Graduate Boarding Assistant

The Boarding Schools' Association; Bath; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading boarding school seeks a dedicated Boarding Assistant to join their team. This full-time position includes living on-site and assisting in the daily operations of boarding houses, ensuring a comfortable and supportive environment for students. Ideal for graduates wanting to gain hands-on experience in education, this role requires proactive engagement, organization, and the ability to work evenings and weekends.

Benefits

Competitive salaries and pay progression

Access to extensive professional development opportunities

Free life assurance benefit

Complimentary meals during working hours

Interest-free loans for training and travel

Cycle to Work scheme

Free onsite accommodation

Qualifications

• Ideal for a graduate wishing to gain experience in a boarding school.
• A proven track record of being proactive and highly organized is essential.
• Enjoy working with young people; must demonstrate energy, enthusiasm, and commitment.

Responsibilities

• Assist with day-to-day running of the boarding houses.
• Help organize and staff the Weekend Programme.
• Support individual boarders and ensure a comfortable living environment.

Skills

Team Player

Proactive

Organizational Skills

Energy and Enthusiasm

Education

Graduate

Job description

Closing Date: 27 June 2025
Telephone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Salary: Regional Grade 1 post on the GDST scale and the Full Time Equivalent starting salary of £25,392, actual salary approx. £22,776.
Employment Term: Full TimeTemporary

Location: Royal High Bath

Job Title: Boarding Assistant

Required from: 1 September 2025

Contract term: Fixed Term until July 2026

Hours: Full Time Term, Time Only to include evening and weekend working

Salary: Regional Grade 1 post on the GDST scale and the Full Time Equivalent starting salary of £ 25,392, actual salary approx. £22,776.

The role:

We are seeking to appoint a resident Boarding Assistant on a fixed term contract. You would be living in shared accommodation with up to three other graduates, within our stunning listed building, set against the stunning backdrop of Bath’s UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The post requires the successful candidate to assist with the day to day running of the boarding houses, help to organise, run and staff the Weekend Programme, to help with administrative tasks involved in boarding and to play a complementary and supporting role to students in class by encouraging pupils in their learning and the acquisition of skills. This is a residential post and can be a demanding role including morning, evening and weekend duties in boarding. You will be given 24 hours off duty per week, along with additional time off when not on duty in House.

The successful candidate will be a team player with a proven track record of being proactive, highly organised and able to act on their own initiative. They will have to demonstrate a fair but firm approach and must enjoy working with young people and have energy, enthusiasm and commitment to the nature of working in a boarding school.

This role would be ideal for a graduate wishing to gain experience in a boarding school environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Support for Boarders

• Liaise with the Director of Boarding in ensuring, for each boarder, the provision of a comfortable living environment and to ensure that all boarders’ needs are addressed.
• Work with the Boarding Team to maintain a healthy routine of life for each boarder, and to make sure that standards of cleanliness and personal hygiene are carried out.
• To be on duty in the Boarding House at times on a rota system including some overnight duties.
• Be aware of and respond to the needs of individual boarders, including those from different cultural backgrounds, and to be aware of the changing needs of girls as they develop.
• Liaise with the Deputy Housemistress to ensure that boarders have access to and participate in a lively programme of leisure activities in the evenings and at weekends.
• Work with the Deputy Housemistress to organise, run and staff the Weekend Programme.
• Be on the medical escort rota once a week for taking boarders to and from emergency and scheduled appointments.

Support for parents of boarders

• Work with the Director of Boarding in building a good relationship with parents by liaising with them over matters of welfare, travel and trips.
• To be prepared to respond to the concerns of parents at any time, and in particular to respond to emails and carry the duty House phone at relevant times in the evening and at weekends.
• Work with the Director of Boarding to ensure that the House is ready and welcoming for the returning and new parents and boarders prior to start of each term and seeing boarders safely offsite at exeats, half terms and end of terms.

About the School:

Royal High Bath is a day and boarding school with a reputation for providing a pioneering education for girls. We offer a highly rewarding place to work as part of the national network of GDST schools dedicated to leadership in girls’ education. We have excellent facilities and resources and a warm, friendly and supportive working environment.

Royal High Bath is an academically selective, independent day (3-18) and boarding (11-18) school for approximately 550 girls. Prep and Senior Schools are both situated on the northern side of Bath, enjoying commanding views of the city and with good access to the A46 and M4. 70 boarders aged 11-18 live on the senior site in two boarding houses. The Sixth Form is on the same site as the Senior School.

Join us to develop your career in a creative and innovative environment with a generous salary and benefits package. Be part of the national network of GDST schools dedicated to leadership in girls’ education.

As part of the GDST, the UK’s leading network of independent girls’ schools, we can offer a variety of benefits, such as:

• Competitive salaries and pay progression
• Access to extensive professional development opportunities
• Training grants for qualifications
• Free life assurance benefit
• Free complimentary meals provided during working hours
• A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
• Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans
• A Cycle to Work scheme
• Competitive terms and conditions of employment
• Access to our free Employee Assistance program
• Free onsite accommodation

To apply, please complete an application form via Eteach. If you have any questions please contact the HR department, [e-mail]

Applications must be received by 27 June 2025

Interviews will take place on 3 July 2025

Royal High Bath and the GDST are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. Registered Charity No. 306983