Central Academic Director

2 days ago


Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Vietnam Australia International School Full time

**Your leadership will make a difference**:

- Through seven modern campuses and with a large team of professional teachers, Vietnam Australia School (VAS) offers a highly unique and integrated bilingual education system to nearly 9,500 predominantly Vietnamese students from Kindergarten to Grade 12. As our student base is growing even stronger, we are truly excited about having even more highly motivated, enthusiastic and capable leaders to join us._

**ABOUT THE POSITION**

Reporting to the Academic Division Director / Principal, the Central Academic Director
(CAD) is responsible for overseeing and managing academic matters in support of the
delivery of the Cambridge Education Programme at VAS campuses. This includes leading a team
of the Central Academic Management Members and Group Curriculum Coordinators to provide
a high standard set of curriculum schemes of work every school year and train VAS teachers to
deliver such curriculum. This also covers any curriculum development and improvement work,
education quality assurance and school accreditation.
In addition, the CAD is responsible for the continuity and effective delivery of all the
services offered by the Central Cambridge Academic Team, including Timetable, Budget
Coordination & Planning, Administration of Exams & Assessment, etc.

Specific areas of responsibility are as follows:
**1. **Cu**rriculum model (scheme of work) and curriculum related matters**
- Overseeing the team in charge to timely produce the curriculum scheme of work for
curriculum framework, learning objectives, scheme of work, and respective
assessments
- Reviewing and approving the recommendations / selections of all required textbooks

and resources in support of the academic delivery of the programmes curriculum area
in charge; generating yearly identical textbooks / resources list for the entire school
- Maintaining regular update of all academic policies/ procedures and develop

additional policies / procedures to support the ongoing delivery of the school’s
education programmes

**2. School’s self-evaluation reviews, resulting plans and school improvement support**

Consistency across all schools is vital. To ensure this consistency of delivery and outcomes both academically and operationally, the Central Academic Director will oversee the set-up and functioning of a School Review Team, which forms an integral part of the leadership structure of VAS. The Team comprises of representatives from various VAS campuses and Central Management Offices and external experts/advisors (wherever relevant). It's crucial role includes developing, supporting, monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness and impact of VAS’s Annual Teaching & Learning Plan and its core values. The team will create a report that identifies strengths and weaknesses that need to be celebrated or addressed, leading to the creation of a school improvement plan each year, that will be managed and completed annually by the campuses. The progress will be reviewed during the next review cycle.

This will set the foundation for any future accreditation that the group decides to embark on.

**3. Timetable & system-wide calendar construction and management**

Leading the central timetabling and scheduling team to produce:

- A system wide timetable (TT) to improve the efficiency in resources deployment, both in terms of physical facilities and human resources availability. This TT system will link the timetable to the manpower plan and the curriculum needs (of both Cambridge and MOET programmes). This includes maintaining, managing, and resolving all TT related matters on day-to-day basis.
- A system-wide calendar for all VAS campuses that incorporate all individual calendars from different divisions/departments. This calendar will take preference over all events and activity planning by all related departments / divisions. It will be agreed & approved by the Senior Management Team Members & Cluster Directors. This will also include all sales & marketing, and event activities. The campuses will develop their campus calendar based on this approved calendar.
- Timely update and communication of the system-wide calendar.

**4. Budgeting and budget related matters**
- Developing a budget planning & usage guide and managing the budget usage by all departments/individuals within the division, to ensure it is in compliance with the division’s guide and the company’s common policies.
- Developing an equipment / supplies procurement guide and managing the order / procurement process by all departments within the division to ensure it is in compliance with the division’s guide and the company’s common procurement policies, whilst we support the activities plan of the division in the best manner.
- Developing a comprehensive guide on science lab equipment/supplies to support the order of science lab equipment/supplies of each campus; consolidating & coordinating the list of science lab equipment & supplies between ca



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