Matron

Part-time, 30 hours per week 40 weeks per year.

Dover College requires an experienced and ‘hands on’ Matron to join one of our recently renovated girls’ boarding houses from September 2016 with approximately 20 girls aged between 11 and 18 years. 

The Matron at Dover College will work closely with the Housemistress both in the pastoral care of the pupils and in the general housekeeping of the House. This will be a particularly interesting and exciting project for the successful applicant as the Matron will play a key role alongside the new Housemistress in the development of the house. 

We are seeking someone who is experienced in the pastoral care and support of young people, and preferably an experienced boarding house matron.  The matron will have an important role in the pastoral support of boarding pupils, working closely with the Housemistresses. It is expected that she will get to know the pupils well and have a listening ear where necessary. It is important that the Matron has a general understanding of teenage behaviour and has sympathy with the problems that girls may face in a boarding environment (some will be away from their homes for the first time or in a strange country). The ideal candidate will also have energy, an enthusiastic approach to life and a desire to contribute to the creation of a happy and stable environment for the boarders in their care.

The role is part-time 30 hours per week time throughout term time (34 weeks) with an additional 6 weeks to be worked during the published school holidays.  The successful candidate will also receive 4.3 weeks paid holiday per annum.

Due to the nature of this post it is a genuine occupational requirement that it is only open to female applicants.  Applicants must be available to begin work on 01 September 2016.

Closing date: Sunday 31 July 2016
Interviews: Week commencing 01 August 2016

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Mrs Leigh Baker on bakerl@dovercollege.org.uk or call 01304 205969.

An application form and information pack (including the job description and person specification) may be downloaded by visiting the School’s website http://www.dovercollege.org.uk/about-us/job-vacancies/

Completed application forms should be accompanied by a covering letter (C.V.s will not be considered without an application form) and should be marked Private and Confidential to Mr Steve Bartlett,  Dover College, Effingham Crescent, Dover, Kent, CT17 9RH or emailed to bartletts@dovercollege.org.uk

The College is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all members of staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  Appointments are subject to satisfactory enhanced DBS clearance and satisfactory employment references which will the College will endeavour to take up prior to interview.

Dover College reserves the right to close applications early and make an appointment at any stage.