Over 8 years of working experience with the Ministry of Education(MOE). For the first 5 years, started out as a teacher and level coordinator and then 3yrs as a Head of Department. Strong middle-management skills in strategic planning, financial and budgetary controls, procurement, human resources, staff training and project management. • Experiences include managing a department of 26 staff; participation in setting of annual organizational directions(s); vision casting, strategic planning of resources (human and physical), identifying and reviewing KPIs (key performance indicators), managing the staff’s training needs, conduct staff trainings(workshops), risk assessment management (of overseas trips and non-classroom activities), performance evaluation and management(appraisal) ; planning and organizing key MOE, Inter-school and school events, manage online database of co-curricular activities records for all students, conduct annual briefing for parents, sourcing and exacting supplier’s specifications, managing the various agents and vendors of services. Languages spoken : English, Tamil, Madarin