Mis Manager - Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Brighton College Dubai

Brighton College Dubai

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates

6 days ago

Posted by:

Ahmed Al-Mansouri

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Description

Brighton College Dubai is currently seeking a School MIS Manager/Academic Data Manager.

To be responsible for the overall management of pupil data and whole school data analysis, using the school MIS management system.

The analysis of data is across the key stages in accordance with school and external requirements. Added responsibility for performing level 1 and level 2 technical system administration task to ISAMS

Key Responsibilities:

The post is entirely within the School and has three main areas of responsibility.

1. School Management Information System (database)

The post holder will take a lead role in the implementation, development and maintenance of our Management Information system which is Isams.

The School wishes to make further use of a new package in several areas and the post holder will be pivotal in extending the usage, training and supporting colleagues in developing and ensuring effective use of the School MIS.

The post holder will need to build up an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the School MIS and regularly review its effectiveness working with the Senior Management Team and School staff to understand how the MIS may be best used to meet the current and future needs of the school.

Responsible for monitoring data activity, secure access and security of information, the applicant will have a working knowledge of the Data Protection.

The post holder will support those staff working with MIS modules e.g.

Examinations Officer, Deputy Academic, Assistant Timetable, and Admissions Manager and liaise with appropriate members of the management team regarding the maintenance of student and staff administrative data in the MIS, assisting with the transfer of data to and from other systems as required.

The post holder will assist with the generation of reports from the MIS including the timely and accurate submission of any statutory and statistical returns.

Updates to the MIS will be installed by the post holder who will be the lead contact with the supplier.

In addition, the post holder will conduct regular system reconciliations, data checks and quality assurance tests, ensuring that the MIS is maintained and backed up accordingly.

There will be an occasional requirement to assist with critical data preparation and data entry.

2. Application development

3. Accreditation & Inspection Coordination
The Data Manager will perform the following key tasks:

Prepare appropriate data and reports in preparation for internal and external inspections (KHDA, ISI, BSO, Internal Brighton Inspections etc)
Provide the academic team with student analysis of assessments such as CAT4, GL Progress Tests, assessments, internal data etc
Ensure that the school is compliant with all KHDA data requirements
Setup and manage the schools Test Wise account for all assessments
Responsible for staff coordination and comprehensive document collection in relation to KHDA school inspection visits, all examination board authorisations (ISI/IGCSE/A-Level, BSO) accreditations by international agencies (i.e. CIS/NEASC/COBIS)
Be familiar with and ensure compliance with all current legislative requirements

The following items represent the main areas of responsibilities and actions:

Assist with pupil surveys administered both internally and externally
Create reports to assist stakeholders in datadriven decision making
Coordinate the various ongoing academic assessment routines offered by the school
Compile and analyze internal school data on academic performance, examination results, compile and analyze attendance and tardiness reports
Analyze and prepare reports from local and international assessment data as it relates to the individual student's performance and school improvement
Provide appropriate training to staff recording and tracking student data
Manage student assessment data within the school systems (iSAMs, OTrack, SISRA etc systems tbc)
Prepare school academic reports and quality assurance process of these
Monitor user access and security
Provide analysis of student attendance
Triangulate internal and external data and against student attendance
Provide support to system users for general tasks
Provide data reports and class lists to stakeholders
Setup and maintain classes within various systems that link to the school MIS (Seesaw, Onenote, SISRA, OTrack, Epraise, SMHW
Systems are TBC)
Lead on school reporting processes, assessments
Oversee staff cover
Develop protocols/procedures to ensure data validity, accuracy and data protection compliance
Lead staff training sessions on changes to examination processes plus the management of data and systems training
Manage and organise arrangements for internal examinations.
Responsible for the preparation of internal and external examinations, all allocation of resources, including room set up, attendance registers, seating plans, stationery, securely storing and checking papers.
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