School Improvement Partner (Digital)

Cognita; United Arab Emirates; Presencial; AED 450.000 - 650.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Cognita in the UAE is seeking an experienced school leader to join our Education team as School Improvement Partner (Digital). You will work across 14 schools in the UAE and GCC, focusing on teaching quality, leadership, and student outcomes, using digital learning and AI to enhance teaching and learning.

Initially reporting to the Director of Education, East, with a future move to Head of School Improvement, you will lead the Digital Learning Leads network, share best practices, and drive

Formación

• Successful senior leadership in schools (Head, Deputy or Assistant Head), with demonstrable impact on teaching quality and student outcomes.
• A strong understanding of quality assurance, self-evaluation and evidence-informed improvement.
• Experience of school evaluation, governance, peer review or inspection.
• Experience of leading or overseeing digital learning in a school, and a sound, current understanding of digital learning and AI in education.
• The ability to triangulate evidence, including data from digital and AI platforms.
• Excellent communication, coaching and influencing skills with senior leaders.
• Experience in international schools or across multiple curricula, and a recognised teaching qualification.

Responsabilidades

• Support and challenge school leaders on self-evaluation and School Improvement Plans, and monitor whether agreed actions are making a measurable difference.
• Carry out quality assurance, including visits, lesson observation, learning walks and scrutiny of work, and challenge weak practice with evidence and care.
• Triangulate evidence, including insight from digital and AI platforms such as Flint AI, to evaluate school quality and impact.
• Help schools prepare for, and learn from, inspection and accreditation, with safeguarding and inclusion at the heart of all evaluation.
• Support the implementation of Flint AI, embed it in everyday practice, train staff and link it to TILP.
• Help schools apply the Group AI Policy and adopt the Digital Ecosystem.
• Lead the Digital Learning Leads network across Cog UAE and Cog GCC, and pilot new approaches through Education Innovation.
• Share effective practice and build sustainable capability in schools, and support new schools and partner brands to align with Cognita Standards.

Conocimientos

Senior leadership

Quality assurance

Self-evaluation

Digital learning

AI in education

Coaching

Communication

International schools experience

Educación

Teaching qualification

International curricula

Descripción del empleo

Together, Cognita schools provide a uniquely global education that goes beyond grades, developing academic excellence alongside adaptability, agency, and the positive attitudes that prepare young people to grow, thrive, and find success in a rapidly evolving world.

Cognita Middle East has 14 schools within its portfolio, across the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Oman. At Cognita, we know every student is unique. We nurture their distinct personalities and strengths. We support them academically, socially, and emotionally, wherever they are in the world, wherever they’re starting from. We protect what’s special about them, while offering them rich knowledge, opportunities, and best practices. And they get to be part of something bigger; ensuring they get an education that’s, quite literally, world class.
Job Overview

Job Overview

We’re looking for an aspirational school leader to join ourEducation team as School Improvement Partner (Digital) working alongside 14schools: 8 in Cog UAE and 6 in Cog GCC.

This is first and foremost a school improvement role. Youwill support the Heads of School Improvement and challenge school leaders tostrengthen the quality of education, leadership and student outcomes. You willuse your strong understanding of digital learning and AI to enable betterteaching and learning, and success will be measured by impact on students, notby technology adoption.

What you’ll do

• Support and challengeschool leaders on self-evaluation and School Improvement Plans, andmonitor whether agreed actions are making a measurable difference
• Carry out qualityassurance, including visits, lesson observation, learning walks andscrutiny of work, and challenge weak practice with evidence and care
• Triangulate evidence,including insight from digital and AI platforms such as Flint AI, toevaluate school quality and impact
• Help schools preparefor, and learn from, inspection and accreditation, with safeguarding andinclusion at the heart of all evaluation
• Support theimplementation of Flint AI, embed it in everyday practice, train staff andlink it to TILP
• Help schools apply theGroup AI Policy and adopt the Digital Ecosystem
• Lead the DigitalLearning Leads network across Cog UAE and Cog GCC, and pilot newapproaches through Education Innovation
• Share effective practiceand build sustainable capability in schools, and support new schools andpartner brands to align with Cognita Standards

Initially reporting to the Director of Education, East, thenmoving in due course to the Head of School Improvement, with a dotted line tothe Head of EdTech and Digital Learning.

We are looking for an experienced school leader whosethinking starts with the quality of teaching, learning and leadership. You willbring:

• Successful seniorleadership in schools (Head, Deputy or Assistant Head), with demonstrableimpact on teaching quality and student outcomes
• A strong understandingof quality assurance, self-evaluation and evidence-informed improvement
• Experience of schoolevaluation, governance, peer review or inspection
• Experience of leading oroverseeing digital learning in a school, and a sound, currentunderstanding of digital learning and AI in education
• The ability totriangulate evidence, including data from digital and AI platforms
• Excellent communication,coaching and influencing skills with senior leaders
• Experience ininternational schools or across multiple curricula, and a recognisedteaching qualification

It would be an advantage if you also have:

• Experience of schools inthe UAE or wider GCC
• Experience as anexternal reviewer

Help us create the conditions for schools to thrive,measurably and meaningfully. Closing date for applications will be Friday 6November 2026.

Cognita is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expects the same from its employees. All new staff will be subject to detailed and enhanced pre-employment clearance, including identity checks, criminal background checks for all countries lived in, qualification checks, employment checks to include an exploration of any gaps in employment, and satisfactory reference checks for all employment in the last 10 years.