Primary Learning Assistants

YMCA Christian Academy; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 201,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

YMCA Christian Academy on Hong Kong Island seeks passionate and experienced primary learning assistants to work with teachers and optimise classroom learning outcomes. Extensive training and ongoing support are provided to new staff.

Applicants residing in Hong Kong, including those pursuing PGCE/PGDE studies, are encouraged to apply and join a nurturing, Christian school culture that places students first.

Job description

YMCA Christian Academy (YCA) is a unique community-oriented private primary school on Hong Kong Island offering a vibrant, future-ready international curriculum. People come first at YCA - our staff, our families, our community. We are a community united in serving and prioritising the needs of our students in a nurturing Christian school culture. Our safe and inclusive learning environment provides an authentic, holistic education that encompasses the academic, spiritual, emotional, physical, and cultural needs of each and every student.

Central to our mission is the development of personal skills and qualities to prepare your child with the confidence they need for secondary school, university, and the future workplace. We also empower students with a humble, service-oriented mindset that will enable them to experience authentic fulfilment. We seek to equip our students with the ability to know genuine balance of happiness in their life, rich relationships, and opportunities to prosper in the communities in which they live.

YMCA Christian Academy is committed to the highest standards of child protection and the UN Convention on the rights of the child (UNCRC). We support the International Task Force on Child Protection (ITFCP) Reports and Recommendations and we hold ourselves to a high standard of effective recruitment practices with specific attention to Child Protection.

Job overview

The school is now seeking passionate and experienced primary learning assistants to take on a challenging and fulfilling role in our school working with teachers to optimise learning outcomes in the classroom. Extensive training and support is provided. Those undertaking PGCE/ PGDE studies and residing in Hong Kong are encouraged to apply.