Looking for a fulfilling summer opportunity? Join the fastest-growing education company in the UK as part of our staff team! Our dedicated team works across five different locations, spanning over 10 venues where our summer courses are hosted. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the delivery of exceptional summer courses while gaining valuable experience in education.
As a Course Leader, you’ll be responsible for a group of up to 25 international students on our residential summer courses. You’ll foster a positive and welcoming residential environment, manage student welfare, lead trips and activities and ensure the smooth running of the programmes .
Main duties and responsibilities
* Responsibility for students - Building rapport and following the course structure, including taking a register at set times each day and setting behaviour expectations.
* Pastoral care - Ensuring a swift response to any welfare, safeguarding, disciplinary or other issues whilst on course.
* Activity planning and delivery - Supporting the Course Director and Activity and Excursions Coordinator in delivering the social and cultural programme including excursions, day trips, and restaurant meals for your group.
* Staff management - Managing the performance and behaviour of a small team of Course Coordinators.
* Atmosphere - Fostering a positive work environment within your team and the wider team on site.
* Residential duties - Up to 10 hrs per week, as part of the residential team including morning registrations, meal time supervision, curfew checks and overnight phone duty.
Residential role available at no extra cost to the employee, meals provided when on duty. You’ll work and live in some of the most prestigious university locations across Cambridge. Participating in our social and cultural programme could include day trips across the UK, local activities such as punting and formal hall dining in historic colleges.
Minimum requirements
* Professional, diligent and organised
* Great verbal and written communication
* Experience working with children or young people ideally in a residential setting
* Able to work to a prepared budget
* General competency in IT skills
* Right to work in the UK (we cannot sponsor work visas for this role)
Safeguarding
Oxford Summer Courses Limited is committed to safeguarding and protecting children and has robust safeguarding policies. References are requested and will be scrutinised. Where appropriate, they will be validated with the providing referee. We also undertake enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks to ensure all our staff are suitable to work with children.
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