Job Description
Create a lasting impact as you guide students through activities, excursions, and daily life, promoting a safe and positive experience.
About the role
Role type: Fixed term, residential
Dates: For course dates between end of June and end of August 2025
Working pattern: Saturday to Saturday, up to 60 hours per week on a shift pattern with overnight duties. 1 day off per week.
Reports to: Deputy Course Director
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
* 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.
About you
* You're a great planner and are well-organised.
* You're able to look after a group of students, with a firm but friendly approach to maintain discipline whilst ensuring a great student experience.
* You have a strong passion for education, student experience and development.
* You're comfortable managing a range of responsibilities, including admin and ensuring student engagement in all aspects of the course.
Essential
* Experience of working with young people in a residential setting.
* Clear evidence of excellent communication skills and an ability to lead a team and a diverse group of students.
* Proven ability to work well under pressure and adapt to changing situations.
* Excellent planning and organisational skills.
Desirable
* Knowledge of safeguarding and health and safety procedures in a residential or educational setting.
* Experience planning and conducting activities to a set budget.
* Familiarity with Oxford and/or Cambridge.
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