Academic Manager

Job Description Academic Manager

CCTV Monitoring & Academic Compliance

Role Purpose

The Academic Manager will support the Head – CCTV Monitoring & Academic Compliance in using CCTV-based classroom monitoring to assess teaching quality, academic discipline, and compliance. The role will focus on observation, analysis, reporting, and follow-up, ensuring monitoring leads to actionable academic improvement.

Key Responsibilities

1. Academic Monitoring

Conduct and review CCTV-based classroom observations.

Assess teaching quality, student engagement, classroom management, academic rigor, and SOP compliance.

Guide CCTV Executives on observation standards and escalation criteria.

2. Analysis & Reporting

Validate CCTV observations for accuracy and objectivity.

Compare observations with Principal/academic reports and highlight significant gaps.

Prepare daily/weekly insight reports and support monthly trend and risk analysis.

3. Follow-up & Accountability

Track identified academic gaps and corrective actions.

Coordinate with Principals and academic teams for timely closure.

Escalate recurring or critical issues to the Head with evidence.

4. Team Management & Capability Building

Train and mentor CCTV Executives on classroom observation and report writing.

Monitor team productivity, quality, and coverage.

Conduct regular quality checks of observations.

5. Process Improvement

Support effective timetable mapping, camera tagging, monitoring coverage, and SLAs.

Identify operational bottlenecks and recommend process improvements.

Support development and implementation of monitoring SOPs.

Key Deliverables

Daily/weekly CCTV academic insight reports

Classroom observation and compliance trackers

Principal vs. CCTV observation variance reports

Monthly trends and risk analysis

Action/closure tracking

CCTV Executive quality and productivity reports

Desired Candidate Profile

Experience

5–8 years in academic operations, school leadership, QA, compliance, or classroom monitoring.

Experience in school networks/large educational organisations preferred.

Skills

Strong understanding of effective teaching and learning

Good analytical and observation skills

Excellent reporting and communication skills

Strong follow-up and stakeholder management

High integrity and objectivity

Comfortable working with data and monitoring systems

Reporting

Reports to: Head – CCTV Monitoring & Academic Compliance

What This Role Is NOT

Not a security-only surveillance role

Not passive CCTV monitoring

Not data dumping or report compilation

Not only fault-finding

The role is focused on converting classroom observations into actionable academic insights and improvement.