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Job Description
The School Compliance Officer (SCO) is the designated lead for all regulatory compliance matters at the school level.
This role is accountable for ensuring that the school operates in full alignment with local educational authority requirements and broader regulatory obligations, including but not limited to MOE, ADEK, KHDA, SPEA, RAK, MOHRE, Civil Defence and Health and Safety authorities.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
1. Regulatory Compliance
• Ensure full adherence to all educational regulatory authority requirements (MOE, ADEK, KHDA, SPEA, RAKDOK) and other relevant entities (MOHRE, Health and Safety, Civil Defense, MOHAP, DHA, DOH).
• Take full responsibility for managing the student regulatory system, including student registrations, transfers, withdrawals, and mark entries.
• Oversee the teacher approval process in coordination with HR, ensuring alignment with regulatory timelines and requirements.
• Oversee up-to-date records of all permits and licenses required for school operations.
• Oversee and organize school-level compliance documentation related to regulatory and administrative
requirements.
• Act as the school’s single point of contact for regulatory matters, coordinating with the CCL, and external
regulators.
• Coordinate with the MSO and relevant teams to monitor timelines and ensure accurate, complete, and timely submission and renewal of all required regulatory approvals.
• Track and report school-level regulatory compliance data regularly to the CCL, Principal, and other relevant stakeholders.
2. Compliance Program Management
• Support delivery of compliance training, awareness sessions, and induction programs for school staff.
• Promote adherence to internal GEMS policies, including the Code of Conduct, Health and Safety standards and administration inspection frameworks.
• Identify and escalate suspected or actual non-compliance to the CCL or VP Compliance in a timely manner.
• Assist in school-level compliance investigations, including documentation, interviews, and fact-finding
activities.
• Coordinate compliance-related communications and campaigns within the school.
• Contribute to group-wide compliance initiatives and support the CCL and VP Compliance on special projects and ad hoc assignments.
• Support broader institutional compliance initiatives and ad hoc projects led by the CCL and/or VP Compliance.
Skills
Expected Qualifications:
▪ Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
Functional Competencies and Experience:
▪ Minimum of 3 years’ experience in managing regulatory affairs within the education sector, preferably in K-12 institutions.
▪ Strong knowledge of regulatory structures and frameworks within the UAE.
▪ Solid understanding of compliance principles with proven experience in managing regulatory compliance in a controlled or regulated environment.
▪ Bilingual proficiency in Arabic and English, both spoken and written.
Personal Characteristics:
▪ Results-oriented with a strong delivery focus.
▪ Proactive and solutions-driven mindset.
▪ Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
▪ Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to articulate clear reasoning behind decisions and
recommendations.
▪ Team-oriented, with the ability to collaborate effectively and adopt a school-wide perspective.
GEMS Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all of its students and staff. A UK-enhanced DBS or equivalent police check is a pre-requisite for all appointments.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
Job Details
Preferred Candidate
CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL - DUBAI
We are always looking for great teachers My name is Stephen Brecken the CEO/Principal of Cambridge International School. Before any school can become great you need to put in the necessary work to build a world-class culture. We pride ourselves in having a school where staff and students come to school and feel safe, have a sense of belonging, are treated with respect and have the right to learn and flourish. They are in a school where we build people that care, where we are united in purpose, were everyone matters, where everyone succeeds and no one is left behind. We are a learning organisation where everybody sees the common purpose in creating a vision together of a better school that is infinite in its thinking. We are a community of collaborative professionals who are committed to learning from each other in order to improve student outcomes. Where our collective professionalism creates deep dialogue or even heated debate about the best ways to support our students. Cambridge International School is one of the oldest schools trusted since 1983, years of stability and a strong track record of outstanding results, being one of the oldest schools in Dubai and the GEMS organisation. We produce the highest number of teacher leaders in the GEMS network that go on to leading their own departments or schools. If you want to be an outstanding practioner or have aspirations to be a leader, this is the place it will happen. However, I am not going to sugar coat it for you, we do not accept mediocracy. It involves hard work, passion, commitment and perseverance. If you want to be an outstanding teacher, if you want to be an outstanding leader in a safe environment where staff efficacy and staff voice is our guide and inspiration. This is the place for you. If this is what you are looking for then Cambridge is the school for you, so contact us and let us know you are there. See you soon.