Area Manager – Tando Allayar

The Citizen Foundation; Karachi Division; On-site; PKR 892,800 - 1,339,200; Full time

Job summary

The Citizen Foundation is looking for an Area Leader to manage academic leadership across schools in Karachi Division. The role involves ensuring educational quality, improving student outcomes, and maintaining relationships with community members.

The ideal candidate will have a strong educational leadership background, with skills in managing both people and programs. Responsibilities include oversight of Principals, teacher recruitment, and implementing improvement strategies for struggling schools.

Qualifications

• Experience in educational leadership roles.
• Strong understanding of school management and improvement strategies.
• Excellent communication and relationship management skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee academic leadership and management of schools.
• Ensure improvement in student success rates and manage fleet logistics.
• Maintain communication with community members and donors.

Skills

Leadership in education

Academic management

Quality assurance

Relationship management

Recruitment

Education

Bachelor's degree in Education or related field

Job description

Overall Area Leadership

• Responsible and accountable for the entire academic leadership and management of Schools and entire cohort of Principals.


• Accountable for ensuring improvement in SSR, fee collection enhancement and day to day fleet management, Responsible for managing Area Administrator to perform overall administrative duties & Academic data management (analysis, verification & preservation)

Relationship Management

• Maintain communication with community members and encourage use of community resources where possible to facilitate schools if needed, encourage Principals to keep strong communication with Parents and occasionally attend Parent-Student meetings. Maintain liaison with donor on donor related education activities where required.


• Maintains communication with other AMs to ensure a strong collaborative working environment, seeks feedback as well as shares best practice to support over all region development

Quality of Principal

• Responsible for overall strengthening of Principal cohort to improve Principal Quality


• Work with the RHR Manager in recruitment of quality local Principals (including participation in Assessment Centers)


• Ensure full participation in PQI visits and monitoring regular academic feedback is provided to the Principals (including formally through appraisals) and monitor continuous improvement throughout the year. Where applicable support the Principal through PIP

Quality of Teacher

• Responsible for overall strengthening of Teacher cohort to improve Teacher Quality(Content through TCT and Pedagogy)


• Work with the Principals in outreach and recruitment of quality local Teachers especially in difficult locations, In charge of approving Teacher transfers and promotion recommendations


• Conduct minimum 1 classroom observation on every visit and ensure consistency in feedback

Quality of Schools

• Develop clear action plan for struggling schools in the area, implementation and regular follow up to ensure improvement


• Plan and develop strategies for area improvement (through AIP) clearly linked to whole school and area improvement.