Activity Manager (Summer) Folkestone, England
Job description
About The Role
Main Duties:
- Take overall responsibility for the organisation and administration of the Social Programme:
- Plan a creative, practical and age-appropriate weekly activity timetable
- Create and maintain the activity noticeboard
- Produce the weekly activity sign-up resources
- Liaise with staff to implement the student sign-up process
- Manage the data entry of student activity choices and produce registers
- Maintain accurate records of student attendance
- Oversee the procurement, storage and maintenance of all Social Programme stock
- Manage and support a team of Activity Leaders to deliver the Social Programme:
- Delegate and support Activity Leaders with the planning and preparation of activity sessions.
- Be present during activities providing support, direction and feedback where appropriate.
- Lead daily activity team meetings throughout the summer.
- Conduct staff observations and appraisals.
- Coordinate Activity Leaders to design, plan and deliver activity sessions.
- Welcome and train the Activity Leaders during the staff Induction week.
- Ensure all activities are safe and well organised:
- Ensure Risk Assessments are conducted for all activities.
- Ensure staff involved in sessions are aware of their roles and well briefed.
- Oversee the safe and thorough set-up and pack-down of all equipment and facilities.
- Ensure standards of student behaviour are upheld and deal with any issues that arise
- Coordinate and Liaise with external activity providers where necessary.
- Be committed to the safeguarding and welfare of students in your care
- Adhere to all Health and Safety measures (including COVID safety measures, risk assessments and other policies and procedures)
- Help with student transfers to and from the airport for any arrivals and departures
About You
All members of staff employed by Earlscliffe will be expected to bring certain key qualities to the operation. There must be a professional interest in working with young people and particularly international children. Safety and welfare of the students is of paramount importance at Earlscliffe and a practical enforcing of this belief should be a quality exhibited by all staff.
We look for staff who are:
- Approachable
- Empathic to the needs of students
- Enthusiastic
- Engaging
- Diplomatic
- Responsible
- Motivated
- Flexible within the summer school environment
About Us
Since 2008, Summer Boarding Courses (SBC) has welcomed Young Learners, aged between 8 and 17 years old, from 151 different countries to study our courses in some of the most prestigious academic institutions in the UK, including Eton College and Oxford University.SBC is committed to providing our students with an exceptional experience. To create the global citizens of tomorrow, we guarantee a truly multinational learning environment which encourages cross-cultural learning, collaboration and friendship.
SBC is the first, and currently only, summer school provider in the UK to have achieved a perfect 15 Areas of Strength in a British Council inspection. In the EL Gazette ranking tables for UK Junior Courses, SBC has been ranked Number 1 in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. We are very proud of this achievement and will continue to grow and develop our courses to offer students extraordinary experiences.
As a small and growing office we are expanding year on year and where possible we aim to recruit from our short term summer staff before seeking external candidates. A large percentage of our Head Office staff worked at our summer sites before joining us for their full-time careers. As a part of Dukes Education we also have links to many other schools which occasionally offer up employment opportunities to our staff.
Whilst international travel restrictions have been in place, we have worked closely with a number of boarding schools to provide holiday courses for their students who have been unable to return home. We look forward to utilising this experience to provide a safe, secure, and enjoyable experience for all of our students and staff in the coming year.
SBC SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT
Summer Boarding Courses is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We have a comprehensive Child Protection Policy and procedures in place which all employees, volunteers and contractors are expected to adhere to.
SBC EQUALITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSIVITY STATEMENT
We operate a policy of equal opportunities and welcome applications from candidates irrespective of sex, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic origin or disability.
- Please note that given the short-term nature of these contracts at SBC and the duty of care we have to our students, holiday will only be authorised in exceptional circumstances and must be requested at least one month prior to taking leave. At the end of your contract, you will receive a payment for any holiday you are owed. If you take any holiday during your contract, then this will be deducted from your holiday allowance.
