Bodwell High School, a private boarding school founded in 1991 and located at the waterfront of North Vancouver, offers grades 8-12 to students from over 30 countries (www.bodwell.edu). Our Boarding Program offers a week-round youth development program for 300 on-site boarders. Candidates should review our school website (http://bodwell.edu) and program website (http://bodwell.edu/boarding/). Program features include life skill development, healthy living, mentorship, academic support, sport & hobby learning, outdoor education, community service learning, and cooperation with school staff and overseas parents.
Bodwell High School's Boarding Program is currently recruiting candidates for the position of ‘Part-Time Youth Advisor’ to assist with activity programming and campus supervision as part of our dynamic Boarding team.
Schedule:
-Fridays 5pm-1am (non-negotiable)
-Saturdays 5pm-1am (non-negotiable)
-Sunday's 9am-5pm, 10am-6pm, 12pm-8pm or 4pm-12am
-1 more shift/week on a weeknight
-overnight shifts as required
The successful candidate should be fluent in English, possess skills and experience in working with adolescents, have demonstrated capability of handling emergencies -- and should love to have fun with teens! Candidates must be positive role models in their own daily habits and life outlook. Backgrounds in youth guidance and counselling, life skill mentorship, outdoors training, youth leadership, teaching, coaching, tutoring, and health care are assets. Overseas and multicultural experiences are very helpful to the job.
Duties and Responsibilities include:
* Assist with designing and facilitating weekend activities and encourage as many students as possible to take part.
* Help in cultivating a fun, warm, safe, harmonious, and youthful atmosphere in the common areas.
* Through constant presence and mobility throughout all the dorm spaces, monitor individual students' conditions and performance by observing them, interacting and conversing with them.
* Collaborate with other Advisors to help to guide students in developing good daily habits.
* Tend to common responsibilities with colleagues and complete other tasks as requested by the admin.
* Follow safety and emergency preparedness guidelines; attend to emergencies
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: From $22.00 per hour
