Director of Residential Life, Summer Programs

Director of Residential Life, Summer Programs and Administrative Manager If you are looking for a fun, exciting and rewarding career working with high school students from around the world, then this job is for you!

Merrick Preparatory School is looking for a Director of Residential Life, Summer Programs and Administrative Manager. This is a pivotal leadership role. Join us and help make powerful and transformative change in our students and the world! Reporting to the Headmaster, this position has two distinct roles: The Director of Residential Life and Summer Programs provides exemplary leadership, overseeing and managing all non-academic aspects and activities of our students. With your team of Residential Life Supervisors, you will ensure the implementation of a robust, engaging and fun residential life program for our students during the evenings and weekends, and for our summer camp students in July.

Responsibilities Include:

• Managing the day-to-day residential life and student affairs programs (Student Life Curriculum, evening and weekend activities, arrivals and departures, co-curricular activities)

• Overseeing all special activities and events (Graduation, Prom, International Day, Student Council)

 • Communicating with parents

• Ensuring the health and safety of our students (physical and mental)

• Behaviour management and discipline in all non-academic areas

• Creates evening and weekend programs that meet the needs and interests of our students

• Manages and updates protocols, processes, procedures

• Hires, trains, manages a team of four residential life supervisors and summer camp staff

The Administrative Manager oversees the day-to-day operations of the school, from ordering supplies, tracking invoices and reporting on attendance and student information.

Responsibilities Include:

• Tracking student attendance

• Submitting reports to the Ontario Ministry of Education on student data

• Tracking and reporting on expenses

• Basic office management, from ordering materials and supplies, to answering phones and overseeing the security system

• Ensuring school signage and student lists are kept up-to-date

Qualifications, skills and experience:

 • University degree in education, psychology, business or similar • Experience working with teens in a school or camp like environment

• Ability to exercise fair, ethical and sound judgement

• Superior client service

• Adaptable, flexible, resilient and positive

• Enthusiastic and motivated with a sense of fun and play

• Detail oriented, highly professional and discrete

• Superior organize and time management skills

• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills Established in 2012, Merrick Preparatory School is an international day and boarding school with a maximum enrolment of 60 boarding students and 20 day students. We enroll students into one of three streams: i) grade 9, 10, 11 and 12 credits towards the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD); ii) English as a Second Language (ESL) Foundation Program, and; iii) University Qualification Year (UQY). Our average class size is 10 students and our graduates maintain a 100% university placement rate to their first-choice university. In addition, we offer recreational co-curricular activities and ‘boutique’ residential living with queen size beds and en suite bathrooms. Located in a heritage building in Merrickville, Ontario, honoured as Canada’s most beautiful village, we are 45 minutes from Ottawa and are adjacent to the Rideau River and Canal system, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm. Occasional weekend and evening work will be required. Start Date: Immediately

Compensation: We provide a very competitive compensation package including phone, computer, breakfast and lunch daily, RRSP plan and additional pay in lieu of health benefits.

 For more information and to apply, please contact Kevin Farrell, kevinf@merrickprep.com

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