Job Description

What's on offer:

Job Type: Fixed term contract (contractor)
Salary: £408 - £439 per week
Contract length: 4 - 8 weeks
Schedule: 6 days a week
Location: Within commutable distance to one of the BSC Colleges
Holiday Pay

BSC YL’s summer language centres offer students an excellent Academic programme paired with an exciting social programme. Our Senior Activity Leaders are required to be energetic, responsible and collaborative team players who will help bring core memories to life by helping to organise and deliver our programmes. Senior Activity Leaders are also responsible for safeguarding young learners during onsite activities and off-site excursions as well as providing exemplary pastoral care at our residences or low season homestay centres.

Senior Activity Leaders

BSC YL Senior Activity Leaders will support (and report to) the Activity Manager to run a successful social programme by ensure that students are motivated, on time for sessions and kept safe during this time. Activity Leaders will also plan fun and engaging activities at our residence in the evenings as well as lead excursions close to the course town.

Main Responsibilities

• 
  Leading a smooth, varied and fun social programme
• Taking activity attendances (on-site activities, evening and excursions)
• Motivating and supervising students
• Ensuring Activity Packs are thoroughly planned and carried out
• Adhering to social programme risk assessments
• Following Covid19 protocols as instructed by Centre Management
• Supervising students during meal times, curfews and break times
• Following all BSC YL Safeguarding Policies and Procedures
• Covering Welfare Leader duties to cover ‘WL’ days off

Requirement

• Have the full right to work in the UK/ International
• Be available throughout June and August
• Be able to commit for the duration of the season
• Be motivated, energetic and responsible
• Care about the welfare of Young Learners
• Have a decent local knowledge of the college area and its surroundings
• Be a team player
• Be flexible
• Be willing to learn throughout their contracts

Conditions

• Competitive weekly salary which is dependent on experience, qualifications and centre size. Pay scale is also available on request
• Accommodation (where applicable) and meals are provided
• 48 hours per week. This post is offered on a residential basis. Working hours may be unsociable due to evening activities, night duty and the times of student arrivals and departures
• There is at least one full day off per week. To be agreed with the CM at the centre.)
• All references will be followed up and all gaps in CVs must be explained satisfactorily
• Reference requests will ask specifically whether there is any reason that they should not be employed in situations where they have responsibility for, or substantial access to, persons under 18
• Criminal background checks in the form of a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) for UK residents, Garda Vetting for Irish residents, and a local police check from your country of residence (if not a UK or Irish resident) will be requested
• Proof of identity and qualifications will be required. Only those with the right to work in the UK and/or Ireland are eligible for any BSC YL position

Safeguarding at BSC YL

• To promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young persons you are responsible for
• To adhere to the BSC Young Learners safeguarding policy, ensuring it is followed by centre
  teams at all times
• To be the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)

Values

Aim Higher: We proactively make suggestions and solutions for challenges and opportunities.
Collaborate: We are team players -we treat everyone with respect and understand that we succeed collectively, not as individuals.
Communicate: We communicate in a timely way with clarity, respect and transparency.
Customer Focus: We seek to provide consistent high-quality experiences that customers will remember.
Employee Focus: We seek to reward and recognise excellence and innovation within our employees.

The above list of job responsibilities is not exclusive or exhaustive and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks as may reasonably be expected within the scope, grading of the post and at the request by management.

We are committed to providing a creative, rewarding and successful learning and working environment for our students and team.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all interest in joining our team. Successful applicants will undergo our safeguarding checks in line with our Safeguarding Children & Vulnerable Adults Policy & our Recruitment Policy, including an Enhanced DBS Check, Barred List, Prohibition Lists check and overseas criminal records if applicable.

BSC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young/vulnerable people and expect all team members to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including check with past employers to cover the last 5 years and the Disclosure and barring service.