Deputy Manager-Academic Operations

Objective: To deliver high standards of Quality, Assurance in all areas of Curriculum by regularly monitoring and evaluating the quality of the service. To plan, track and report on program deliverables, ensuring implementation of all the Processes and Policies in VIBGYOR Group of Schools', leading to a uniform structure and system.

Primary Responsibility:

Academics:

• Provide leadership, oversight, and coordination of curriculum/coursework programs, teaching and learning of all the VIBGYOR Group of schools.
• Ensure effective and smooth functioning pertaining to academics in respective section (Primary / Middle / Secondary sections) across schools.
• Provide feedback, support, and guidance to schools on queries pertaining to academic implementations, policies and procedures defined in the Teachers' Manual.
• Analyze school proposals with regards to academic functioning, facilitate and guide for effective and smooth implementation of the curriculum across all schools.
• Verification and finalization of important academic data (eg: year plans/term plans, academic calendar, teaching days/working days/ paper plans, etc)
• School-wise review all Examination related data for eg: Review papers / Examination Timetable, Portion, Blueprints, Question Papers, Marking schemes as per the Centralized
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of teaching and learning process, implementation of School's policies/ procedures/ systems by conducting regular audits of all the schools.
• Providing comprehensive feedback related to the curriculum implementation to the schools through School-Visit /Audit reports.
• Ensuring compliance from schools for the feedback given through the Audit Reports.
• Facilitate and Ensure compliance with Academic Quality Assurance (QA) procedures, policy frameworks and service quality standards relating to coursework, teaching, and learning mechanisms within the Academic Department and the schools.
• Providing necessary guidance and support to Cluster Academic teams for effective handling of school queries/concerns.
• Assisting the cluster team to align academic activities to achieve the relevant outcomes specified in the Academic Plan, the Teaching and Learning Plan and other relevant School plans.
• Facilitate in the development and functioning of the Academic Modules on Vconnect.
• Overall collation and finalization of budget by coordinating with - AO, PLC, Olympia, Vembark teams.
• Analyze the Academic Planners of Primary / Middle / Secondary subjects on fortnight basis, identify gaps with respect to the planning and implementation of curriculum and give feedback to schools with regards to the same.
• Analyze the fortnight reports reflecting the status of schools across significant parameters, identify lapse in functioning and provide necessary guidance to Schools.
• Participate in various meets related to academics such as Coordinators' meet, Principals' Meet and conduct various modules related to academics.
• Provide relevant programme materials for events such as Parent Orientations, Teacher Induction, Coordinators' Meet, etc.
• To play a supporting role in providing strategic direction by contributing to the process of various master updation e.g. Teacher's Manual, Parent's Handbook, ERP/Vconnect masters etc
• Create and update the master lists containing academic related information. Eg: School Essential List, Subjects Offered, Boards and Grades Offered, Field Trips, Special Days and Events, etc.

Qualification:

• Graduation +PG & B. Ed mandatory

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of Secondary Check point, IGCSE & A level

Expected Competencies:

• Should be open for outstation travel.
• A depth knowledge of the curriculum framework (CP, Checkpoint, IGCSE, AS & A Level)
• Understanding of operations and commitment in maintaining Quality
• Good academic , leadership and management skills
• Be able to multi-task
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good communication Skills
• Have comprehensive knowledge, quality assurance principles, methods, design and implementation
• Co-ordination Skills
• Be innovative and professional
• Have good judgment and decision making skills