Academic Coordinator

About the role

The Academic Coordinator will support the branch’s educational activities by ensuring that curricula, teaching schedules, and assessment processes are aligned with the institution’s standards. This role acts as a bridge between parents, instructors, and management to promote student success in a technical and vocational learning environment.

Key responsibilities

• Meet with parents to explain academic structures and procedures.
• Collaborate with instructors to develop annual teaching plans that follow the academic calendar.
• Prepare and distribute syllabi, specifying required teaching hours for each subject.
• Monitor lesson delivery, instructor schedules, and teaching standards, taking corrective action when needed.
• Review and sign daily class logs for administrative auditing.
• Track student performance through regular assessments, exams, and quarterly reports.
• Organize exam preparation, distribution, correction, and cross‑branch exam exchanges.
• Validate student grades, address academic weaknesses, and manage disciplinary actions.
• Ensure lab equipment adequacy in technical fields such as hospitality, automotive mechanics, and IT.
• Evaluate instructor teaching quality and recommend replacements when necessary.
• Select textbooks per subject and coordinate distribution.
• Act as Branch Manager in their absence.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Education, Educational Management, or a related field (Master’s a plus).
• Minimum 3 years of experience in academic coordination, teaching, or school management.
• Strong knowledge of curriculum implementation, student evaluation, and educational planning.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and organizational abilities.
• Fluent in Arabic and English; French is a plus.

Required skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Familiarity with educational software; experience with the Olive system is an asset.