Deputy Housemaster/Deputy Housemistress

College Alpin Beau Soleil is seeking to recruit a

Deputy Housemaster/Deputy Housemistress

Starting date: September 2024

OUR PHILOSOPHY

At Beau Soleil, we believe it’s what you do that counts.

This philosophy holds true in all that we do as staff and for our students. We are a community that believes in the power of action, engagement and participation, inside and outside of the classroom.

Our unique holistic education is built around four core values: Respect, Responsibility, Ambition and Determination, which provide a framework to community life for our international student body. Our students come from over fifty different countries, with diverse academic backgrounds and a wide range of future aspirations.

With curricular programmes in both English and French, students graduate with an IB or Advanced Studies Diploma. Within this framework, small class sizes allow for a flexible programme and staff are encouraged and supported to bring new ideas to all that they do.

OUR COMMUNITY

Our location in the heart of Villars-sur-Ollon, offers an enviable lifestyle with access to skiing in the winter months and a multitude of outdoor and sporting activities throughout the year. Montreux, Lausanne and Geneva are all within easy reach for cultural adventures and inspiration.

The Beau Soleil campus is an inspiring place to work with facilities that are second to none. Our ongoing campus development and maintenence programme ensures that our students and staff thrive in an environment of which they can be rightly proud.

YOUR PROFILE

As a Deputy Housemaster/Deputy Housemistress, at College Beau Soleil, you will play a key part in our ongoing drive to raise the quality of everything we do. Together we ensure that our students enjoy an extraordinary holistic education within the exceptional alpine setting of Villars-sur-Ollon.

As part of the boarding team, you will perform an invaluable role supporting the Housemaster/Housemistress in creating and maintaining a home from home family environment in which students feel secure and well supported throughout their time at Beau Soleil. Working closely with an experienced Housemaster/Housemistress, and deputising for them by taking charge of the house in their absence, you will share responsibility for the all- round welfare of the young people in your boarding house. You will also have a strong collaboration with the rest of the team and liaising daily with tutors, teachers, academic leaders and senior leaders. Your support will enable the students in your boarding house to thrive and fulfil their potential in all areas of their life at Beau Soleil. As a Deputy Housemaster/Deputy Housemistress, you will teach a reduced number of lessons as part of our academic curriculum.

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

As Deputy Housemaster/Deputy Housemistress:

• Support the Housemaster/Housemistress in taking responsibility for the pastoral care of students in their house, take charge of the house in their absence and play a significant role in the daily running of the house
• Help to develop strong relationships within the house based on trust and respect
• Build strong relationships with parents of students in the house, being pro-active in communication with them via the Housemaster/Housemistress.
• Gain experience and skills that will facilitate a future career in boarding education
• Develop and share good practice based on skills and experience
• Promote the wider aspirations and values of the school
• Teach a limited timetable
• Support the life of the school beyond the classroom, play an active part in weekend activities and participate in residential weeks and other trips as appropriate

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Qualified to degree level
• Teaching or other professional qualifications are desirable

EXPERIENCE

• Proven track record with teaching and boarding experience

PERSON SPECIFICATION

• Ability to inspire and develop students and staff
• Full of resilience, energy and perseverance
• Kind, friendly and approachable, with flexibility and empathy
• Passionate about education and learning
• Evidence of commitment to continuous professional development
• Understanding of the complex and demanding environment of an international boarding school community
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong organisational and management skills
• Ambitious – for themselves and others
• Able to shoulder responsibility
• And … as anyone who has ever worked in boarding knows … a sense of humour.

HOW TO APPLY 

Applications should be made via Beau Soleil recruitment website at www.beausoleil.ch/ en/about-us/employment-opportunities and should contain a CV, letter of application and the details of two professional referees.

The closing date for applications is Sunday, 31st March 2024.

Successful short listed candidates will be contacted straight away with initial discussions conducted remotely by telephone or video call.

Collège Alpin Beau Soleil is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. A police check is required prior to appointment.

Beau Soleil is a member of the Nord Anglia Education group of schools which offers staff the opportunity to become part of a worldwide network of schools as well as benefitting from the professional training opportunities of the world’s leading premium school organization.