Student Accommodation
Students are normally accommodated in either Halls or Houses. Each Hall or House is in an accommodation block and is separated from the main building where lessons and activities take place. The Hall/House Manager is primarily responsible for ensuring that students are safe, happy and disciplined.
There is also a certain amount of administration involved in this position. Please note that this position may be referred to as “House Master” or “House Mistress” by staff at those centres, which are boarding schools during term-time.
Locations: Chipping Norton, Reigate, Roehampton, Seaford, Woking
Working week: The Hall / House Manager works six days out of seven each week.
Reports to: The Centre Manager
Main duties / responsibilities
- To help set up the Centre before students arrive
- To assist with room allocations
- To carry out damage assessments with college representatives both before students arrive and when they leave
- To carry out a final damage check at the end of the summer
- To ensure that fire and safety procedures are known and followed
- To liaise with Admissions at Embassy CES Head Office
- To meet and greet students upon arrival and to show them to their accommodation
- To provide site tours and orientation for new staff and students
- To ensure that students are kept abreast of programme details
- To ensure that students are in their rooms and lights are out by 11.30 pm
- To carry out Night duty on a rota basis with other managers
- To provide pastoral care for those in residence (e.g. dealing with students who are homesick or unwell) with particular support for those students who enrol as individuals rather than as part of a group
- To provide administrative support to the Centre Manager
- To deal with any complaints or problems relating to accommodation
- To maintain accurate records of room bookings
- To update notice boards in the Halls / Houses; taking boards down at the end of summer
- To report any maintenance issues to the college staff
- To ensure that standards of cleanliness are kept up by the College; reporting any complaints to the Centre Manager
- To provide occasional assistance with airport transfers
Person Specification
Essential:
- Previous experience of residential work, ideally in a summer school environment
- Flexibility
- Good organisational skills
Ideally you will have:
- Experience of working with juniors
- First Aid qualification
Basic Pay for Hall / House Manager
- £205 per week on a residential basis, inclusive of full board accommodation
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