Director of Admissions

The Role

Uppingham Cairo is delighted to invite applications for the post of Director of Admissions. Uppingham Cairo will be a K-12 day school and will open in September 2024. It is located at New Giza, approximately 15 km west of central Cairo and within sight of the pyramids at Giza. Construction of the school, offering class-leading facilities, is currently on schedule, and the admissions office will become operational on the school site in September 2023.

This will be a key strategic position, reporting to the Head of School. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and implementing a successful recruitment strategy, promoting the school both locally and regionally and collaborating with all stakeholders to achieve recruitment targets in both quantity and quality of the pupils. The successful applicant will lead and motivate the admissions department, work closely with the Founding Head, the Head of Marketing and the SLT in dellivering a successful recruitment, admissions and marketing strategy. Uppingham Cairo welcomes aplications from experienced and dynamic admissions professionals who would like to join an inspirational leadership team in this exciting and ambitious new school.

Background

Uppingham Cairo is the result of a collaboration between Uppingham School in the UK and New Era Education. Uppingham School is a leading co-educational English independent school with outstanding performance both in academic achievement and in co-curricular activities. Founded in 1584, the school has been a pioneer in education through the centuries and is now boldly embracing new technologies to prepare the leaders of tomorrow. Central to the school's philosophy is the desire to educate the whole child, through a truly holistic all-round education with great value placed on music, the creative, expressive and visual arts, service, innovation and sport. We inspire pupils to immerse themselves in their passions, to be challenged and inventive and develop a life-long love of learning.

New Era Education, established in 2018, is dedicated to establishing the highest quality educational institutions in Egypt. With expert management, leadership and local expertise, their aim through this partnership is to create a school which will become a beacon of excellence offering life-enhancing opportunities to both local and expat pupils.

Uppingham Cairo will have a very close affiliation to the mother school. Our aim is to combine the values and ethos of Uppingham with the cultural, artistic and linguistic opportunities afforded by being in such an oustanding location as Cairo.