Facilities Director jobs in United Arab Emirates

Position Requirements:
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field
Experience: Minimum 4 years’ experience working in facilities maintenance; Health & Safety qualifications
Competencies:

• Experience of implementing directives including the Health and Safety at Work Act in a working environment relating to fire precautions, regulations and appropriate safety procedures
• Evidence of practical application of sound judgment and ability to manage complex large site organizational issues
• Able to present information in a concise and professional manner
• Well organized and able to prioritize tasks
• Ability to manage self and a team effectively
• To be able to initiate opportunities for self and others and to find solutions to ensure tasks are completed within specified timescales
• Adaptable and self-motivated
• Articulate, communicative with an outgoing pleasant manner
• First Aid experience and training
• Able to negotiate, persuade and motivate others
• Willingness to undertake appropriate Professional Development
• Excellent communication skills and command of the English language, in spoken and written form
• Willing attitude to be a part of the school team
• Strong sense of professionalism
• Safeguarding and welfare of children
• A collaborative team-player with excellent interpersonal skills
• Behavior management

Attributes:

• Empathetic listener
• Integrity and confidentiality
• Internationally minded
• Emotional intelligence
• Intercultural awareness, creative
• Flexible and a can-do attitude

While every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, each individual task undertaken may not be identified. Employees will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from a manager to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description. Employees are expected to be courteous to colleagues and provide a welcoming environment to visitors and telephone callers.

The International Schools Partnership
Nibras International School is part of The International Schools Partnership (ISP). The ISP is a growing group of committed colleagues in financially responsible schools around the world, all of which aim to be the school of choice in their local area. Learning is at the heart of everything we do for our pupils, colleagues, and parents. We are committed to getting better, all the time.

ISP was founded by an experienced team of committed educationalists and commercial operators who have worked together over many years. Our growing group of private schools located in the UK, the USA, Europe, Costa Rica, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Malaysia, Mexico, and Peru educate children and pupils from 2-18 years of age. We have now expanded to 45 schools delivering multiple curricula and building on local brands and reputations with around 45,000 pupils and 7,000 staff located across the globe.

We believe that successful schools are the ones that put learning at the heart of everything they do, always aiming to create rounded individuals that are able to forge successful careers and lives in a rapidly changing world. Our goal is to enable our schools as the leading school of choice in their local area. We are a truly international group working in different cultures and speaking different languages.

All our schools:

• Help children and pupils learn to levels that amaze them.
• Inspire children and pupils to be successful now and equip them to be successful later.
• Are truly international, working in partnerships within and across regions, cultures and languages.
• Aim to be the schools of choice for children, pupils and their families, wherever we are.