St Andrew’s School Graduate Assistant – Senior School Jobs in Kenya
The Role
St Andrew’s Senior School is seeking to appoint two Pastoral Graduate Assistant and two Sports Graduate Assistant (with particular expertise in basketball and/or Hockey) who will assist the House Parents and Director of Sports respectively.
The Graduate Assistant key areas of responsibility will be:-
Responsibilities
The overarching responsibilities of the Pastoral Graduate Assistant include:
Supporting the School’s Christian ethos
Enhancing the pastoral care of students
Reinforcing co-curricular and sporting provision (where necessary)
Administrative duties (e.g. DDT, Breakfast/Lunch, Walkabouts, service, etc
Duties
The principal duties of the Graduate Assistant are to:
Ethos
Uphold the School’s Christian ethos in both principle and practice, joining staff and pupils in prayer where appropriate
Support Chaplaincy events
Pastoral Care
Work within one of the boarding house teams, including pastoral duties in he evening and weekends
Act as a role model in all areas to pupils within the boarding house around the school.
Work with Houseparents’ to support individual pupils as needs arise
Attend a weekly Boarding House team meeting
Assist with registration of students
To support the Houseparent with the admin tasks that are needed for boarding
Academic Support
Act as a tutor for a group of pupils if required
Cover academic lessons when teachers are absent
To work within a department of choice
Co-Curricular and Sport
Assist in the running of Co-curricular/sport
Assist in instructing, teaching and coaching student games during P.E lessons, practice and competition
Must have experience and understanding of Hockey and/or Basketball.
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)
Participate in the provision of the adventure programme
Support the running of the weekend activities programme
Help with the service programme
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.
It is essential that the applicant is a practicing Christian.
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; St Andrew’s School Graduate Assistant – Senior School Jobs in Kenya
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