Boarding Experience Manager

Boarding Experience Manager

40 hours per week, Term Time plus three weeks

Salary offered: £27,914 - £30,652 FTE

Leighton Park School is seeking to appoint a Boarding Experience Manager to play a vital role in enhancing the quality and success of boarding provision within Fryer House.

This is an exciting non-teaching opportunity for an individual with strong interpersonal skills and a passion for creating positive experiences for young people. Applicants may come from a range of customer-focused backgrounds, including hospitality, retail, wellbeing or service industries, and will bring warmth, initiative and excellent organisational skills to a varied and rewarding role.

Working closely with the Boarding House Team, the successful candidate will help create a supportive, welcoming and safe environment that truly feels like a home away from home for students. The role combines pastoral awareness, operational coordination and community-building, ensuring students feel cared for, supported and able to thrive.

The successful candidate will be warm, approachable and empathetic, with excellent communication skills and the ability to listen with care. They will demonstrate sound judgement, tact and discretion, alongside a genuine understanding of the emotional and developmental needs of boarding students. A proactive and positive “can-do” attitude will be essential in helping to ensure the boarding experience consistently exceeds expectations.

The Boarding Experience Manager will work closely with the Admissions Department to support the recruitment and retention of boarding students, promoting the distinctive strengths of Leighton Park’s boarding community. The role will also provide essential administrative support to ensure the smooth day-to-day running of Fryer House, including coordinating student arrivals and departures, maintaining a safe, clean and welcoming environment, and overseeing the effective deployment of domestic staff.

This is a unique opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to the lives of young people in a rewarding role at the heart of our boarding community.

Additional residential responsibilities may be available within our boarding community. 

To apply, please complete the attached application form, or complete the online form on our recruitment website, and email it to apply@leightonpark.com. If you require further information, please call HR on 0118 987 9600.

Applications will be reviewed, and interviews held, on a rolling basis; therefore, we encourage you to apply at your earliest convenience.

Leighton Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undergo all relevant pre-employment checks appropriate to the post, including an enhanced DBS check with children’s barred list information.

Developing kind and compassionate leaders for the future is an important part of how we give our Quaker values currency and purpose. Leighton Park seeks to be a leading school which delights in being diverse, open-minded and with a culture of equitable inclusion. For this reason, we warmly welcome applicants from all backgrounds.