Summer School Course Director

Location

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire | United Kingdom

Job description

Looking for a fulfilling career opportunity? Join the fastest-growing education company in the UK as part of our staff team! This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the delivery of exceptional summer courses while gaining valuable experience in education.

As a Course Director, you’ll deliver our residential courses for international students smoothly and successfully.

• Overall responsibility for the safety and wellbeing of students at one of our sites - usually a university college or boarding school.
• Team leadership for a professional and fulfilling working environment.
• Decision-maker in emergency situations.
• Lead role in student and staff discipline, welfare and safeguarding.
• Manage a course/site budget and an inventory of kit and supplies.
• Create, update and maintain staff rota, including assigning and monitoring necessary staff overtime.
• Liaise with the host college or school to ensure a safe and comfortable residential experience.
• Work closely with head office staff to coordinate the academic programme, including liaising with tutors as required .
• Support the management of the social and cultural programme.

Residential role available at no extra cost to the employee, meals provided when on duty. You’ll work and live in some of the most prestigious university locations across Cambridge. Participating in our social and cultural programme could include day trips across the UK, local activities such as punting and formal hall dining in historic colleges.

Minimum requirements

• Extensive experience in a position of authority working with young people .
• Extensive experience in staff and process management and development
• Staff and process management
• Experience with partnership management
• Precision in budget management and attention to detail
• General IT competency
• Right to work in the UK (we cannot sponsor work visas for this role)

Safeguarding

Oxford Summer Courses Limited is committed to safeguarding and protecting children and has robust safeguarding policies. References are requested and will be scrutinised. Where appropriate, they will be validated with the providing referee. We also undertake enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks to ensure all our staff are suitable to work with children.

Don't wait to take the next step in your career. Apply now and become part of our dynamic and innovative team!

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Salary

£910 per week