Junior Boarding Assistant (Full working rights for Thailand)

Employment Arrangements:

• 1 year and full-time contract (1 August 2025 - 31 July 2026)

• Working hours / days: 6:30-9:00 hrs and 15:00-22:30 hrs on alternate days as per the master schedule assigned by the Director of Boarding

• Days-off: to the value of 8 days per month flexible dates as per the master schedule assigned by the Director of Boarding

• Annual leave and Public Holidays: 25 fixed and flexible days per academic year as per policy

• Term vacations: One week holiday at the end of each academic term.

• Accommodation and Meals (meals during terms time)

Report to: Director of Boarding 

Position Overview

To assist with and contribute to the pastoral care and supervision of boarding students in term time and during holiday camps. Junior Boarding Assistants assist house staff, for overseeing daily routines, cleaning, laundry, maintenance, health, and safety. Junior Boarding Assistants are also required to liaise with Boarding Housemasters/mistress about individual student pastoral issues. 

Academic & Professional Qualifications 

• Degree (needed due to visa requirements unless Thai nationality)

• Communication skills in English 

Skills, Experience, & Attributes Sought 

• Happy, bright, flexible and positive personality 

• Active and enjoy student company

• Appropriate experience in a residential environment is an advantage 

• English speaking, Thai and Chinese language would be beneficial 

• Organized and tidy 

• Sporty, academic, or musical attributes are desirable 

• English proficiency (an extra language is an advantage) 

• Personable, empathetic, and approachable; a strong desire to work with young adults

• Organized, happy personality, passionate about whole-child education, and enjoy working in a team.

Key Responsibilities:

• To join the Boarding Housemaster/mistress and Housemistress on duty, assisting with activities during scheduled times, and monitoring the students while on duty. This includes the School Holiday Camps throughout the calendar year. 

• To support the Boarding Housemaster and Housemistress with boarding induction at the start of term for all students and ensure any new students joining the House are fully inducted. 

• Supervise, along with the Housemaster and Deputy Housemaster, the clearing up of the House at the beginning and end of each term. 

• Attend boarding staff meetings/camp meetings as required.

• Join all holiday camps and assist in house for its organization and supervision.

• Be familiar with the school’s code of practice for health and safety, and its policies and procedures for countering bullying, substance misuse, and child protection; and be willing to undertake additional training as required by the school. 

• Carry out other duties as may be reasonably required by the House Staff.

Please note that this is a residential post. Junior Boarding Assistants are expected to reside in the boarding house and join students at all meals when on duty. Junior Boarding Assistants will be on duty alternating mornings 6:30-9:00 hrs and alternating evenings 15:00-22:30 hrs, and alternating full working weekends. Accommodation will be provided for the year, and meals are available during school term time and holiday camps only.

KISRP International School is committed to creating a safe and supportive environment in which our students can feel secure in all of their experiences within the school community. All members of the community should at all times show respect and understanding for an individual’s rights, safety, and welfare, and understand that all play a role in the safeguarding of our students, conducting themselves in a way that follows the law and reflects the ethos and values of the school. KISRP uses the comprehensive international standards developed by the International Taskforce for Child Protection as this provides a framework for the implementation of safeguarding policies and procedures. Our school's child safeguarding policy and supporting policies and procedures are written in support of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and aim to follow procedures stated by the Thai Ministry of Education, Thai Employment Law, and the Thai Child Protection Policy.