Upper School Boarding Housemaster
Required: August 2020
Location: Beijing, China
Region: Far East and South East Asia
Salary: Excellent salary package and extensive benefits.
Sponsorship: Single, Married Teaching couples, dependents welcome
Contract: 2 years
School Vision / Ethos: This top level international school is part of a family of UK curriculum schools and combines over 400 years of educational excellence with a modern approach and first-rate facilities. They build on the successes of their partner schools in England and Thailand and provide a full and well-rounded approach to education, which not only prioritises academic achievement but also helps to bring out the best in each pupil. The superb campus has been designed to accommodate 1200 students and along with the normal classrooms and facilities expected within a school, there is a large auditorium, a 6 lane swimming pool, a beginners pool, a concert hall, three drama studios, a gymnasium, a dance studio, an aerobics room, squash courts, a soft play room, a learning lounge, a Sixth Form centre, two mini theatres, student social spaces, a climbing wall, cafes as well as a large dining hall. As well as tennis courts and a sports field, the school has two full size football pitches, one being all weather artificial grass.
Location Overview: Beijing is a bustling city with more than 13 million people on an area of 16,800 sq. km - the size of Belgium. The Beijing Municipality is flat and has a very orderly design - north, south, east and west circumnavigated by six concentric ring roads. The Beijing seasons are clearly marked by changes in weather and temperatures, and surprising splashes of colors. Beijing today is a city of vast contrasts - the new intermingles with the old, and the whole city is developing rapidly. You will find nightlife to suit all tastes and a huge expat scene - this is an exciting city in which to live.
Requirements:
You will be a Housemaster developing a cohesive, purposeful and proud "house" which consists of students and tutors and to continually build on your house identity in all aspects of the day to day running of a pastoral house as well as in house events. ...
