House Matron

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Job details

Contract hours: Various Hours (Full Time or Part Time)
Basis: Permanent
Salary: £25,580 per annum (pro-rated for part-time working)
Location: Uppingham
Closing date: 31 October 2023, 9:00 am

Description

This is a great opportunity to join one of the leading independent schools in the UK as Uppingham continues to invest in its matron provision across its boarding houses.

House Matrons play a pivotal role within the school, and we are seeking experienced pastoral professionals to work alongside our boarding house teams to deliver excellent care to our pupils aged 13-18, ensuring they settle into school and house routines, feel happy and content and have their welfare needs met.

The boarding houses are central to life at Uppingham School and matrons play a crucial role within these. An Uppingham house is very much an extended home. Each boarding house aims to represent a full spectrum of the personalities, characters and talent found across the school. A matron seeks to bring out the best in each pupil and ensure that they are treated as an individual within the boarding house.

The role also requires confidence with IT-based admin and strong communication skills in order to successfully deliver pastoral care to our pupils.

If you enjoy working as part of a team and can combine efficiency with friendliness and a genuine care for the welfare of our pupils, we would be delighted to hear from you. Experience in a care-based industry and/or working with young people is desirable.

In return, Uppingham offers a community that values people. We are warm, compassionate and mutually supportive.

This is reflected in our working environment and the benefits we are able to offer. These include:

Pension
50% contribution to premiums for School’s private health scheme
Free membership of dual-use Sports Centre (£25 annual admin fee)
Free staff lunches in term-time
School fee day place discount for children of staff
Retail and restaurant discounts
Cycle to work scheme
Free annual ‘flu jabs
Westfield health care package

House Matron – Candidate Information Pack

Uppingham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

All positions at the School are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, therefore ALL convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings (including those which would normally be considered ‘spent’ under the Act) MUST be declared, subject to the DBS filtering rules. All information given will be treated as confidential and each case will be taken on its merits. Failure to disclose this information may result in the withdrawal of an offer of employment or immediate termination of employment.

Uppingham School is an equal opportunities employer.

Working at Uppingham

Uppingham is a vibrant, stimulating, energetic and forward-looking school. Our community is made up of talented people offering a diverse range of experiences. We welcome applications from candidates who are both experienced and new to working within the independent education sector.