Manager - Growth - Aldar Education Aldar Academies

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