Resident Houseparent
Mander Portman Woodward
Kensington and Chelsea
- £18,000 - £22,000 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2023
- Apply by:
- 29 November 2022
Job overview
Resident Houseparents
As MPW London prepares to open boarding for the first time in January 2023, we are now searching for Resident Houseparents. Boarding at Queens Gate House, opposite the Natural History Museum in South Kensington, will house 71 boarders from a variety of nationalities, and this role is a unique opportunity to shape what will be second-to-none, 21st century boarding in the heart of London.
Our Houseparents will live in brand new studio apartments in our building on Queens Gate, in the heart of Kensington, surrounded by restaurants, shops and the famous museums across the road from our boarding house. All meals will be included with the role, and accommodation will be provided free of rent and utilities. Houseparents will work 44 hours front line duty per week, with one day off during the working week and every third weekend off.
Our Houseparents will provide top quality pastoral care to students, understand National Minimum Standards for boarding schools, and will have due regard for health, safety and student wellbeing. They will have excellent written and verbal communication and administration skills, and be interested in supporting trips and activities for our boarders.
We are looking for staff with experience of working with international students who have a genuine interest in pastoral care. A global outlook, supportive approach and sense of empathy and initiative are important traits for these roles. Full training will be provided.
More information is available on the job description, and prospective application are welcome to email us to request an informal conversation with the Vice Principal (Boarding), John J. Taylor.
Mander Portman Woodward (MPW) London was founded in 1973 and is one of London’s best-known independent colleges. Situated in South Kensington, the college is Leading fifth- and sixth-form college offering a wide range of GCSE and A level subjects in a socially relaxed yet highly academically disciplined environment.
Renowned for exceptional university placements, outstanding accreditation and bespoke approach to education.
If you feel this role suits your next career move and you wish to join our strong team, we would love to hear from you.
Interviews will be held as applications are received.
Please email: Londonhr@mpw.ac.uk
Attached documents
About Mander Portman Woodward
Mander Portman Woodward London, commonly referred to as MPW, is one of a group of independent colleges providing GCSE and A-level education for 14- to 20-year-olds. The other mixed, non-denominational colleges are located in Birmingham and Cambridge.
The school was established in 1973 by Robert Woodward, Rodney Portman and Nicholas Mander, which is where MPW gets its name. In 2016, the group was sold by Levine Leichtman Capital Partners Incorporated, a Los Angeles private equity firm, to the education firm Kaplan International.
Principal
Sally Powell
Values and Vision
Mander Portman Woodward believes in giving students as much personal attention as possible, and ensures that there are fewer than 10 students in every class. The college's mission is to work with students to turn their academic aspirations into reality. It takes students from Year 10 and has a particularly strong reputation for its sixth-form provision. It has also forged partnerships with local higher education institutions, and considers pupil entrance to prestigious universities one of its key objectives.
Each Mander Portman Woodward student is allocated a director of studies, whose role is to monitor their general welfare and assist them in making informed choices about their next educational steps.
ISI report
“Students are very well educated and the college successfully fulfils its aims. The quality of the students’ academic achievement and progress throughout the college is excellent. The provision for and achievement of those students with SEND or EAL is excellent and the provision for able gifted and talented students is good. The academic curriculum is broad and flexible timetabling allows individual programmes of study to be developed.”
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