Job Type: Contract
Job Sector: Education
Region: Scotland
Location: Edinburgh
Salary Description: Commensurate with skills and experience.
Posted: 15/11/2024
Recruiter: Teacheroo
Job Ref: schooltalent/TP/285/1476
Job Views: 1
An opportunity has arisen for a Residential Matron to join Arniston Boarding House at Fettes College.
Reporting directly to the Houseparent and working alongside the wider pastoral team, you will be required to fulfil several key responsibilities. Arniston is a girls’ boarding house for Third Form to Lower 6th.
The Boarding House is run by the Houseparent who has overall responsibility for the health and welfare of the students in their charge. Along with the Assistant Houseparent and tutors, the Matron plays an important support role to the Houseparent in the day-to-day running of the House.
Package Description: Matron’s place of work is Arniston House. A comfortable flat within the House is provided all year round which is rent and rates free. A nominal charge for utilities is made as a taxable benefit in kind. The start date for this role is 6th January 2024.
The remuneration package will be competitive and will, to an extent, depend on the experience of the successful candidate.
Staff Benefits: In addition to being part of a great team you will be entitled to a range of benefits that include:
1. School holidays
2. Parking within the campus grounds.
3. Membership of Westwoods gym and health club which offers a range of excellent fitness and leisure facilities including a 25m swimming pool.
4. Free lunchtime meals during term time, and at other times when catering is provided, and you are on duty.
5. Life insurance scheme.
6. Excellent Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
7. You will be opted into the Fettes Trust Non-Teaching Staff Pension Scheme after 3 months service.
8. Access to discounted healthcare, additional life insurance, shopping discounts, etc through our benefits portal.
Main Responsibilities: Please see the full Job Description for duties and responsibilities for this role.
About the school/organisation:
ABOUT FETTES: Fettes College is a leading HMC co-educational boarding and day school close to the heart of Edinburgh. It has a strong tradition of academic, sporting and cultural excellence underpinned by outstanding pastoral care. Fettes opened its doors in 1870 and became fully co-educational in 1980: it is now an independent school of some 785 students.
The school stands on a stunning and secure 100-acre site, but still within walking distance of Edinburgh’s city centre.
OUR VISION: We have created and developed a bold new vision for Fettes, one which focuses on what we believe Fettesians should aspire to be, the skills they will need in life and the impact we want them to make in the world.
THE AIMS OF THE COLLEGE:
Fettes College will ensure that our students:
1. Feel valued and respected as individuals
2. Receive the highest possible quality of education, engaging them in rigorous and relevant opportunities in a dynamic curriculum that creates lifelong learners
3. Feel safe, have a sense of personal worth, are thoughtful and considerate of the needs of others, while possessing a willingness to take on responsibility
4. Are encouraged to stretch and challenge themselves
5. Develop a sense of self-confidence, integrity, emotional resilience, loyalty, good manners, leadership skills and teamwork
6. Value a sense of community
7. Are surrounded by inspirational caring staff
8. Feel represented and are provided with equal opportunities regardless of gender, identity, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity or religion.
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