Graduate Assistant (Senior School) at St Andrew’s School

 The Graduate Assistant is key in supporting academic, pastoral and co-curricular work of the Senior School. Reporting to the House Parent, the Graduate Assistant is a member of the School’s Pastoral team and acts as a moral and spiritual mentor within the School. The role is suited to a young female and male graduate, with a strong academic ability coupled with strong pastoral intuition and ability to work alongside teenagers as well as ability to support, promote and uphold the Christian ethos of the School.

In return, the School will offer the successful applicant an exciting and dynamic working environment, mentoring and leadership development, happy and enthusiastic pupils who enjoy learning, suitable accommodation onsite, and a strong sense of community living.

It is essential that the applicant is a practising Christian.

The Role

St Andrew’s Senior School is seeking to appoint Graduate Assistants who will assist the house parents in providing pastoral care within the boarding house teams and act as a model in all areas to pupils within the boarding house.

Reporting to the House parent in the respective boarding house, the Graduate Assistant key areas of responsibility will be:-

Boarding

• Promote the welfare of the students and to support the School in safeguarding the students through relevant policies and procedures.
• Be part of the Boarding House team, involved in decision-making on the activities initiatives, routines & pastoral arrangements.

Academic

• Assist in the running of Academic clubs and maintain & update certain departmental and general school notice boards.
• Liaise with the Deputy Head Pastoral and Assistant Head Pastoral in matters related to tutoring of groups of pupils and cover for academic lessons.

Sports and Co-Curricular

• Assist in instructing, teaching and coaching student games during P.E. lessons, practice and competition
• Must have experience and understanding of any of the following sports; Hockey, Basketball, Football, Rugby, Netball, Cricket and Swimming.
• It would be an added advantage for the candidate to also have skills and experience in Adventure and Creative Arts (Drama, Design and Technology, Art and Music)

Person Specification

• Working at St Andrew’s, Turi, is an exciting and dynamic experience. We look to recruit committed and resourceful staff, who are looking to not only develop their skills and leadership capacities, but also embrace new experiences and challenges.  
• There are some things that are essential to working with us. The successful candidate will need to be able to support the School's aims and Christian ethos.
• They will have to have a degree in education or related field.
• Beyond that we want to have staff who love working as part of a team; who are first-class communicators and who are passionate about the subjects and pupils they teach; who are creative and diligent in their planning; who are adaptable, energetic and resilient.
• Experience of working in a School environment, or in boarding, would be desirable, but not essential. Above all, what matters is a commitment to help us provide a world-class education for our children.