- To coordinate and manage a team of activity leaders, ensuring that activities and programs are well-structured, engaging, and aligned with the organization's goals and objectives.
- Delegate necessary tasks to ALs to ensure everyone's participation towards quality delivery of the programme.
- Motivate and guide activity leaders during activity sessions.
- Support the Activities Manager to develop materials for Social Programme.
- Manage time appropriately by arriving early to set up activity and gather resources.
- Promote and update the activity programme using posters, noticeboards, sign-up sheets and in communicating with the students.
- Complete dynamic risk assessments whilst on activities and take any necessary action.
- Complete a register for the activity and hand into the activity manager.
- Ensure all facility bookings have been confirmed for the delivery of the social programme.
- Encourage all students to participate in all activities.
- Report all incidents on activities, excursions or elsewhere, using the incident report form process.
- Attend and participate in all activity team meetings and excursion briefings.
- Support the Activities Manager to create Activity Packs.
- Consult the Risk Assessments before each activity.
- Familiarise yourself the Senior Activity handbook.
- Ask the Activities Manager about any aspect of delivery that you are not sure about.
- Accompany and fully supervise students in your care.
- Coordinate ALs tasks and communicate everyone's responsibility in the excursion brief, such as collecting packed lunches, picking up registers, collecting group.
- Familiarize yourself with excursion material and the excursion itinerary (these will be provided to you in the pre-excursion briefings the evening before the excursion).
- Attend all pre-excursion briefings.
- Ensure you have any required tickets for attraction bookings.
- If you are responsible for the packed lunches, arrive at breakfast early to eat and collect the trolley.
- Communicate the weather forecast to the group before leaving so they are prepared.
- Ensure students are wearing their lanyards containing their school ID, emergency contact information and wristbands.
- Ensure students are wearing appropriate clothing for the weather. For example, a jacket for rain, etc.
- Greet the coach drivers, introduce yourself and confirm drop off locations.
- Complete a student register before leaving on the bus.
- Carry a first aid kit on the excursion.
- Build rapport, agree drop off and pick up location and time, and exchange phone numbers with the coach driver.
- Complete regular head counts and dynamic risk assessments.
- Support the Activities Manger to create Excursion Packs.
- Consult the Risk Assessment before every excursion.
- Remain alert to ensure the students stay safe.
- Communicate updates regularly with the activity manager.
- Provide Welfare Leader duty cover as and when required.
- Be allocated a specific student group for the week (where necessary.)
- Check on students that are having a difficult time becoming comfortable.
- Communicate to all members of the team any particular student welfare related information they need to be aware of.
- Actively supervise mealtimes on a rota basis.
- Complete wake up/night duty on a rota basis.
- Help with laundry duty as and when required.
- Assist in keeping the school clean and organised.
- Collaborate with team members to ensure safety and security within accommodation.
- Provide basic first aid to injured students.
- Attend the hospital with a sick or injured student.
- Intervene in situations of conflict or disruption between students.
- Be a role model for the students.
- Carry out duties associated with the transfer of students on arrival and departure days as required by the Centre Manager.
- Coordinate ALs on airport duty by providing them with all the arrival/departure information.
- Allocate a member of a team member to each required airport terminal.
- Organise communication in an Airport group chat to allow open communication about updates.
- Provide clear updates to the operations manager about each students arrival and departure stage.
- Prepare a plan with your activity manager to get to the airport for an appropriate time.
- If necessary, take a printed Unaccompanied minor form with a form of your ID.
- Monitor the flight progress with the flight number to stay up to date with arrival time.
- Arrive to the gate early to give plenty of time for early flights.
- Ensure you collect a packed lunch before departing to the airport.
- Arrive at the airport neat, clean and presentable.
- Keep in contact with the coach drivers or taxi companies as you wait at the gate.
- Wear the BSC branded green uniform.
- To promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young persons you are responsible for and come into contact with.
- Familiarise yourself with the BSC Young Learners safeguarding policy.
- To adhere to the BSC Young Leaners Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy.
- Ensure student ratios are maintained in accordance with site rules BSC Young Leaners Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy.
