SREE VIDYANIKETHAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, TIRUPATI

Purpose of Job In charge of one of the boarding houses, the House Master is responsible for the smooth running of the house, the supervision and guidance and, above all, the safety and welfare of the boarding students.

Duties and Responsibilities

Pastoral oversight

- Maintain high standards of personal conduct in the boarding house, in accordance with school policies
- Foster a homely, purposeful and safe atmosphere within the house
- Induct new boarders and liaise closely with their parents before, during and after their arrival at the school
- Be proactive in seeking to forge excellent personal relationships with boarders and their parents.
- Oversee the pastoral and academic welfare of all students in the boarding house and act in loco parentis for boarders during term time
- Carry out daytime, evening duties and weekend duties as agreed with the School Authorities

Academic duties

- Be an advocate of boarding across the wider school
- Maintain an active interest in the academic progress of boarders in the house and interceding on their

behalf as required, for instance, by attending parents consultations etc.
- Liaise closely with members of teaching staff across the school, as well as administrative staff and auxiliary staff to ensure the smooth running of the house
- Feedback to parents formally, as part of the schools reporting procedures

Administration

- Manage the team of house staff - in order to ensure the smooth running of the house
- Ensure that communications sent home, or to pupils, are read and understood by parents




- Hold regular weekly meetings with the staff operating in the house
- Take responsibility for ensuring high standards amongst the staff
- Ensure that duties are divided up equitably and the house is properly supervised at all times
- Advise on the running of weekend activities, and leading on weekend duties, where required
- Supervise off-site trips for boarders and complete the administrative tasks for such trips as required
- Manage the day-to-day activities of the house and drawing up plans further for approval
- Keep the operations team informed of any health and safety and/or maintenance issues that may arise during the course of the term
- Assist Admissions and ensuring that boarders paperwork is up-to-date and reflects the current truth, particularly in relation to arrangements for guardians and local carers

Other responsibilities

- Be resident in the accommodation provided in the boarding house during term time
- Act as a backstop’ when staffing issues arise in the boarding house and/or when other circumstances call

for extra duties to be taken on
- Be prepared, within reasonable boundaries of expectation, to field queries from parents, pupils and staff about boarding during the school holidays
- Follow all school policies and procedures as shared and in the various staff meetings





Requirements

Professional Qualifications:

- Hold a degree, and be a fully qualified person who can converse in English without flaws. In short- excellent communication skills.
- Have a minimum of 3-5 years of experience in taking care of students preferably below 18 years of age, and ideally in a residential setting
- An undiluted commitment for a Boarding school life culture and work atmosphere, and not resent its intrusion on privacy, nor its occasional calls for hard work at unsociable hours for no additional pecuniary advantage
- Have a solution-focused, positive and resilient approach to the vicissitudes of school life
- Create a home-away-from home feeling for the children and have a professional yet parental rapport with them
- Please note: The school may initiate normal safeguarding background checks: acceptable police checks (or equivalent) and appropriate references from a current and previous employer, corroborated by personal phone calls made to each referee

Personality Traits:

- A well-groomed personality with presentable etiquettes, versatile, conscientious, positive and solution-focused, no compromise with ethics and moral standards
- Able to establish a healthy rapport with pupils, staff, parents and other members of school community
- Able to work effectively and harmoniously as part of an energetic, cohesive and hardworking team
- Respectful, understanding and appreciative of diversity, culture, nationality, race and gender
- Calm and professional at all times
- Well organized and proficient with computers

📌 Boarding Housemaster (SREE Vidyanikethan International School) (Tirupati)
🏢 Sree Vidyanikethan Educational Trust (SVET)
📍 Tirupati