Director of Boarding

Epsom Girls Grammar School; Auckland; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Epsom Girls Grammar School is seeking an experienced educator to lead Epsom house, the school's boarding facility housing around 140 boarders aged 13 to 18. The director of boarding will work with the house staff and the senior leadership team to provide a supportive and safe environment for our boarding students.

Accommodation may be available to the successful candidate, with opportunities to connect the boarding house to the wider school community and to contribute to co-curricular life.

Responsibilities

• Lead Epsom house, the boarding facility of the school, with around 140 boarders aged 13 to 18.
• Work with house staff and the senior leadership team to provide a supportive and safe environment for boarders.
• Connect the boarding house to the wider school community and, if you are a teacher, state your specialist teaching subject(s).
• Accommodation may be available to the successful candidate.

Job description

Secondary (Years 7–15) / wharekura, Other senior leadership
English, Health and physical education, Learning languages, Mathematics and statistics, Science, Social sciences, Technology, Te reo Māori, The arts

Epsom Girls Grammar School, Te Kura Tuarua o Ngā Taitamāhine o Maungawhau, is a school that strives for excellence: in performance, in the connections between people and in its pastoral supports. As a school we have always taken girls’ education seriously and, in all that we do, we seek to grow women of great character. In our kura we value courage, aroha, community, and manawa reka, and these values are woven through our words and our actions – from a governance level through to a classroom and co-curricular level, as well as in informal interactions on campus, and in the community.

We are a large, urban school for girls, with a current role of 2,300 students. Our expert staff teach towards the national qualification, NCEA, and we also offer Cambridge International courses and learning (where appropriate). We have a large co-curricular programme of sports, visual and performing arts, cultural expression as well as charity and service opportunities. Our staff are expected to take an active role in supporting the co-curricular programme of the school, by coaching or managing teams and groups.

We seek an experienced educator who can lead Epsom house, the boarding facility of the school. Epsom house has around 140 boarders aged from 13 to 18 years, resident 7 days a week during school terms.

The director of boarding is responsible for the leadership of the boarding house as well as being an active member of the school community. The successful applicant will work with the house staff and the senior leadership team, to provide a supportive and safe environment for our boarding students. Connecting the boarding house to the school is important to us so if you're a teacher, state your specialist teaching subject(s).

Accommodation may be available to the successful candidate.