- Complete online Safeguarding for Young Learners (Level 1) before arrival and complete an in-person refresher during on-site induction.
- Attend onsite induction to be hosted by Activities Manager.
- Work positively as part of a team.
- Take responsibility for updating the rota of any shift changes or sick days.
- Demonstrate a positive attitude.
- Attend and participate in all centre team meetings.
- On rare occasions, you may be asked to serve food.
- Act according to accepted professional standards at all times.
- Act in the welfare of the students at all times.
- Make sure you are clean, neat and presentable during working hours.
- Comply with the BSC uniform policy.
- Comply with centre and BSC YL rules and regulations.
- To carry out any duties as may be reasonably assigned by the Centre or Activities Manager.
- Competitive weekly salary. Experience pay scale available on request.
- Accommodation (where applicable) and meals are provided.
- 42-45 hours per week. Some working hours may be unsociable due to evening activities, night duties (if residential) and varying times of student arrivals/departures.
- There is at least one full day off per week. (To be agreed with the CM at the centre.)
- Activity Leaders and Welfare Leaders are provided with two BSC YL t-shirts or polo shirts and a BSC jacket. Uniform is compulsory when on duty.
- All references will be followed up and any gaps in CVs will need to be explained.
- Reference requests will ask specifically whether there is any reason that they should not be employed in situations where they have responsibility for, or substantial access to, persons under 18.
- Criminal background checks in the form of a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) for UK residents, Garda Vetting for Irish residents, PVG for Scotland, 'Conduct Certificate' Malta as well as a police check from your country of residence (if not a UK or Irish resident) will be requested.
- Proof of identity and qualifications will be required. Only those with the right to work in the UK, Ireland, France or Malta are eligible for any BSC YL position.
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Senior Activity Leader - Manchester, United Kingdom - BSC Education Limited
Description
Your profile
What's on the offer:
Location: Manchester City Football Language School
Salary: Up to £517pw / £26,884 per annum (depending on experience)
Hours: 42 hours per week
Fixed Term Contract June/July - August 2024
Residential (Free Accommodation)
Free Meals (3 per day including days off)
Annual Leave Accrual 12.07%
EAP (Employee Assistance Programme)
Additional Bonus Pay For Eligible Returners at £20pw (3rd year with BSC onwards. Performance based - consult previous years' appraisals)
Internal/External Career Progression and Growth Opportunities
Training Provided
Job Description
Overview:
Purpose of the roleThe purpose of a Senior Activity Leader (SAL) is to oversee and manage the planning, organization, and execution of various activities and programs, primarily designed for British Study Centres Young Learners (BSC YL). This role plays a critical part in creating a positive and enriching experience for participants, as well as team members. You will be a main contact for Activity leaders on the ground. Leading them from the front and exemplifying the high standards of a great leader. You will take charge on the airport arrivals day being the main communication link between on the ground and the operations team.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
Activities
Excursions
Pastoral Care
Transfers
Child Protection & Safeguarding
Other
In addition to the above, all Senior Activity Leaders are required to:
*If your interview is successful, you will be invited to attend one of BSC YL's 'Assessment Days' for Activity and Welfare Leaders in which you will have a chance to meet other prospective candidates, ask questions about what to expect and gain more insight into how the centres work.
Conditions
Further Information
Training
Full product knowledge training will be provided
A handbook will be provided giving insights and links to all relevant information
On-going training will be provided on an individual and group need basis
All BSC colleagues must operate in line with our team-led Vision, Mission & Values as outlined below:
BSC VISION: To provide customers with steppingstones to their future by delivering outstanding and transformational learning experiences.
BSC MISSION: By believing that "Great Things Start Here" and standing behind all that this means. If we believe it, our customers will achieve it
AIM HIGHER
We proactively make suggestions and solutions for challenges and opportunities.COLLABORATEWe are team players - we treat everyone with respect and understand that we succeed collectively, not as individuals.COMMUNICATEWe communicate in a timely way with clarity, respect and transparency.CUSTOMER FOCUSWe seek to provide consistent high-quality experiences that customers will remember.TEAM FOCUSWe seek to reward and recognise excellence and innovation within our employees.
