Contracts Specialist

Job Description

Aldar Education is currently seeking a Contracts Specialist to support our growing family of owned and operated schools in the UAE. This is an exciting opportunity to join the highly successful Aldar family of schools and to help shape the future of Abu Dhabi’s leading school group.

Since its inception in 2007 with just 250 students, Aldar Education has grown into a highly sought-after education provider, with more than 25 owned and managed premium and super-premium schools and academies. The Group now serves over 38,000 students through 5,000 educators from more than 100 nationalities to deliver world-class education across a broad range of curricula and learning pathways from nursery through to K12.

At Aldar Education, our impact goes far beyond the classroom: we are proud to contribute to the UAE’s vision for a sustainable, knowledge-based economy through premium education. With this in mind, we hire educators and industry professionals who embody our values and cultural ethos and who bring a genuine passion for education—qualities central to our mission of shaping the leaders of tomorrow.

If you are passionate about excellence and ready to make a meaningful impact, we invite you to apply and be part of our journey.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the highly successful Aldar family of schools and to help shape the future of Abu Dhabi’s leading school group.

Main Duties

• Developing contracts’ standards and maintain Oracle module contracts module by creating and maintaining approved clauses and contract templates.
• Review requests for variation orders and ensure reasonable market pricing, liaison with requester/consultants for any clarifications.
• Maintain detailed contract records, providing performance information, and contract documentation related to bank guarantees, performance bonds, insurance policies, etc.
• Negotiating contract terms and conditions with vendors.
• Maintaining relations with preferred vendors to ensure procurement of high-quality goods/services, expedient delivery, and dependable service at optimum price.

Specific Duties

• Evaluate tender responses of the Contract template terms and conditions to ensure compliance with Legal approved terms and conditions.
• Ensure protection of Aldar Education’s interest in all contractual agreements to mitigate any legal and commercial risks.
• Receive requests; update Contract log & tracker, initiate draft Contract and follow up on approval workflow for any variations proposed; process and obtain approval of contract changes in accordance with the delegation of authority in place.
• Lead commercial negotiations and prepare revenue partnership agreements.
• Review Aldar Education and its group procurement and revenue agreements in coordination with the legal team for approval of any deviated terms and conditions introduced, mainly related to contract clauses for 3rd party Contract, internal Templates, Contractual claims and disputes.
• Draft procurement contracts, amendment agreements, and manage day-to-day correspondence with Suppliers.
• Assist in managing the signing and distribution of contracts, tracking expiry of the agreements, and ensuring their timely renewals.
• Support in developing new contractual templates as needed by different departments in coordination and collaboration with the legal team.
• Compilation and preparation of reports and analyses setting forth progress, adverse trends, and appropriate recommendations or conclusions. Ability to develop dashboards would be an added asset.
• Maintain track of the procurement plan to achieve department goals and KPIs.
• Ensure compliance with corporate governance, licenses and power of attorney validity.
• Establish and update records of all correspondence related to contract activity and manage the life cycle of Contracts.
• As necessary, liaise with Legal, for clarification and direction about legal terms and conditions.
• Periodically review and check contracts to ensure compliance.
• Other tasks as reasonably assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum graduate level degree or related Procurement/Contracts specific qualification.

Minimum Experience

• At least 5 years'…