Principal

We are looking for a warm, passionate and experienced leader to guide our preschool team and nurture young minds at 8 Admiralty Street #01-13 Admirax Singapore 757438.

Job Responsibilities

1. Manage manpower resources

• Lead the design of initiatives to establish a culture of collaboration within the Centre.

• Review Centre's manpower plans.

• Establish strategies to engender a culture of mentoring, coaching and capability development within the Centre.

• Drive capability development and coaching initiatives within the Centre.

2. Manage Centre operations

• Lead the development of improvements on systems, processes and operations.

• Review the coherence of Centre’s initiatives, systems and processes.

• Develop preventive and pre-emptive strategies for challenges faced by team leaders within the Centre.

• Manage the budget for day-to-day operations in the Centre.

3. Drive programmes and service excellence initiatives

• Lead Centre to develop Centre strategic priorities, culture and governance.

• Establish plans and structures to engender a culture of continuous learning within the Centre.

• Drive buy-in on vision, mission and values within the Centre.

• Drive initiative and enterprise within the Centre.

4. Plan and implement curriculum and programmes

• Drive the design of quality teaching and learning approaches beyond the Centre level.

• Drive the enhancement of learning needs assessment processes and structures.

• Align children engagement strategies in accordance with Centre policies.

• Drive the development of quality classroom management strategies in accordance with leading practices beyond the Centre level.

• Evaluate improvements made to enhance quality of learning environment.

• Advocate the importance of appropriate health, safety, nutritional and hygiene standards and procedures beyond the Centre level.

• Lead the development of new teaching and learning methods, tools and assistive technologies based on emerging trends in the sector.

5. Build stakeholder relationships and partnerships

• Inculcate a culture of collaboration within the Centre.

• Lead the strategic design of partnerships and collaborations with families and community stakeholders within the Centre.

• Model professionalism when collaborating with families and community stakeholders within the Centre.

• Represent the Centre to build business relationships.

• Design Centre initiatives, families and community programmes and initiatives.

6. Uplift professional practice

• Establish plans and structures to engender a culture of mentoring within the Cluster.

• Drive professional development, training, workshops, educational initiatives and service quality improvement of professionals.

• Drive buy-in on vision, mission and values within the Centre.

Job Requirements:

• Possess Diploma in Early Childhood Care and Education - Leadership.

• Possess Diploma in Montessori or Degree in Early Childhood Education will be an added advantage.

• Minimum 5 years of Teaching and 3 years of Management experience in Preschool setting.

• Creative, loving and inspiring.