Resident Boarding Assistant
Queenswood School
Hertfordshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Salary in the region of £14,000 per annum
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Required as soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 27 February 2018
Job overview
(GSA, BSA, HMC Boarding and Day School for 420 girls aged 11 – 18)
Queenswood is set in beautiful Hertfordshire countryside close to London
Resident Boarding Assistant
Required as soon as possible
We are looking for a Boarding Assistant to join one of our Middle School Houses, starting as soon as possible. Candidates will be enthusiastic and caring and will join a team looking after our four Middle School Houses of approximately fifty girls each, approximately half of whom are boarders. The team shares responsibility for the well-being and welfare of the pupils as well as domestic and administrative duties associated with life in a boarding house. Essential qualities of a Boarding Assistant are a good sense of humour, enjoyment of working with teenage girls, stamina, and computer literacy. This post would suit someone interested in pursuing a career in education or the caring profession. Benefits include year round free single accommodation in the boarding house, free meals during term time, paid school holidays, use of school facilities, all in a beautiful location close to London. Involvement in the wider life of the school is expected.
This is a full–time post, working term-time only. Salary in the region of £14,000 per annum.
For further information and to apply please go to www.queenswood.org/vacancies
Apply immediately. Applications will be assessed on receipt.
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The successful applicant will be subject to full recruitment checks including enhanced clearance with Disclosure and Barring Service.
About Queenswood School
- Queenswood School
- Shepherds Way, Brookmans Park, Hatfield
- Hertfordshire
- AL9 6NS
- United Kingdom
Queenswood is a progressive boarding and day school for around 480 girls, aged between 11 and 18, where boarders make up more than half of the School. An all round education focuses on equipping the girls with all the life skills required of women in the 21st century. Within a caring and supportive framework, the girls enjoy a dynamic academic curriculum, supported by a diverse and exciting extra-curricular programme.
It is a warm and friendly community where everybody knows each other. Girls thrive within a nurturing house structure tailored to meet the needs of the girls as they progress from the Junior School, through the Middle School, and on into the Sixth Form. Day girls are fully integrated within the houses, are able to enjoy all the facilities and opportunities available to the boarders, but choose to go home at night after a packed school day. There is a flexible approach to boarding to meet the varying needs of individual families; girls may choose to be full boarders or just to remain in School for four or five nights a week.
Queenswood is proud to be an international community with an outward looking approach; overseas girls make up around 20% of the pupils. We welcome girls of all faiths and none, recognise and support an individual’s adherence to her own faith, but expect all girls to embrace the School’s broad spiritual ethos.
The girls are ambitious high achievers, winning places at the top universities both at home and abroad prior to embarking upon a range of exciting careers. Individual talent also flourishes in sport and the creative and performing arts. As important as individual achievement is the development of a sense of responsibility for each other and the world in which they live. Queenswood girls are thoughtful young people with a secure set of values and self-confidence.
The beautiful Queenswood estate provides the perfect educational environment. Being just 25 minutes from central London, it also has the advantage of easy access to the cultural richness of the capital. At the same time, its proximity to major international airports provides ease of travel for both our overseas girls and for those participating in the School’s foreign exchange and visit programmes.
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