Summary
Date Posted: Monday, May 27 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
St Andrew’s School, Turi is highly respected in Kenya and regarded as one of the leading international schools in East Africa. Numbering 550 pupils, it comprises two semi-autonomous schools: a Preparatory School of circa 220 pupils between the ages of 3 and 13 and a Senior School of circa 330 pupils between the ages of 13 and 18. It is fully coeduca...

The Role
St Andrew’s Senior School is seeking to appoint two Pastoral Graduate Assistant and two Sports Graduate Assistant (with particular expertise in basketball and/or Hockey) who will assist the House Parents and Director of Sports respectively.
The Graduate Assistant key areas of responsibility will be:-

Responsibilities
The overarching responsibilities of the Pastoral Graduate Assistant include:
• Supporting the School's Christian ethos
• Enhancing the pastoral care of students
• Reinforcing co-curricular and sporting provision (where necessary)
• Administrative duties (e.g. DDT, Breakfast/Lunch, Walkabouts, service, etc

Duties
The principal duties of the Graduate Assistant are to:
Ethos
• Uphold the School's Christian ethos in both principle and practice, joining staff and pupils in prayer where appropriate
• Support Chaplaincy events

Pastoral Care
• Work within one of the boarding house teams, including pastoral duties in he evening and weekends
• Act as a role model in all areas to pupils within the boarding house around the school.
• Work with Houseparents' to support individual pupils as needs arise
• Attend a weekly Boarding House team meeting
• Assist with registration of students
• To support the Houseparent with the admin tasks that are needed for boarding

Academic Support
• Act as a tutor for a group of pupils if required
• Cover academic lessons when teachers are absent
• To work within a department of choice

Co-Curricular and Sport
• Assist in the running of Co-curricular/sport
• Assist in instructing, teaching and coaching student games during P.E lessons, practice and competition
• Must have experience and understanding of Hockey and/or Basketball.
• It would be an added advantage for the candidate to also have skills and experience in Adventure and Creative Arts (Drama, Design and Technology, Art and Music)
• Participate in the provision of the adventure programme
• Support the running of the weekend activities programme
• Help with the service programme

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months:

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

Method of Application
Interested and qualified? Go to St Andrew’s School on standrewsturi.bamboohr.com to apply



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