Director of Boarding
Huili School Jiashan
Jiashan China
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive salary and package with benefits appropriate to the responsibility and status of the position
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- August 2021
- Apply by:
- 31 December 2020
Job overview
Objective
The Director of Boarding will lead on all aspects of provision in the boarding house including oversite of pupils and the adults delivering provision. The boarding house is to provide an extension to the educational experience of the school and retain an equivalent philosophy and ethos. The Director of Boarding supports each individual pupil’s growth and development, encouraging them as Wellingtonians to be inspired, intellectual, independent, individual and inclusive. The Director of Boarding must demonstrate an understanding of the wider curriculum and administration needs of the school, and achieve high standards by responding professionally, sensitively and caringly to the needs of the pupils.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Director of Boarding is accountable during the founding year to the Executive Master. They are responsible for the academic and pastoral welfare of pupils in the Boarding House. This includes management of pupil discipline, moral, guidance, and safety. The role will also include ensuring the maintenance of the House premises so that the environment supports the vision for boarding. The Director of Boarding must also establish appropriate policy and procedures in line with the WCC pastoral and boarding handbook.
The Director of Boarding is encouraged to enter fully into the life of the school and to develop and share their talents and interests with regard to extracurricular activities.
The Director of Boarding will undertake the recruitment of a team of boarding tutors, matrons and housekeepers during the founding year. It is the Director of Boarding responsibility to deploy their team to ensure proper supervision and care, to motivate them and to monitor their work. In particular, the Director of Boarding should ensure that when they are off the premises, appropriate arrangements have been made with a member of staff to ensure a proper level of supervision, care and risk management.
The Director of Boarding is the first point of contact for parents and is the parent figure for the pupils.
For complete Job Description , please refer to the supporting document below.
For help or support in submitting your application please contact katie.oflynn@wellingtoncollege.cn
About Huili School Jiashan
- Huili School Jiashan
- Zhejiang Jiashan Economic and, Technological Development Zone, Shanghai Window, Fengnan Town, A District
- Jiashan
- 314100
- China
Wellington College China is excited to welcome another member into its family - Huili School Jiashan. Aligned with Wellington College in England’s five core values of courage, integrity, kindness, respect and responsibility, Huili School Jiashan adheres strictly to Huili’s vision to cultivate talent through virtue, kindness and integrity. The school is committed to providing world-class bilingual education for 7 to 18-year-old Chinese pupils, and hopes to instil them with the five characteristics that make up the Huili identity of being inspired, intellectual, independent, individual and inclusive. Huili School Jiashan will encourage its pupils to become outstanding Chinese nationals with a well-rounded, global perspective.
Offering a complete 12-year education system, Huili School Jiashan has a total planned area of 57,874m2 and expects to start admitting Chinese nationals in September of 2022. Having an enrolment capacity of over 1700 the school also offers boarding options for approximately 640 pupils, starting from primary school age. Huili School Jiashan adopts the same Victorian architectural style as Wellington College in England with teaching areas, boarding accommodation, school halls, dining halls, an indoor sports hall, as well as a swimming pool and outdoor football pitch. All facilities are designed to resemble its premium British counterpart.
Working at Wellington
Wellington College China has built a vibrant community where all pupils, academics and non-academics alike strive to achieve excellence and well-roundedness. We employ individuals who are genuinely enthused and committed to working in the education sector.
For academics, we look for plenty of relevant experience of the required curriculum field. We expect our teachers to share our high expectations and aspirations, for themselves and their pupils, and to be demonstrably fully committed to the all-round education that our Wellington approach embodies.
For non-academics, we expect results-driven individuals who are looking to further enhance our systems, operations and processes in order to build a community which supports our pupils to become inspired, intellectual, independent, individual and inclusive people.
In return, we offer a competitive salary and excellent employee fringe benefits with opportunities for career progression in a global organisation. At Wellington, employees gain experience in managing hands-on and interesting projects which demonstrate their ability and directly impact our schools and pupils.
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