Graduate Assistant - Senior School

The overarching responsibilities of the Pastoral Graduate Assistant include:

• Supporting the School's Christian ethos
  
• Enhancing the pastoral care of students
  
• Reinforcing co-curricular and sporting provision (where necessary)
  
• Administrative duties (e.g. DDT, Breakfast/Lunch, Walkabouts, service, etc
  

Duties

The principal duties of the Graduate Assistant are to:

Ethos

• Uphold the School's Christian ethos in both principle and practice, joining staff and pupils in prayer where appropriate
  
• Support Chaplaincy events
  

Pastoral Care

• Work within one of the boarding house teams, including pastoral duties in he evening and weekends
  
• Act as a role model in all areas to pupils within the boarding house around the school.
  
• Work with Houseparents' to support individual pupils as needs arise
  
• Attend a weekly Boarding House team meeting
  
• Assist with registration of students
  
• To support the Houseparent with the admin tasks that are needed for boarding  
  

Academic Support

• Act as a tutor for a group of pupils if required
  
• Cover academic lessons when teachers are absent
  
• To work within a department of choice
  

Co-Curricular and Sport

• Assist in the running of Co-curricular/sport
  
• Assist in instructing, teaching and coaching student games during P.E lessons, practice and competition
  
• Must have experience and understanding of Hockey and/or Basketball.
  
• It would be an added advantage for the candidate to also have skills and experience in Adventure and Creative Arts (Drama, Design and Technology, Art and Music)
  
• Participate in the provision of the adventure programme
  
• Support the running of the weekend activities programme
  
• Help with the service programme