A rare opportunity to join a small, friendly, supportive community, where class sizes are small, and students are
engaged and welcoming.
Closing date for applications: Tuesday 29 April 2025, 9.00am
The School reserves the right to interview candidates ahead of the closing date and applications will be considered as they are
received.
Accommodation and meals will be provided. Inclusive of rates and utilities within our Boarding House.
You’ll be required to work Sundays before term starts to ensure boarding houses are ready.
TERM TIME ONLY
Key Facts
Reporting Manager: Housemistress
Hours: Boarding
Salary: £25,628 per annum
Contract Type: Fixed Term – September 2025
About the role
We are seeking an enthusiastic, dedicated and patient graduate to work within our boarding community at Cobham Hall. Our Resident Graduate Assistants support in both the boarding and day to day academic support of our male and female students ensuring that students have a secure and supportive ‘home from home’ during term time. These are residential roles and accommodation is provided in our Boarding House. Suitable training and ongoing support will be provided which is vital in the early days of the role. From waking up students in the morning until the lights go out at night, each day is completely different. This makes the role of Resident Graduate Assistant a challenging but hugely fulfilling one. The Resident Graduate Assistant works with the Boarding Housemistress to support and care for students and to contribute to creating a happy, respectful, safe and caring environment. To assist the Housemistress in any reasonable way with the aim of providing outstanding pastoral care (including safety and good discipline) for the Boarding students. The Resident Graduate Assistant contributes to the organisation and resources of the House.
The following job description contains an outline of the typical functions of the job and is not an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, and duties. The job holder’s actual responsibilities, tasks, and duties might differ from those outlined in the job description, and other duties commensurate with this level of responsibility may be either permanently or temporarily assigned as part of the job. Therefore, it is expected that the Resident Graduate Assistant will perform any other key tasks which the Head or other
member of the Leadership Team may reasonably assign.
Job Description
To contribute to the induction arrangements for new students joining the House; to ensure that any “settling in” problems are resolved.
To provide a sympathetic presence in the House and to be sensitive to those who are having difficulties coping with School life; to liaise closely with other relevant staff concerning the progress and welfare of students.
To be responsible for the care, supervision, cleanliness and presentation of students in the House, co- ordinating and liaising with other
Boarding staff as necessary.
To comply with the Boarding National Minimum Standards and make the familiarisation of these a priority, such as registering students regularly as directed and more often, if necessary, to ensure that every student’s whereabouts is known at any time.
To be aware of the School uniform and clothing requirements of students, and to ensure that they have all the items they require; to be responsible for the good standard of clothing of students, arranging for clothing to be sent to and return from the Laundry.
To ensure that the individual circumstances, needs, strengths and weaknesses of each student are identified and known, so that
individual opportunities, talents and potential are developed and maximised.
To implement supervision; to ensure the safety and security (including emotional) of all students at all times when they are in the School’s charge (including meal times, Prep time, weekends and on expeditions and outings).
To liaise with the School Nurse to ensure that students’ medical requirements are properly catered for; to encourage students to adopt a
healthy lifestyle.
To monitor and support the mental health needs of boarders.
To ensure that students’ clothes and personal belongings are used appropriately and stored securely and tidily; to ensure that students treat the belongings of others, and the fabric and furnishings of the House, with respect.
To develop, in the students, a collective responsibility to be aware of the difficulties or problems of others, and to offer such support and
help for each other as is appropriate.
To ensure that students make use of the full and varied programme of extra-curricular activities available and students are appropriately occupied, especially at the weekends.
To help produce a parents’ newsletter every half term for the website. To regularly post appropriate boarding content on the Boarding
Instagram account.
To be aware of the academic strengths and weaknesses of students; to liaise with Group Tutors to ensure that relevant background
circumstances of students are known and discussed; to ensure that the conditions and supervision in evening Prep are conducive to
effective academic progress.
To counsel students at a time and place which is conducive to good communication, concerning an emotional, academic, social or behavioural problem they may have; to fulfil the requirements of the School’s policy on Safeguarding.
To take part in appropriate emergency staff cover arrangements for other staff if needed, with a
flexible approach. To escort students, as required, to emergency appointments.
To attend Boarding Staff meetings and any other meetings relevant to the role as required.
To support the School’s Behaviour and Discipline Policy and, by encouragement and reward and by clearly understood and fair system of sanctions, foster an acceptance of the Code of Conduct of the House and School, to inform the Head of any cases of bullying, substance misuse or sexual misconduct.
At the end of the holidays (especially if the House has been used for holiday lettings), to supervise the preparation of bedrooms; to carry out a check on furnishings to ensure that all are in good order, repairs carried out, and that bedrooms are clean and presentable.
At the end of term, to help with the clearing up and cleaning of the House.
To take part in such performance management or staff review arrangements made by the School.
Through mutual agreement and interest provide teaching assistance in Degree-related subjects available and appropriate or take part in other activities in the School.
To get involved with the life of the School, such as by attending assembly when on duty and to be willing to support and champion boarders such as in their matches, evening events or performances.
To be a team player.
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