Resident Graduate Assistant

Highfield School, a forward thinking, imaginative and progressive Preparatory School, seek outstanding Graduates to join our team as Assistant Teachers.

Working as part of the Residential Staff, the successful applicants will be engaged in the classroom, on the games field and in the Junior or Senior Boarding Houses. The successful candidates will be caring, enthusiastic, with a zest for life and a commitment to work as part of a team.  In return, we offer a fun and enriching environment in which to work and live.

Working under the leadership of the Houseparents and Head of Boarding, the Residential Assistants will be based either in our Junior Boarding House, home to 16 boys and girls aged 8-11 or in our Senior Boarding House which houses up to 60 boys and 60 girls. In the Junior Boarding House the children live within a family setting, with the Houseparents and family living downstairs, the children enjoy a home-from-home set up and the Resident Assistants will play a key role in their pastoral care, alongside the Houseparents and non-resident house tutors.  In the Senior Boarding House the Residential Assistants will work as part of a team looking after the children and ensuring their time at the school is enjoyable, safe, caring and stimulating.

Single accommodation will be provided within the Senior Boarding House, home to 120 children and a further 10 members of the residential staff. Meals will be taken free of charge during term time.

A full job description for the role can be downloaded from the school website www.highfieldschool.org.uk/Jobs. 

If you have any questions about the role please contact hr@highfieldschool.org.uk

To submit your application please click on the 'Apply Now' button below. 

Closing date for applications: Monday 8th January 2018

Safer Recruitment: We are an I.A.P.S. co-educational Boarding and Day Pre-Prep and Prep School for 520 pupils aged 3 to 13. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants are expected to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service and the Employer Online Service regarding prohibition orders issued by the Secretary of State. Highfield and Brookham Schools are an Equal Opportunities Employer.