Director of Residential Life & Boarding

PaRK International School - Alfragide; Lisboa; Presencial; EUR 60 000 - 90 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

PaRK International School - Alfragide is seeking the Head of Boarding to lead the residential community, ensuring a safe, inclusive environment aligned with the school's values of innovation, academic excellence, and holistic student development.

The role involves high-level pastoral and administrative leadership, safeguarding, health and safety, attendance, and the planning of weekend activities, with on-campus residency and on-call duties for emergency cover.

Qualificações

• Solid honours degree and ability to teach IB Diploma or international curricula.
• Proven residential boarding leadership experience.
• Strong safeguarding knowledge and health and safety regs.
• Innovative, flexible problem-solver with calm under pressure.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building with students, staff, parents.

Responsabilidades

• Provide leadership for pastoral care and boarding administration.
• Ensure safeguarding compliance and health and safety adherence.
• Maintain attendance, sign-in/out records, and student location tracking.
• Plan weekend activities and manage risk assessments; conduct fire drills.
• Recruit, train, and manage boarding staff in collaboration with the Head of School.
• Coordinate with parents/guardians, school medical staff, and pastoral teams.
• Support whole-school events and manage on-call duties.

Conhecimentos

Residential leadership

Communication

Emotional intelligence

Emergency management

Multicultural competence

Team management

Digital platforms

Formação académica

Honours degree in a relevant discipline

Ferramentas

School management software

Descrição da oferta de emprego

PaRK International School - Alfragide is seeking the Head of Boarding to lead the residential community, ensuring a safe, inclusive environment aligned with the school's values of innovation, academic excellence, and holistic student development.

The role involves high-level pastoral and administrative leadership, safeguarding, health and safety, attendance, and the planning of weekend activities, with on-campus residency and on-call duties for emergency cover.