Education Programme Coordinator (Short-term summer contract)

During these programmes, Chinese students are immersed in a UK school for 1-3 weeks, live with local families, and undertake activities, tours and visits. Our Education Programme Coordinators are natural leaders and teachers, with excellent communication skills, and vital to the success of our programmes!

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暑期教育项目专员. 职位概述:学校交流项目协调员负责协调中英学校间的文化交流项目(GSE Programme,包括组织日常学校活动和文化游览,确保学生安全和福祉.该职位要求具有良好的沟通和组织能力,以及对青少年教育和跨文化交流的热情.

Your Role

The role of the Programme Coordinator is to coordinate the day-to-day activities of your allocated group, and be a key point of contact through the day. This could be within a local school, or on a day trip to a city/ attraction. On in-school days, you may need to deliver a learning activity after school finishes for up to 1.5 hours. You will be naturally friendly, confident, outgoing, well-organised and a problem-solver.

A typical might involve greeting students on their morning arrival at school, ensuring they meet with their allocated buddy, attend lessons and know where they should be throughout the day. You may liaise with teachers within the school if they have questions, lead a learning activity after school, and will ensure students are collected by their host family at the end of the day. You'll aim to be a great ambassador for the company.

A typical could be to a destination such as Harry Potter World, the New Forest, London or Southampton, and you'll ensure all planned activities for the day go smoothly, coordinate with the coach driver, lead the group to lunch and keep students and their teachers safe and supervised.

Work Dates: Approx. 16th June - 21st Jul TBC - (to include training & pre-programme meetings., Maintain effective communication with students, clients and stakeholders to ensure the smooth running of the programme, including transportation and organisation of students.

- Teaching & Activity Leading

Deliver engaging and educational activities for students for up to 1.5 hours per day, at the end of the school day, covering various subjects and cultural topics.

- Cultural Day Trip Excursions

Lead enjoyable and safe day trips to various destinations, ensuring coordination with coaches and adherence to risk assessments.

- Homestay Coordination

Manage daily communication between homestay families and students, ensuring adherence to schedules and arrangements.

- Student Welfare

Prioritise the safety and wellbeing of students at all times, including adherence to behaviour guidelines and welfare policies.

Salary & Working hours

Typical working hours for a Mon-Fri in-school day are 8am- 5pm, but can vary depending on the programme.

Trip days tend to be longer, typically 8am- 7pm.

1. Customer service focus: you'll be a natural people-pleaser, who aims to do all they can to satisfy clients, assist with questions, and knows that problems can often be overcome by listening with a smile

2. Can take the lead: you're a natural leader and teacher

3. A great communicator in English, and culturally sensitive

Your Key Attributes

1. Personable and friendly, and enjoys working with young people

2. A 'can do' attitude: you'll find solutions, rather than create obstacles

3. Well-organised: you will be a natural organiser, with the ability to organise yourself and others,

• working within a UK school setting: 1 year (preferred)


• teaching or tutoring: 1 year (preferred)
  
  We expect successful candidates to be keen to work as many hours as possible over the programme weeks. In previous years, this has been Monday- Sunday, approximately 60 hours per week.


Salary: £28,000 (pro-rata) per 40 hour week + £13.50 for any overtime worked on top of this.

Coordinators typically earn £700-£820 a week.

Accommodation & Meals: In some cases, accommodation can be provided close to the school site. This is provided in addition to your salary.

Lunch is provided daily.

Most travel expenses are covered., Job Types: Full-time, Temporary contract, Fixed term contract, Graduate
Contract length: 1 month

Pay: £28,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Canteen


• Company pension


• Discounted or free food


• Free parking


• On-site parking


Schedule:

• Overtime


• Weekend availability