Assistant d'Education au Primaire

International French School; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 20,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

14 weeks annual leave

Salary scale-based remuneration

Job summary

The International French School (Singapore) invites applications for an Elementary Educational Assistant. The role involves supervising students from arrival to departure, supporting daily activities and ensuring safety within school life.

Part-time or full-time (38 hours/week), with remuneration based on experience and the IFS salary scale, plus 14 weeks of annual leave during school holidays. Successful candidates will work in a team-focused, multilingual environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in the children's and/or animation sector.
• Relational skills.
• Ability to listen and observe.
• Taste for teamwork.
• Know how to anticipate and interpret the child's behaviour and reactions.
• Dynamism and initiative.
• Discreet.
• Responsiveness and adaptability.
• Adherence to schedules.

Responsibilities

• Welcoming, accompanying and supervising elementary school students from their arrival to their departure, during recess and meal times.
• Ensuring that safety measures, rules of common life and internal regulations are respected.
• Listening and being attentive to changes in children's behavior, ensuring that any unresolved problems or disputes are communicated to the staff concerned
• Helping/ Assisting to resolve the difficulties of the students during these supervision periods and report the incidents to the head of pastoral care and to the educational team
• Reporting any malfunctions observed in the field to the relevant department (e.g. broken equipment, damaged building, etc.)
• Managing the wounded and heal the minor injuries
• Controlling the number of students, daily absences (if applicable to your role within the team)
• Assisting with their lost and found objects (collecting, checking and sorting)
• Performing any other task related to school life (e.g. book covers, laminating documents, etc.).
• To propose educational activities: design and implementation of activities of animation, collective games, sports activities
• Manage groups of children during the meridian break and at the daycare (morning, afternoon)

Skills

Relational skills

Listening skills

Teamwork

Behavior awareness

Adaptability

Dynamism

Discreet

Responsiveness

Adherence to schedules

Job description

The International French School (Singapore) offers many career opportunities all year round for experienced, energised, passionate educators and administrators.
IFS, one of the largest schools in the AEFE network, seeks to attract, nurture and retain individuals of the highest professional integrity and calibre who are committed to international education and fully believe in the power of a multilingual, multicultural environment as a gateway to educating tomorrow’s global citizens.
The vast majority of our teachers are certified, whether in France, US, UK or in their home country. Teachers usually have at least three years of teaching experience. IFS recruits teachers in different subjects for permanent or temporary positions. We also hire teachers’ assistants, Discipline Masters, Student Assistants, etc. as well as employees for our support functions and administrative departments.
We seek individuals able to work well on teams and within the framework of the whole-school project. For other professional positions, we expect to see strong evidence of experience in a particular area as well as the ability to work well within a team environment. Respect for others, loyalty and team spirit, lie at the heart of what we do.

Job Description

MISSION

RELATIONS DE TRAVAIL

AESH

Parents

Direction

REPORTING

CONDITIONS DE TRAVAIL

ELEMENTARY EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANTS

MISSION

Attached to the Pastoral Care Manager, the educational assistant’s main mission is to supervise the elementary school students from their arrival at school until their departure in all daily extra-curricular activities.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Welcoming, accompanying and supervising elementary school students from their arrival to their departure, during recess and meal times
• Ensuring that safety measures, rules of common life and internal regulations are respected.
• Listening and being attentive to changes in children's behavior, ensuring that any unresolved problems or disputes are communicated to the staff concerned
• Helping/ Assisting to resolve the difficulties of the students during these supervision periods and report the incidents to the head of pastoral care and to the educational team
• Reporting any malfunctions observed in the field to the relevant department (e.g. broken equipment, damaged building, etc.)
• Managing the wounded and heal the minor injuries
• Controlling the number of students, daily absences (if applicable to your role within the team)
• Assisting with their lost and found objects (collecting, checking and sorting)
• Performing any other task related to school life (e.g. book covers, laminating documents, etc.).
• To propose educational activities: design and implementation of activities of animation, collective games, sports activities
• Manage groups of children during the meridian break and at the daycare (morning, afternoon)

On educational activities:

SKILLS, ABILITY AND REQUIRED FORMATION

• Experience in the children's and/or animation sector
• Relational skills
• Ability to listen and observe
• Taste for teamwork
• Know how to anticipate and interpret the child's behaviour and reactions
• Dynamism and initiative
• Discreet
• Responsiveness and adaptability
• Adherence to schedules

WORK RELATIONSHIPS

• Students
• Teachers
• Librarian and librarian assistant
• AESH
• Parents
• Direction
• External canteen and transport staff

REPORTING

Responsible for school life

WORKING CONDITIONS

Part-time or full-time position (38 hours/week)

Remuneration based on experience and the IFS salary scale

14 weeks of annual leave during school holidays (all school holidays minus 2 administrative weeks)