Job Description

Head of Boarding Job Specification:
The Role:

• The Head of Boarding has a pivotal leadership and management role to play within the School.
• As Head of Boarding he/she is accountable in the first instance to the Vice-Principal, the Principal and to parents.
• She/he is resident in School and responsible to the Vice-Principal for the welfare and pastoral care of the Boarders

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Ensuring the School's boarding ethos and aims, pastoral objectives and Code of Conduct are communicated regularly and effectively to boarders, boarding staff and parents
• Working closely with Vice-Principal to ensure the School delivers a high quality of personal pastoral care and to alert him/her of individual concerns regarding boarders and hostel guardians
• Implementing the School's Child Protection Policy within the Boarding environment
• Ensuring that UNICEF's Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) standards and recommendations are met
• Nurturing and managing a fair and consistent approach to and system of discipline, sanctions and rewards within the boarding environment
• Leading, managing and supporting the boarding team, offering immediate accessibility whenever on duty, enabling them to carry out their roles effectively and efficiently, and with the appropriate levels of autonomy
• Being fully accessible to parents and students at the start of semester and holidays and to welcome, greet and reassure them on their return
• Liaising through the Vice-Principal to the Facilities Manager and/or the School Administrator and making necessary recommendations regarding good maintenance of the School's boarding accommodation and environment
• Securing effective liaison and good relations with support departments and staff
• Taking responsibility for the boarding side of the Health and safety, working closely with the School's Administrator in this regard.
• Hostels evacuation procedures, Fire officer for the Boarding Houses and Health and Safety Committee member

Accommodation:
Suitable two-bedroom family accommodation is available with this post.

Leave Period:
Depending on the needs of the school the Head of Boarding is entitled to a minimum of 6 weeks annual leave

Required Skills or Experience

Person Specification:

• It is expected that the Head of Boarding will demonstrate a range of qualities, skills and experience, as outlined broadly below
• Be wholly committed to the values and culture of the Tema International School, centered on its Boarding ethos.
• Have excellent and proven Boarding experience at Housemistress or Houseparent level
• Have sound and proven experience of leading a successful pastoral House team
• Have high standards of written and oral communication
• Be IT literate
• Have excellent and proven organisational skills
• Be comfortable, confident and effective when liaising with parents, guardians and staff
• Must possess a relevant degree from a recognized university

Personal Characteristics:
Candidates for the Head of Boarding are likely to demonstrate the foilowing qualities:

• Warm, caring and approachable
• Ambitious to strive for the highest standards
• Organised and proactive
• Good sense of humour
• Consistent, loyal and fair
• Dynamic and determined
• Open-minded, imaginative and persuasive
• Attention to detail
• Resourceful, flexible and resilient