Hostel Administrator

Classic Search; Bangalore Rural; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Classic Search in Bangalore, Karnataka, invites applications for a Residential School Caregiver role. The successful candidate will build warm, respectful relationships with students and provide emotional support, supervise daily routines, meals, and well-being, and coordinate with staff to ensure a safe living environment.

Essential qualities include empathy, strong communication, calmness under pressure, and a commitment to safeguarding and professional boundaries.

Qualifications

• Graduate in any discipline.
• Experience working with children/adolescents in a residential educational setting.
• Experience in pastoral care, student welfare or residential supervision.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Compassion, patience and emotional maturity.
• Ability to work evenings, weekends and on-call responsibilities.
• Understanding of child safeguarding and professional boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Building warm, trusting and respectful relationships with children.
• Being a sympathetic ear and a steady source of emotional support.
• Supporting children through homesickness, friendships, conflicts and daily challenges.
• Supervising meals and supporting healthy eating and nutrition.
• Following authorised protocols for medication and medical care.
• Visiting the Wellness Centre and updating on unwell children.
• Coordinating and supervising housekeeping and support staff.
• Working with Administration on maintenance and smooth running of the residential facility.
• Identifying safeguarding concerns and ensuring appropriate referral/escalation.
• Building a culture based on empathy, responsibility and community.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Emotional maturity

Calm under pressure

Teamwork

Education

Graduate in any discipline

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• Building warm, trusting and respectful relationships with children
• Being a sympathetic ear and a steady source of emotional support
• Supporting children through homesickness, friendships, conflicts, disappointments and everyday challenges
• Supporting their personal livesdaily routines ,Supervising meals and supporting healthy eating and nutrition
• Following authorised protocols for medication and medical care
• Visiting/checking with the Wellness Centre and remaining updated on children who are unwell
• Coordinating and supervising housekeeping/support staff assigned to the House
• Working closely with Administration on maintenance, supplies and the smooth running of the residential facility
• Identifying emotional, behavioural, health or safeguarding concerns and ensuring appropriate referral/escalation
• Building a culture based on empathy, responsibility, awareness, respect and community

Preferred candidate profile

We are looking for someone who brings both warmth and boundaries, compassion and responsibility, care and accountability.

Essential:

• Graduate in any discipline
• experience working with children/adolescents in a reputed residential or boarding school or comparable residential educational setting
• Experience in pastoral care, student welfare or residential supervision
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Compassion, patience and emotional maturity
• Ability to remain calm and grounded in challenging situations
• Willingness to work in a residential school environment, including evenings, weekends and on-call responsibilities
• Understanding of child safeguarding, confidentiality and professional boundaries

Desirable:

• Experience coordinating medical follow-up and working with a Wellness/Medical Centre
• Experience managing housekeeping, laundry, linen and residential support services
• Training in child safeguarding, adolescent development, mental health or pastoral care

Retired professionals looking to extend their career in a Residential School set up and are willing to work well with children are also encouraged to apply .