CAMPUS AND COLLEGIATE LIFE SERVICES DIVISION
Career Development + tertiary study benefit.
Open to flexible work arrangements.
Salary + 6.75% superannuation + five weeks' annual leave.
Mo te tima / About our Team
The University of Otago Campus and Collegiate Life Services provides a high-quality homestay programme where students can choose to live within a homestay setting with local host families. Students studying at the University of Otago, Pathway and English Language Centre (PELC) apply for homestay accommodation through the Homestay Office.
The homestay team provides students with quality homestay homes, working closely to support students and hosts who live within a homestay provided by the University of Otago.
Te mahi / The role
The Homestay Accommodation Co-ordinator is responsible for leading the day-to-day placement of homestay applicants, assessing and enlisting new host families and offering guidance and support as needed to University level and PELC students.
You will be available to offer pastoral care and support to students living in a homestay and assist them as necessary to help them adjust to a new environment/culture, ensuring that students are living in a well-supported, safe and caring home environment which allows them to focus on their University studies.
As a Homestay Accommodation Co-ordinator, you will be available to offer hosts support, providing appropriate advice for a pathway to positive outcomes.
Key responsibilities of this role include:
Leading the day-to-day homestay applicant placements, assessing, and enlisting new host families.
Interviewing, assessing, and enlisting new host families, ensuring compliance with the Education Pastoral Care of Tertiary and International learners Code of Practice 2021.
Orientating host families to homestay handbook and guidelines.
Conducting home visits, assessing compliance, and offering ongoing support to host families.
Providing pastoral care and support to students in homestays, assisting with their adjustment to a new environment/culture.
Coordinating placement of international student groups, including transportation and introductions.
Collaborating with University services, teachers, and staff for student support.
Maintaining positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Ka pukeka me ka wheako / Your skills and experience
We are looking for candidates with:
A relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent experience working with tertiary aged international and or domestic students.
Leadership and people management experience, including the ability to perceive, understand and assess things clearly and make appropriate decisions as required.
Exceptional communication, cross-cultural and organisational skills, and a demonstrated ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with people from diverse backgrounds.
Experience monitoring and reporting on data, especially in relation to student and host well-being.
Ability to work independently at times, developing working relationships and supporting those relationships.
Ability to problem solve complex situations, encompassing excellent oral and listening skills.
Puroko / Further details
This is a full-time (37.5 hours per week) permanent position, located in Dunedin.
You must have the right to live and work in New Zealand to apply for this position.
The appointments range for this role is $65,281 to $69,648. Top of range is $74,947.
The University of Otago is a workplace that values and utilises diverse and inclusive thinking, people and behaviours. This means that the contributions of staff with diverse backgrounds, experiences, skills and perspectives are valued and respected.
The University is committed to meeting its obligations under the Children's Act 2014 and the Education (Pastoral Care of Tertiary and International Learners) Code of Practice 2021. Candidates who successfully make the final stages of the recruitment process will be required to undergo a safety check.
Specific enquiries may be directed to Mary Powell, Homestay Manager, Campus & Collegiate Life Services, via the contact details.
Tono / Application
Applications quoting reference number 2401547 will close on Sunday, 13 October 2024.
Applications will be considered as they are received. The University reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time.
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