Aldar Education is currently seeking a Manager - Growth to support our growing family of owned and operated schools in the UAE. 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.
As the leading education group in Abu Dhabi, we provide inclusive and innovative learning that inspires and empowers communities. We offer a range of brands for all learners in our community, from nursery through to adult education. We offer the broadest choice of curricula. In the largest number of locations in Abu Dhabi.
Starting with one school and 250 students in 2007, Aldar Education has grown into a highly sought-after education provider, now supporting over 38,000 students in 31 schools and a growing network of almost 5,000 educators, with over 100 nationalities, offering a wide range of curricula and ancillary services such as a Teacher Training Academy.
Working collaboratively, our education network’s purpose is to empower the next generation to shape our future, directly supporting the educational goals of Abu Dhabi’s government. Today, Aldar Education’s efforts are guided by the Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030 plan, which aims to build a sustainable knowledge-based economy through premium education.
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.
The Cluster Manager is responsible for leading the end-to-end enrolments strategy across a defined cluster of schools within the Aldar Education portfolio. This includes achieving enrolment targets, driving retention, enhancing parent experience, and implementing consistent admissions standards across all schools within the cluster. The role acts as a critical link between HQ strategy and school-level execution and works collaboratively with admissions teams, PREs, and school leadership.
Main Duties:
- Lead and oversee the end-to-end admissions process across a defined group of schools to ensure enrolment targets are met.
- Manage and support school-based admissions teams (Admissions Officers and PREs) to drive conversion and enhance the parent experience.
- Collaborate with school leadership and HQ functions to align enrolment performance with strategic goals.
- Monitor the admissions pipeline, flag risks, and provide regular insights for data-driven decision-making.
- Identify and address operational inefficiencies to improve conversion, retention, and forecasting accuracy.
Specific Duties:
Strategic Oversight & Planning:
- Translate group-level enrolments strategy into actionable plans across cluster schools
- Own and drive enrolment and re-registration targets for each school within the cluster
- Identify growth opportunities and enrolment risks, and propose mitigation plans
- Contribute to forecasting and workforce planning based on pipeline analysis
Admissions Operations:
- Lead and coach admissions teams across cluster schools, ensuring consistent standards and high performance
- Oversee the admissions lifecycle across all schools, ensuring timely response to enquiries, follow-ups, assessments, and offer processes
- Ensure compliance with ADEK and internal admissions policies
- Ensure accurate and timely data entry and reporting in Salesforce and eSIS
Collaboration & Stakeholder Management:
- Act as the single point of contact between HQ and the cluster for admissions performance, challenges, and support needs
- Liaise with school Principals, HQ marketing, finance, IT, and P&C to align on priorities and resolve cross-functional issues
- Provide regular updates to the Head of Enrolments and participate in HQ-level planning sessions
Marketing & Growth Enablement:
- Support school-level events, open days, and webinars by guiding the team and aligning with the marketing calendar
- Collaborate with the Growth & Marketing team to localize campaigns and monitor lead conversion
- Leverage data and parent feedback to improve enrolments experience and support marketing decisions
- Build partnerships with feeder nurseries and other educational institutions
Team Development & Culture:
- Conduct regular one-on-one check-ins, coaching, and performance reviews with registrars and PREs
- Support with onboarding, training, and upskilling of new team members
- Foster a collaborative, high-performance culture across the cluster
Reporting & Analysis:
- Deliver weekly dashboards, monthly reports, and termly reviews on admissions KPIs and targets
- Analyse trends in enquiry conversion, leavers, assessments, and parent satisfaction to inform action
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Education, or related field
Minimum Experience:
- 5+ years in enrolments, marketing, or education operations, with at least 2 years in a leadership capacity
- Prior experience in UAE K-12 or premium education sector preferred
- Familiarity with Salesforce CRM or other education management systems
Job Specific Knowledge & Skills:
- Strong commercial acumen and data-driven decision-making
- Proven leadership skills with a track record of team development
- High attention to detail and process orientation
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Fluent in English; Arabic is an advantage
- Confident public speaker and presenter
What We Offer
Aldar Education is a family of world-class, child-centered, and innovative schools based in the UAE. We educate students across our group of owned and managed schools and as we grow, so does our need for highly skilled, inspirational, and dedicated school and educational leaders. We offer an attractive remuneration package including a range of benefits. Our future-focused learning model includes both students and staff, so we place a special emphasis on professional development, coaching, and training.
Successful candidates will have access to a wide network of professionals and opportunities to both lead and contribute to training others as well as developing themselves.
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.