CareerCross uses cookies to enhance your experience on our websites. If you continue to view our sites without changing your browser settings, then it is assumed that we have your consent to collect and utilise your cookies. If you do not want to give us your consent, then please change the cookie settings on your browser. Please refer to our privacy policy for more information.
CareerCross uses cookies to enhance your experience on our websites. If you continue to view our sites without changing your browser settings, then it is assumed that we have your consent to collect and utilise your cookies. If you do not want to give us your consent, then please change the cookie settings on your browser. Please refer to our privacy policy for more information.
Deadline | November 29th, 2024 |
Hiring Company | Rugby School Japan |
Location | Chiba Prefecture, Ka-shi Wa-shi |
Job Type | Contract |
Salary | 4 million yen ~ 5 million yen |
Rugby School Japan
Rugby School Japan launched in Kashiwanoha (“Oak Leaf”) Smart City, Chiba Prefecture (Greater Tokyo), in September 2023 to champion a new era of British international education in Japan. It is Rugby’s second international sister school. The School is a co-educational day and boarding school based on a campus within walking distance of a baseball stadium, football pitch, lake and running track in Kashiwanoha Park.
Rugby School Japan shares Rugby’s ethos of ‘the whole person, the whole point’: the School believes in taking education beyond the classroom and nurturing the whole person – in mind, body and spirit – to give pupils a holistic sense of self and to enable them to achieve in all areas of life. Rugby School Japan aims to become a benchmark for British education worldwide.
The House Assistant Role
Each of our boarding houses is home to approximately 65 pupils, aged between 11 to 18 and the House Assistant (HA) is an integral member of the House team. Along with the Housemaster/mistress (HM), Assistant HM and Resident Tutor, the HA helps to ensure the welfare and well-being of pupils in the House, contributing to the development of a friendly, safe and supportive culture and environment. The HA is expected to be a visible presence, setting the tone as a role model and being accessible and approachable to the pupils. Issues of safeguarding and confidentiality are to be understood to a high degree, and a well tuned understanding of the needs of the pupils, options for support, and channels of communication is essential. The HA will also be expected to provide administrative support to the HM.
Main Duties:
Creating a home: the HA’s role can generally be summarised as creating a home for the pupils within the boarding House. Just like a parent might do for their own children, this could involve baking, celebrating birthdays, providing appropriate snacks, setting standards, having high expectations for the pupils, and having the pupils’ well-being and happiness at the heart of everything that happens in the school.
Pastoral Care:
The HA plays a crucial role, alongside the HM and other house staff, in the daily pastoral care of the pupils in the boarding house. Collectively, they have a responsibility for creating an environment within which the pupils feel safe and well looked after. The HA should be alert to warning signals potentially indicating unhappiness or problems in a pupil’s life, and should be prepared to communicate concerns with colleagues and, when necessary, with outside agencies.
Medical support:
Although the School has a Health Centre staffed at all times by professional nurses, the HA is often the first port of call for pupils who are feeling unwell in House. The HA is responsible for providing care, dispensing routine medications, and liaising with the Health Centre staff in order to determine the best course of action for the pupils, sometimes sending them to be looked after in the Health Centre. The HA is often required to accompany pupils in their House to routine appointments and attend to any medical emergencies.
Beginning and end of terms and half-terms:
The HA plays a crucial role in getting the boarding House ready before the beginning of the new term, as well as being on hand for the arrival of pupils into the House, typically on the evening before term starts, and on the morning when the day pupils arrive. Helping to settle the pupils into the House, meeting parents and receiving passports and medications from them, and creating a homely and welcoming environment are central to the HA’s role. At the end of term and half term periods, the HA is needed to ensure that all the pupils have left the House, and that the rooms and common areas are appropriately emptied, with windows closed and lights switched off.
Registration:
The HA is responsible for recording daily attendance at House registrations, and following up absences with colleagues and with parents when necessary.
Administrative support for the HM and the House:
The HA is often required to perform administrative duties for the HM, including helping to organise events, make calendar entries, support with filing, and generally play a central role in managing a well ordered and organised House. Some of these tasks will require competent use of IT systems and the School’s databases.
Meeting parents:
The HA will meet prospective and current parents who are visiting the boarding House.
Liaison with Maintenance and Logistics teams:
The HA is responsible for coordinating with the School’s logistics and maintenance teams, to ensure faults and damage are recorded and rectified promptly, and that any logistical functions are facilitated.
Cover:
The HA will be required to provide cover for other boarding houses in the event of staff shortages elsewhere in the School.
Clothing & Laundry:
The HA is required to liaise with domestic teams to ensure that laundry is sent and received in good time on behalf of the pupils within the boarding House. Some onsite laundry in the boarding house and small repairs to pupils’ clothing may be required from time to time.
Cleanliness:
The HA plays an important role, alongside the other House staff, in maintaining cleanliness and tidiness within the boarding House. The HA will coordinate with cleaning staff, directing priorities and setting expectations alongside domestic service supervisors. Routine checks of pupils’ dorms and common areas are expected, as is the creation of a culture of respect by the pupils, who are required to keep their spaces orderly and hygienic.
Meetings:
Regular formal and informal communication with colleagues is expected of the HA. HAs will be required to meet with each other, with their House teams, and with the Deputy Principal (Pastoral) regularly.
Other roles and duties:
There will be a number of other activities which the HA would be expected to attend, including House events, and the HA is encouraged to bring any specialist skills to the school, such as support for the well-being programme, and any initiatives which are deemed appropriate and beneficial to the school. Success in the role will be dependent on having a constructive relationship with the other House staff, and it is hoped that the HA would be winning to contribute in other areas to House life as required by the HM.
Contract Period:
・6 January 2025 ~ 31 July 2026
*Contract renewable upon performance and mutual agreement
Salary:
JPY4,000,000~JPY4,500,000 per Calendar Year
* Including 30 hours of fixed overtime allowance per month
Work Hours:
・Mondays ~ Fridays 8:00 ~ 17:00
・Saturdays and Sundays are non-working days (May be required to work on Saturdays and holidays for special school events.)
・Days outside of term dates are non-working days
・Japanese National Holidays are not observed
Benefits:
・20 Paid Annual Leave per Academic Year
・10 Paid Sick Days per Academic Year
・Commutation Allowance up to JPY30,000 per month
・Full Social Security Package (Health, Pension, Employment, Work Injury Insurance
Minimum Experience Level | Over 1 year |
Career Level | Mid Career |
Minimum English Level | Fluent (Amount Used: English usage about 75%) |
Minimum Japanese Level | Business Level |
Minimum Education Level | Bachelor's Degree |
Visa Status | Permission to work in Japan required |
THE PERSON
The successful candidate will have:
Qualifications
Experience
Skills
Personal competencies and qualities
PACKAGE
The remuneration package will reflect the importance of the post and will include:
A competitive and internationally benchmarked salary
HOW TO APPLY
Application process and closing date for applications
Qualifications, Identification, Health and Background Checks
Child protection
Job Type | Contract |
Salary | 4 million yen ~ 5 million yen |
Work Hours | Monday - Friday (40 hours per week) |
Holidays | Saturdays and Sundays non-working days / School Holidays |
Job Division | Boarding Department |
Industry | Education |
Company Type | Small/Medium Company (300 employees or less) - International Company |
Non-Japanese Ratio | (Almost) All Non-Japanese |