JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB PURPOSE

The Academic Advisor will become a critical function within the school sales and support network.  
The Academic Advisor's role is to support and build strong relationships with schools in South India. 
The objective is to ensure quality implementation of Cambridge programmes and qualifications with the goal of empowering schools and teacher impacting the student performance and therefore helping us retain existing schools and attract new ones.
This will be done by growing course and support offerings with the ultimate goal of improving schools' performance year on year.  This function would be primarily accountable for improving our support offer to existing schools but also for helping Business Development Managers (BDMs) grow the number of schools in their respective territories.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

Provide oversight of the performance of schools in the assigned territory, evaluate performance by the school and collaborative work with schools to improve performance and uptake of Cambridge in new subjects at existing Schools

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Qualifications

Master's Degree, Teaching qualification

Skills

Strong understanding of Cambridge programmes and qualifications, including Cambridge Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSE and Cambridge International AS & A Level
Ability to present to small/large groups, especially teachers and other academic stakeholders, about the Cambridge offer
Strong understanding of Cambridge assessments and exam cycles

Experience

Cambridge School Leader/Cambridge Coordinator and/or Exams Officer experience is preferred
Cambridge teaching experience is mandatory
At least 7 years of work experience in a Cambridge International school

Behaviours

Confident
Self-starter
Willingness to work as an individual as well as collaborative capacity
Team player
Effective communicator – written and verbal
Reflective