Position: Co-Curriculur Activities Coordinator
Department: Seniors
Application deadline: 31 May 2021
Starting Date: As soon as possible
Apply to: jing.zhang@merchiston.cn, and indicate "source from BritCham Guangdong".
Responsibilities:
To assist in the implementation of the School’s enrichment programme, that specifically includes:
Academic societies
Academic visitors programme
School clubs
The CCA programme
The Clan programme
Extra-curricular sports provision
Extra-curricular performing arts provision
Service/community activities (MIS Outreach) managing prefects
Eco-Council
Trips and visits
The Schools Challenge Week programme in liaison with outside providers
Assist the Director of Enrichment in
Working closely alongside the Head of Boarding and Pastoral Care and Staff, coordinate the boarding weekend programme for the school
Working closely alongside the Head of Juniors to ensure that the Juniors CCAs are providing a solid introduction for academic societies
To design, implement and oversee additional enrichment activities that offer elite/specialised provision, potentially by third party agencies
To ensure that the quality of all enrichment activities is in line with school expectations through thorough monitoring and quality assurance measures
Ensure that the school’s CCA programme is rich and diverse with a range of high-quality experiences for students
Through leadership of the Outreach Coordinator (students) to ensure that the Service/community outreach program is effective and continues to grow and develop
To ensure that the schools enrichment program features strongly in marketing and promotional material
Ensure that school trips and visits provide a breadth and depth of experiences which incorporate supporting the academic curriculum
Working alongside the Director of PE/Sport, ensure that the school sports programme is delivered in a way that provides students with a high-quality program and a variety of sporting opportunities
Working alongside the Heads of Music and Drama, ensure that the school’s extra-curricular music and drama programmes are outstanding
To ensure that all enrichment activities are managed in line with the school's safeguarding expectations
To ensure the effective provision of leadership opportunities for students within the co-curricular programme
To help oversee the co-curricular provision of the Performing and Visual Arts Departments, through assisting and guiding the planning and implementation of events, festivals, and rehearsals, as required
Through leadership of the Clan competitions, ensure that the ongoing competition is exciting, vibrant, and creating Clan spirit
Key Competency:
Bachelor’s degree or above, related major.
An effective and harmonious part of, an energetic, cohesive, hardworking team
A good level of spoken and written English, excellent organisation and presentational skills.
Able to communicate effectively at all levels with students, staff, parents and the domestic and operations team
Professional, flexible, conscientious, and able to act with discretion at all time
Able to work upon your own initiative in a calm and patient manner
Well organised and competent with Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
Benefits: Lunch provided at school, shuttle bus from Hongshan, use of gym and swimming pool and extra paid annual leave