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Summer Boarding Courses Hiring for College Mentor Job at Cambridge, East of England, England , UK Full Time
About The Role
Contract Dates
05/07/2023 – 19/08/2023
Role Summary
College Mentors take a key role in providing an exceptional student experience as part of their Summer School course. They will be engaged in the pastoral care and supervision of students alongside the planning and delivery of activities and evening events. They will be a trusted point of contact for students to support them through their course, and are responsible for upholding and championing behaviours that we expect to see in our students. College Mentors need to be highly attentive and well organised in their approach to supervision of students and engaging with behaviour or welfare issues. With students from a diverse range of countries and cultures, it is important that College Mentors have sufficient presence to connect and include students in order to create a fun, welcoming and vibrant atmosphere in their College.
Main Duties:
- Design, plan and deliver activities to groups of students within the evening social programme:
- Lead students in groups on off-site excursions, ensuring high quality supervision and guidance whilst following pre-planned itineraries
- Promote and embody standards of behaviour that we would expect from our students at all times.
- Be committed to the safeguarding and welfare of students at SBC sites
- Adhere to all Health and Safety measures (including COVID safety measures, risk assessments and other policies and procedures)
- Help with student transfers to and from the airport for any arrivals and departures
- Be on overnight duty 22:00 – 07:30 up to 3 times per week
General Duties:
- As with all residential work, be able to show a large degree of flexibility
- Help ensure that the students do not breach the rules of the school
- Engage with the students at all times, in a friendly but professional manner
- Assist at any time, whether on duty or not, with an emergency situation
- Attend pre-course staff induction and complete a First Aid course (arranged by SBC) and act as a College First Aider
- Maintain relationship between Summer Boarding Courses and the host site, as well as other Summer Boarding Courses sites
- Oversee general room and common space tidiness and report any maintenance issues to the College Principal
- Provide feedback on your experiences during and at the end of summer
Please consider the attached Job Descriptions for our College Mentor position for a more extensive list of the responsibilities of an Assistant House Parent at one of our sites.
We also have College Mentor roles available at our other Summer College sites
Oxford College 28/06/2023 -12/08/2023
Rochester College 05/07/2023 – 05/08/2023
(Shorter contracts may be possible)
Please see our website for more information. https://summerboardingcourses.com/work-for-us/
About You
All members of staff employed by SBC will be expected to bring certain key qualities to the operation. There must be a professional interest in working with young people and particularly international children. Safety and welfare of the students is of paramount importance at SBC and a practical enforcing of this belief should be a quality exhibited by all staff.
We look for staff who are:
- Approachable & empathic to the needs of students
- Enthusiastic & engaging
- Diplomatic, responsible & motivated
- Flexible within the summer school environment
Although College Mentors are not required to teach the English language lessons, we do expect them to be able to communicate effectively with our students, using an appropriate level of language to suit the group. College Mentors must demonstrate patience, empathy and an emotional awareness towards students both individually and in within a group setting. We expect College Mentors to take control of students and to manage discipline and behavioural issues in a firm, positive and constructive manner.
Experience Required
Essential
- Experience working with children in a professional capacity
- Experience of, and genuine enjoyment of working with children
- Ability to proactively engage with young people
- Strong communication skills, ability to work under pressure, flexibility
- Ability to take control of and lead a group of children on activities and during excursions
- Strong organisational skills
Desirable
- Qualifications and experience in leading young people in sports, dance, performing arts, music, or arts & crafts
- First Aid/Lifeguard qualification
- Experience of residential international summer schools
- Experience of the UK boarding environment
- Experience of working within the education sector
About Us
Since 2009, SBC International (SBC) has welcomed Young Learners, aged between 8 and 17 years old, from 151 different countries to study our courses in some of the most prestigious academic institutions in the UK, including Eton College and Oxford University.
SBC is committed to providing our students with an exceptional experience. To create the global citizens of tomorrow, we guarantee a truly multinational learning environment which encourages cross-cultural learning, collaboration and friendship.
SBC is the first, and currently only, summer school provider in the UK to have achieved a perfect 15 Areas of Strength in a British Council inspection. In the EL Gazette ranking tables for UK Junior Courses, SBC has been ranked Number 1 in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. We are very proud of this achievement and will continue to grow and develop our courses to offer students extraordinary experiences.
As a small and growing office we are expanding year on year and where possible we aim to recruit from our short term summer staff before seeking external candidates. A large percentage of our Head Office staff worked at our summer sites before joining us for their full-time careers. As a part of Dukes Education we also have links to many other schools which occasionally offer up employment opportunities to our staff.
Whilst international travel restrictions have been in place, we have worked closely with a number of boarding schools to provide holiday courses for their students who have been unable to return home. We look forward to utilising this experience to provide a safe, secure, and enjoyable experience for all of our students and staff in the coming year.
Ways we support our College Mentors:
- Extensive, paid, on-site training prior to student arrival
- All meals and accommodation included
- CPD and Appraisals
- Staff Wellbeing Programme
- Continual support for all staff from the Head Office Team, both on the ground and via phone/email
- Online safeguarding and working with international children training
- Professional, fun and supportive environment
- Paid attendance of a recognised First Aid Qualification course
- Fully paid DBS check
Remuneration: Paid weekly, one week in arrears. The rate for College Mentor is £517.53 (plus holiday pay £62.47)Food and accommodation (worth £60.90 per week) are included for all residential SBC staff. This results in a weekly total of £580.
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