Centre Principal

ICHILD COMPANY PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

ICHILD COMPANY PTE. LTD. is seeking an Operations Lead to establish and maintain school-wide processes, ensuring regulatory compliance and timely reporting.

You will oversee staff management, attendance, and resource planning while driving quality programmes aligned with the school's vision. Responsibilities include developing policies with management, monitoring workload, and coordinating monthly meetings.

Qualifications

• Establish and develop policies and procedures with management.
• Monitor policy development and plan for future reviews.
• Keep up to date with regulations and industry trends.
• Review staff handbooks and ensure compliance.
• Coordinate licensing inspections and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Establish processes for smooth operations of the school and resolve feedback.
• Plan and conduct monthly and cluster meetings with documented minutes.
• Maintain up-to-date records of attendance, enrolments and staff files.
• Oversee staff recruitment, induction, and performance development.
• Ensure classroom and centre activities comply with ECDA and related regulations.

Skills

Policy development

Regulatory compliance

Staff management

Operations leadership

Quality assurance

Documentation and reporting

Job description

Key Areas of Responsibility

Daily Operations

• Establish and set up process for all enquiries are addressed appropriately and in a positive manner, providing relevant information to promote theschool.
• Analyseandreviewallschoolinformationanddevelopprocessesthatrecordsystemsareuptodate,inaccordance with regulatory compliance, easily accessible to management and inaccessible to others such as parents and visitors.
• Statutory and organisational requirements are met and current including, but not limited to, Attendance Sheets, Children and Employee Particulars Files, GSII Subsidies Reports, Receipts and EnrolmentInformation.
• Establish procedures including weekly conversion reports, monthly enrolment reports and salary lists, fees collection, debt management and school purchasing are maintained and provided in the requiredtimeframes.
• All government subsidies, financial aids and other funding must be kept up to date and submitted on time for promptpayments.
• Guide principals on maintaining and monitoring use of equipment with an up to date inventory of furniture, fittings, resources and equipment documented and filed at alltimes.
• Design and review school environment in accordance to HQrequirements.
• Report repairs and maintenance issues and monitor on follow upactions.
• Establish processes for smooth operations of school and resolve any feedbacksreceived.
• Plan and conduct Centre Monthly meetings and Monthly Cluster meetings with minutes documented and follow up actionsplanned.

Compliance

• Establish and develop policies and procedures, implemented, evaluated and reviewed in conjunction with employees and management on a regularbasis.
• Monitor policy development and plan for futurereviews.
• Keep up to date with changes in regulations and industry trends and communicate this information to theteam.
• Review Teachers and Parent Handbooks are reviewed in conjunction with managementregularly.
• GuidePrincipalstoensureschoolcomplianceandcommitmenttorelevantECDAChildCareRegulationsandthe Quality Improvement and AccreditationSystem.
• Guide Principals on Regulatory Standards and ensure that it is evident during all licensing inspections conducted byECDA.

Quality Programmes

• Set direction for principals in achieving curriculum objectives aligned to Vision, Mission and Core Values of school.
• Establish programs which reflects the school philosophy and employees are given adequate planning time on a weeklybasis.
• Strengthen culture of learning among centres and teammembers.
• Use observational tools to conduct classroom observations to review teaching practices with follow upactions.
• Design observational processes and use observations to guideothers.
• Establishanddevelopappropriatemethodsofbehaviourmanagementtoencouragepositivebehaviourinchildren.
• Review the monthly peer Teaching and Learning sessions with proper documentationfiled.
• Review quality programmes by evaluating suggestions and feedbacks from allstakeholders.
• Share good practices with principals on how to keep up to date records of curriculum documents, teaching resources and booksinventories.
• Guide principals with quality curriculum deliverance strategies and monitor individual staff Continuing Professional Development(CPD).
• Involve parent support group in evaluating effectiveness of home learningsupport.
• Review and enhance its collaboration with community partners and to guidecentres.

Staff Management

• Establish effective work practices for all employees in theschool.
• Employee personnel files are complete, current andconfidential.
• Manage employee recruitment and placement according to MOM regulations and Company’spolicies.
• Implement principal/staff induction and review Mentorship/Internship Programme inschool.
• Ensure principals plan and maintain relevant teacher to child ratio at all times, in accordance to ECDAstandard.
• Design processes to strengthen staff morale through effective leadershipguidance.
• Review its approaches to meet staff needs annually and place staff engagement processes to motivate staff and develop staffcommitment.
• Plan and review annually staff deployment for planned and unplanned absence of teachers, ensuring that classes and all programmes activities should beconducted.
• Gather feedback from staff and principal to improve staff well-being in thecentres.
• Review the effectiveness of processes for employee development through appraisals and trainingneeds.
• Plan and analyse reports and other required documents by theHQ.