Part-time Residential Boarding Supervisor

The Cathedral School of St Anne & St James located in Townsville North Queensland is seeking an enthusiastic and energetic Boarding Supervisors to work as part of a team of carers who provide a friendly homely environment to the schools boarding students.

As one of 11 parttime boarding supervisors you will be part of a successful team who assist with the smooth running of the boarding dormitories consisting of boarders from regional and remote areas as well as overseas.

This is a residential position. Boarding Supervisors live in and assist in running the boarding house in exchange for year round board lodging with meals and a weekly remuneration during the school term. Applicants should enjoy working with adolescents and be willing to supervise students and assist them in their studies. Boarding Supervisors are guaranteed a minimum of 19 hours per week which consists of mostly weekend duty.

The Cathedral School of St Anne & St James located in Mundingburra is Townsvilles only Independent Anglican School for boys and girls from Early Childhood to Year 12 and boarding students from Year 7 to 12. The school is set adjacent to a lagoon and lush tropical rain trees creating a wonderful canvas to inspire learning and creativity. At Cathedral we educate for lifelong success. We know that this requires a wellrounded education and a focus on developing the whole person by nurturing the body and spirit as well as the mind.

The Boarding Supervisor will be required to meet the following Essential Criteria and actively work towards obtaining the desired Competencies Knowledge & Skills.

Qualifications

• Valid Working with Children Check (Blue Card).
• Current First Aid / CPR certificate are required and must be kept up to date.

Competencies Knowledge & Skills

• Demonstrate the ability to work with young adolescents.
• Demonstrate a good role model in terms of behaviour language dress grooming hygiene integrity.
• Demonstrate good interpersonal communication and listening skills.
• Ability to problemsolve and be proactive in the workplace.
• Ability to work within a team environment and individually.
• Ability to demonstrate maturity flexibility creativity and initiative within work role.
• Ability to provide active supervision of students.

Desirable Qualifications Competencies Knowledge & Skills

• Demonstrate the ability to work with young adolescents.
• Demonstrate a good role model in terms of behaviour language dress grooming hygiene integrity.
• Demonstrate good interpersonal communication and listening skills.
• Ability to problemsolve and be proactive in the workplace.
• Ability to work within a team environment and individually.
• Ability to demonstrate maturity flexibility creativity and initiative within work role.

Key Responsibilities

The position of Boarding Supervisor will be required to perform the following tasks:

Students

• Pastoral care (security and welfare) of all students in dormitories.
• Ensuring students rise and attend to personal hygiene prior to breakfast.
• Inspection of dormitories: cleanliness hygiene and appearance of each dormitory area and common room area.
• Check students present for morning afternoon and evening activities and socialising.
• Supervise and assist students with study and homework.
• Participate in student activities and outings as required.
• Attend and supervise breakfast lunch and dinner in Dining Room.
• Attend and supervise Sunday evening chapel if on duty.
• Supervision of grounds between evening meal and students back in dormitory time.
• Oversee departure of students on weekend leave.
• Responsibility for minor discipline matters referred by staff. Referral of serious breaches of boarding discipline to the Director of Boarding and/or Head of Residence.
• In the event of an evacuation act as a Fire Warden and assist in coordinating the safe evacuation of students to the designated evacuation area. Wardens are responsible to be familiar with the evacuation and emergency procedures for the boarding houses.

Parents

• Receive incoming calls from parents and respond to requests as required.
• Communicate with parents (usually by phone or email) if the need arises.

Administration

• Liaise with staff on duty at all times with regard to the care and discipline of students.
• Attendance at Boarding Inservice days at the beginning of each term. These days are convened by the Director of Boarding and Head of Residence for all boarding staff.
• Liaise with Student Health Centre (SHC) staff for medical matters.
• Preparation of a report to the Head of Residence for changeover on Sunday evenings.
• Administration of boarding files.
• Oversight of leave procedure during the weekend with respect to the signin and signout procedure.
• Security of Boarding Office.
• Responsibility of safekeeping of students valuables in consultation with dormitory staff.
• To perform other appropriate duties as directed by Director of Boarding and/or Head of Residence.

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Applying for the Position

Applicants wishing to apply for the position are required to submit acover letterandresumeoutlining their experience providing 3 work references to which the school can contact. We will assess applications as they arrive so please apply today!

All staff at Cathedral are expected to support the philosophies of the school must either hold or be able to obtain a Blue Card and/or be registered with the Queensland College of Teachers.