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Job Description
GEMS Metropole School is seeking a skilled and motivated Data Assistant to join our school. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in driving student success through the effective use of data in schools.
Experience:
- A minimum two years’ experience in a data assistant role.
- Experience working with Nova-T6 (Essential)
- Experience in working with educational data including pastoral and academic data. (Essential)
- Experience working with Go4Schools (Desirable)
Responsibilities:
· Support the data manager in planning, development, design, organisation and monitoring of the Management Information System (MIS).
· Liaise between leaders, teaching staff and support staff.
· Produce reports for the Academic teams to facilitate a full analysis of the attainment and progress including the results of report grades and public examinations.
· Use reports to spot trends in school data and conduct comparative analyses between schools to support school development leaders
· Support the school in analysing and preparing data for School Inspection purposes, School Evaluation and the School Improvement Plan
· Liaise with Examination Officer regarding external/internal data produced from the examination process.
· Attend relevant professional development courses to update knowledge and skills.
· Keep abreast of new technologies and research through contacts with technology companies, professional organisations, reading of publications, and attendance of professional conferences
· Support the data manager in the following areas:
o Timetable
o Cover
o Examinations
o Attendance
o Rewards and sanctions
Skills Description
· Be a team player, service oriented and professional at all times
· Have logical and analytical thinking skills and possess excellent ICT skills; including a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office
· Competent builder of Microsoft Power BI dashboards
· High standards of accuracy through keen attention to detail
· Efficient and organised- ability to work in a time sensitive environment
· Ability to multi-task and cope with peaks of demand
· Organise and prioritise the processing of assessment data in line with the school calendar to ensure the timely flow of relevant information
· Strong communication skills – ability to communicate complex ideas in a clear and simple way
· Ability to work effectively with diverse populations and school personnel
· Attend and present at meetings of the leadership teams and other meetings as required
· Develop constructive relationships and communicate effectively to all levels of users as well as with external agencies/professionals
Job Details
Job Title
Data Executive
Job Country
United Arab Emirates
Job City
Dubai
Job Role
Administration
Employment Status
Full time
Employment Type
Full Time Employee
Preferred Candidate
Career Level
Entry Level - Less than 2 years experience
GEMS METROPOLE SCHOOL - MOTOR CITY
GEMS Metropole School, located in Motor City in Dubai, opened its doors in September 2014 and has continued to flourish and grow in student number and stature. The school is now open to students from FS1 to Year 13 with an all-through school capacity of 4200 students offering the National Curriculum for England. The school has become well-known for their key areas of success, such as a strong community approach to education, highly inclusive school support to strong secondary options at Key Stage 4 and academic and vocational choices at Key Stage 5. In addition, the school has well-equipped classrooms, a highly competitive sports department, a farm, digital media rooms, innovation laboratories, dedicated science labs, music, art rooms and libraries. Students from our Foundation Stage classes have access to attractive indoor and outdoor learning areas to explore and investigate, high quality Information Technology provision and Science provision to develop IT and Science-based literacy, and most recently a language hub to support key language skills across school. In the Primary section, with the use of 1:1 technologies, students and teachers use iPads and interactive whiteboards to enhance learning opportunities where appropriate. The Secondary school continues to develop and grow and has seen the LEAD and skills programme blossom supporting students to make informed decisions and develop their learning and leadership skills. A new focus of personalised pathways is supporting students in their preparation for life after school and their journey towards success. In conclusion, GEMS Metropole School is a member of the British Schools of the Middle East (BSME) with the School Principal as a BSME Country Rep. This allows both teachers and students alike to continue to grow and develop with the rich traditions of the National Curriculum offerings and align itself with ‘like schools’ across the region and overseas.