Academic Manager

ORCHIDS THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL; Kolkata District, Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Orchids The International School is seeking an Academic Manager to oversee CCTV-based classroom monitoring, analyse teaching quality, and drive actionable academic improvements. You will guide CCTV Executives, prepare regular insight reports, and coordinate with principals to close gaps, ensuring compliance and high educational standards.

The role emphasizes observations, reporting, accountability, and capability building within a full-time on-site capacity at our Kolkata-based campuses.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years in academic operations, school leadership, QA, compliance, or classroom monitoring.
• Experience in large educational organisations preferred.
• Strong analytical and observation abilities.
• Excellent reporting and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Academic Monitoring: Conduct and review CCTV-based classroom observations and assess teaching quality, engagement, management, and SOP compliance.
• Analysis & Reporting: Validate observations, compare with reports, and prepare daily/weekly insight reports and monthly trend analyses.
• Follow-up & Accountability: Track gaps, coordinate with Principals for timely closure, and escalate issues with evidence.
• Team Management & Capability Building: Train CCTV Executives, monitor productivity and conduct quality checks.
• Process Improvement: Support timetable mapping, camera tagging, monitoring coverage, and SOP development.
• Key Deliverables: Daily/weekly CCTV insight reports, trackers, variance reports, and monthly risk analyses.

Skills

Observation skills

Analytical skills

Reporting skills

Stakeholder management

Integrity

Data monitoring systems

Education

Any Graduate

Job description

Job Description Academic Manager

Role Purpose

The Academic Manager will support the Head CCTV Monitoring & Academic Compliance in using CCTV-based classroom monitoring to assess teaching quality, academic discipline, and compliance. The role will focus on observation, analysis, reporting, and follow-up, ensuring monitoring leads to actionable academic improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Academic Monitoring

• Conduct and review CCTV-based classroom observations.
• Assess teaching quality, student engagement, classroom management, academic rigor, and SOP compliance.
• Guide CCTV Executives on observation standards and escalation criteria.

Analysis & Reporting

• Validate CCTV observations for accuracy and objectivity.
• Compare observations with Principal/academic reports and highlight significant gaps.
• Prepare daily/weekly insight reports and support monthly trend and risk analysis.

Follow-up & Accountability

• Track identified academic gaps and corrective actions.
• Coordinate with Principals and academic teams for timely closure.
• Escalate recurring or critical issues to the Head with evidence.

Team Management & Capability Building

• Train and mentor CCTV Executives on classroom observation and report writing.
• Monitor team productivity, quality, and coverage.
• Conduct regular quality checks of observations.

Process Improvement

• Support effective timetable mapping, camera tagging, monitoring coverage, and SLAs.
• Identify operational bottlenecks and recommend process improvements.
• Support development and implementation of monitoring SOPs.

Key Deliverables

• Daily/weekly CCTV academic insight reports
• Classroom observation and compliance trackers
• Principal vs. CCTV observation variance reports
• Monthly trends and risk analysis
• Action/closure tracking
• CCTV Executive quality and productivity reports

Desired Candidate Profile

Experience

• 5–8 years in academic operations, school leadership, QA, compliance, or classroom monitoring.
• Experience in school networks/large educational organisations preferred.

Skills

• Strong understanding of effective teaching and learning
• Good analytical and observation skills
• Excellent reporting and communication skills
• Strong follow-up and stakeholder management
• High integrity and objectivity
• Comfortable working with data and monitoring systems

Reports to: Head – CCTV Monitoring & Academic Compliance

What This Role Is NOT

• Not a security-only surveillance role
• Not passive CCTV monitoring
• Not data dumping or report compilation
• Not only fault-finding

The role is focused on converting classroom observations into actionable academic insights and improvement.

Role: Teaching & Training - Other

Industry Type: Recruitment / Staffing

Department: Teaching & Training

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

Role Category: Teaching & Training - Other

Education

UG: Any Graduate