Queen Margaret's School
Location
North Yorkshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Residential Housemistress
Only applications from female applicants will be considered. This is a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with Schedule 9 Part 1 of the Equality Act
The Housemistress is one of the most influential people in the lives of the girls in their Boarding House. She is the key point of formal and informal contact for parents and takes responsibility for the happiness, welfare and discipline of the girls in her house. The Housemistress is ‘parent’, mentor, conscience and guide. The Housemistress works alongside the Senior Tutor for the Year Group in her house. The Senior Tutor leads a team of Tutors and takes responsibility for progress, achievement and formal reporting to parents on those matters and provides a link between the academic and pastoral life of the school.
Come and work at Queen Margaret's School - Small independent school of the year 2023.
We are seeking a Residential House Mistress to join our exceptional team in September 2024. This is a live in Residential position and a special occupancy agreement applies to the role.
The Salary for the role is an actual £35,000 per annum.
As a Housemistress you act in loco parentis to the girls in your Boarding House and are accountable to the Head via the Deputy Head Pastoral. You work within a Pastoral team and liaise with its members as well as with Academic, Medical and Administrative departments. You implement all relevant aspects of School policy as formulated by the Head. You will be supported by Assistant Housemistresses, who will deputise for you during your time off, and who will help you with all aspects of the running of the Boarding House and in some cases by Graduate Assistants. A full including hours of work can be found attached.
Most importantly, the Housemistress must be compassionate and dynamic. They must get to know each girl and their family personally and create a supportive environment to enable each girl to aim high and exceed her expectations in a confident and polite manner.
This job requires stamina and resilience. The working hours during term time are inevitably long and tiring, but, ultimately, immensely rewarding. The Housemistress must have a natural, happy demeanour, be passionate about working with young people and hold their safety, wellbeing and progress above all other considerations. The full person specification can be found attached on the ,
To apply, all applicants must complete the school’s official application form (this is available on the school website under the heading “Careers” and can be completed electronically or by hand), providing a full career history and names and contact details for two referees and sent to [email protected]. This should be accompanied by a letter of application addressed to the Head.
Queen Margaret’s is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young persons and candidates must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service as well as an online and social media check.
● The closing date for applications to reach the school is 0900 Monday 08 April 2024 and interviews will take place during the course of the week commencing 15th April 2024.
● Candidates must bring with them to their interview certain documents which will be specified in the invitation to interview.
● An appointment will be announced as soon as possible after the interviews are completed.
● Candidates are directed to the school’s Staff Recruitment Policy which is available on the school website and to the enquiries that the school may make in respect of all shortlisted candidates.
● Candidates should be aware that, in compliance with statutory guidance, as part of the shortlisting process the school will consider carrying out an online search as part of their due diligence on the shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the school might want to explore with the applicant at interview.
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£35k per annum
