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Quentin Davids

Quentin Davids

School Principal
Johannesburg,GP

Summary

I have excellent communication skills and I am committed and dedicated. I am always willing to go the extra mile and to take on new challenges. I relish working with people and acknowledge that we are essentially social beings and therefore find true fulfillment through the relationships and interaction we enjoy with others. Trust and believe in people, treat them with dignity and respect and they will come through for you and your organisation.

Overview

36
36
years of professional experience
1
1
Language

Work History

Executive Head

TrinityHouse
01.2021 - Current

Campus Sustainability

  • Design a 5 year campus sustainability strategy.
  • Design an annual campus sustainability strategy.
  • Customise customer experience strategy for the campus.
  • Develop and implement an NPS action plan.
  • Identify and keep abreast of competitor activities to ensure a competitor advantage.


Finance

  • Drive EBIT budget for Campus.
  • Continuously review costs with Principals to identify areas of opportunity.
  • Drive adherence to all finance policies and procedures.
  • Manage the Debtors book together with Principal in alignment with targets.


Academics

  • Develop an academic strategy for the short, medium and long term to address opportunites for academic improvement at the campus.
  • Drive academic results in alignment with targets.
  • Oversee staff timetabling to ensure optimal productivity of 75% is enjoyed across all academics.


Customer Experience

  • Handle and resolve parent complaints escalated from Principals within 24 hours.
  • Build positive feeder campus relationships continually.
  • Develop a student retention plan in collaboration with the Head of Marketing and Admissions.
  • Drive rollover of pupils between schools in campus.
  • Drive retention through minimising leavers and analyse the leavers trends.


Operations

  • Drive retention of pupils through roll-over between schools in campus.
  • Handle and resolve property and facilities issues escalated by the Principals.
  • Ensure alignment in accordance to the original campus investment model.
  • Handle and resolve escalated IT issues.


People Management

  • Drive campus paycost ratios in alignment with target.
  • Provide mentoring and coaching of Principals.
  • Source and recruit for management vacancies and effectively and in alignment with equity targets.
  • Drive the campus transformation journey by modelling RDI practices across the campus and implementing key RDI interventions.
  • Drive the performance management process and deliver bi-annual performance reviews for all Principals.
  • Manage all staff IR issues with the support of HR; including counselling sessions, sanctions and disciplinaries.
  • Model the behaviour appropriate to an engaged culture.
  • Identify appropriate talent for SMT succession and support their individual development through coaching.


Personal Development

  • Create an individual development plan in collaboration with the COO to target specific opportunities for growth.

Executive Head & Principal - High School

Maryvale, Johnnesburg
1 2007 - 12.2020
  • Tasked with the overall functioning of the school, ensuring effective teaching & learning takes place, instilling whole-school discipline, HR/Staffing, Marketing, Finance/Budgeting, Liaising/co-operating with the GDE, Compliance with requisites for Umalusi accreditation, NPO registration & OHS Act, Maintaining & fostering the ETHOS of the school, Monitoring & evaluation, Oversight of safety & security, Intervention with regard to needy learners, Vibrant sport/extramural programme, Reviewing, implementing and promoting the vision, mission and values of the organisation.

Deputy Principal

Holy Family College, Parktown
01.2004 - 12.2006
  • Discipline - ensuring that learner discipline is maintained in the school, Staff discipline - punctuality, attendance/absenteeism, etc., Staff Liaison - mediate between staff & principal/Board of Governors, Member - Board of Governors, Member - Finance Committee, Academics - coordinate intervention programme for possible failures, Extra-mural/Sport - Responsible for an efficient and effective programme, Teaching - Business Studies Gr.12

Grade 11 Coordinator

Holy Family College, Parktown
01.2002 - 12.2003
  • Manage the Grade 11 learners with regard to discipline, academics, sport, extra-mural and cultural activities, Teaching - Business Studies Grades 10-12

Teacher/Educator

Mount Currie Sen. Sec. School
01.1988 - 12.2001
  • Teaching - Accounting Grades 8-12, Business Economics Grade 11, Soccer Coach

Education

M.Phil (Applied Ethics) -

St. Augustine College

Higher Diploma: Education - undefined

University of the Western Cape

Bachelor of Economics - undefined

University of the Western Cape

Skills

Microsoft Office

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Coursework

  • International Computer Driver's Licence
  • Basic IsiZulu Course (Wits)
  • Applied Ethics

Sport Experience

  • Soccer - Represented KwaZulu Natal at inter-provincial level 1990, played professional soccer for Maritzburg United 1991-1994.
  • Represented University of the Western Cape at squash 1986-1987.
  • Played table tennis, tennis, badminton and pool.

Secondary Education

Matric, Little Flower High School, Ixopo, KZN, 1978

Employment Equity

Coloured

Personal Information

  • ID Number: 6101145154084
  • Current CTC: R 900 000 per annum + housing
  • Expected Salary: R1 100 000 - R 1 200 000 per annum.
  • Notice Period: One term (neg)
  • Gender: Male

Interests

Family

Current Affairs

Human behaviour

Sport

Music

Timeline

Executive Head

TrinityHouse
01.2021 - Current

Deputy Principal

Holy Family College, Parktown
01.2004 - 12.2006

Grade 11 Coordinator

Holy Family College, Parktown
01.2002 - 12.2003

Teacher/Educator

Mount Currie Sen. Sec. School
01.1988 - 12.2001

Executive Head & Principal - High School

Maryvale, Johnnesburg
1 2007 - 12.2020

M.Phil (Applied Ethics) -

St. Augustine College

Higher Diploma: Education - undefined

University of the Western Cape

Bachelor of Economics - undefined

University of the Western Cape
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