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title: "School Operations Manager – GEMS Education"
url: https://get9to5jobs.com/job/school-operations-manager-gems-education/
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company: "GEMS Education"
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location: "Dubai"
employment_type: "full_time"
date_posted: 2026-10-03
valid_through: "2026-11-02"
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# School Operations Manager – GEMS Education

A GEMS school runs on far more than teaching, and this School Operations Manager role is responsible for everything on the non-education side: facilities, administration, procurement, vendor management, and the day-to-day running of the school as a physical and operational entity. It’s a senior operational seat working alongside the school’s academic leadership rather than within it.

The role covers managing budgets and cost efficiency for the school’s operational side, overseeing facilities and maintenance, managing supplier and vendor relationships, and making sure the school’s operations support the quality of the student and staff experience rather than getting in its way. GEMS frames this explicitly around capitalising economic profit and return on capital investment, so there’s a genuine commercial dimension to the role alongside the operational one, all delivered in line with the GEMS Core Values.

It suits an experienced operations or facilities manager who is comfortable owning a budget and a P&L-style mindset, while also understanding that the end customer is a school community of students, parents, and staff rather than a typical commercial client. Background in facilities management, hospitality operations, or school business management is directly relevant.

Based in Dubai, the role sits within GEMS Education’s wider network, giving a School Operations Manager the backing of one of the region’s largest education groups while still carrying real, site-level accountability.

## Requirements

- Experience in operations, facilities, or business management, ideally within a school or similarly complex site

- Comfortable owning a budget and being accountable for cost efficiency and return on investment

- Strong vendor and supplier management skills

- Practical understanding of facilities, maintenance, and health and safety requirements for a large site

- Clear communicator able to work alongside academic leadership without overstepping it

- Problem-solving mindset for the day-to-day operational issues a school site generates

- Alignment with a values-driven organisational culture

## Suggested Resume Keywords

School Operations, Facilities Management, Budget Management, Vendor Management, Procurement, Operational Efficiency, Return on Investment, Health and Safety, Education Management, GEMS Education, Business Operations, Site Management

## About GEMS Education

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