ALL B.O.M meetings which are held once every term
11. Monitoring coverage of the syllabus quality of teaching and effectiveness of learning outcomes
12. Ensuring teachers and support staff have all necessary working resources required in undertaking their responsibilities
13. Ensure that the schools meet provisions in its strategic plan
14. Ensure that the schools meet all the regulations in the Ministry of Education
15. Provide Spiritual Leadership to staff and students
16. Work closely with senior school management to achieve high levels of team spirit and synergy
17. Ensure that all recruitment, appraisal, staff development, grievance, disciplinary and redundancy policies and procedures comply with legal and regulatory requirements
18. Manage the maintenance of the school site and property including the purchase and repair of all furniture and fittings
19. Ensure the health & safety policy is implemented at all times, put into practice and is subject to review and assessment at regular intervals or as situations change
20. Building effective relationships with parents, education partners and external stakeholders
21. Assist in the automation of a majority of the schools functions

Qualifications

1. A holder of a degree in Business Management and administration; additional qualification of a post-graduate degree in education is an added advantage
2. Experience as a school manager or a principal of a registered school for not less than 4 years with a proven track-record
3. Candidate should be 30 years and above
4. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills that enables open communication with parents, teachers and learners
5. A self-motivated, energetic person who enjoys working in a busy and dynamic working environment
6. The flexibility to learn and adapt to new cultures
7. Demonstrates ability to think and act critically, creatively and independently
8. Should have a valid driver’s license with driving experience of not less than one year
9. Should be a committed Christian of good moral standing
10. Should be computer literate and have proficiency in Microsoft packages

Salary and benefits

1. A successful candidate will be entitled to a Gross Salary of Kshs. 40,000 – Kshs. 45,000
2. A company vehicle with a weekly fuel allowance so that they can maneuver around the three schools
3. Other applicable allowances

Correspondence

     Applicants should submit the following documents to the institution’s email address: hilltopschools20@gmail.com

1. An application letter quoting the relevant skills and experience
2. A detailed copy of your C.V
3. Original copies of your academic certificates, national I.D and Certificate of good conduct
4. Attach a list of a minimum – 3 referees whom may be contacted to verify your job experience

1. Applications not meeting the minimum requirements will not be considered
2. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted