Live-Out Boarding House Supervisor – January 2023
Nelson College for Girls Boarding Hostel, CJ House, is home away from home for many students, offering a warm caring fun environment whereby the students are encouraged and given opportunities to grow in confidence and independence. Our culture and environment foster the students to build lifetime friendships.
The Boarding Hostel has capacity for 120 students aged from year 7 to 13. We have dedicated Boarding House Supervisors who work split shifts providing our students with wonderful care. The hours for this role will be as follows.
Wednesday and Thursday – 5.30pm - 9.30pm
Saturday - 10am – 6pm.
This role is for the term time only, there may be the opportunity to work some hours in the holiday period.
Term time is busy with the buzz of students. To be successful in this position you need to be an effective communicator, able to listen and be empathic, while still maintaining a high level of oversight in our wonderful students. You will need to have a good understanding and tolerance of modern teenage girls, be able to recognise what’s fun and when behavior needs addressing. You will need to be an energetic, enthusiastic team player, able to work collaboratively and at the same time be able to work at ease independently, think on your feet and always ensure the safety and wellbeing of our students.
Nelson College for Girls is committed to Child Protection and the safeguarding of children and young people in our care, and we expect all staff to operate in a way that reflects this intent. All successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Police Record Check. All applicants must hold the right to work in New Zealand.
If this sounds like an environment where you would love to work and have the above attributes, see the full job description below.
We look forward to receiving your application by 9am, 5th January 2023, by sending a covering letter, your up-to-date CV along with the Support Staff in Schools application form to ellie.harvey@ncg.school.nz
Cathy Ewing
PRINCIPAL