Detail Information
Job Summary
Northern Academy has a position available for a Hostel Manager.
Job Description
Catering Management
- Management of menu with outsourced caterer
- Provide numbers to caterers
- Review of food quality to ensure standards are maintained
- Discuss changes and requirements with caterers
- Check stock received for catering
- Prepare meals on weekends for leaners
- Manage layout and set up of dining hall including upgrading as required
- Check stock of cutlery and crockery for weekend use
Hostel Facilities Management
- Check facilities to determine maintenance
- Arrange repairs with maintenance
- Report needs for maintenance to facilities
- General hostel cleanliness and upkeep
- Oversee garden maintenance of the hostel
Learner Well Being
- Provide support to learners across all elements of well being
- Deal with any issues that occur in the Hostel
- Provide guidance and support to learners
- General overall pastoral care at the hostel
Transport and logistics
- Management of logistics across the campus
- Manage the fleet
- Manage transport and logistics routes
- Dealing with any transport issues across groups
- Management of bus drivers
- Create and manage fleet budget
- Planning maintenance of fleet
- Determine costing for routes
- Management of accounts with filling station
- Handles bookings of all vehicles including for sporting events
- Processing of insurance claims
Staff Management
- Recruitment and selection of new staff within salary budget in conjunction with Executive Management
- Mentoring and management of Staff
- Staff appraisals
- Management of disciplinary issues and then referral to Executive Head as required
- Mediation between staff and parents in the event of issues
- Sign off leave roster and management of leave allocations
- Management and remediation of absenteeism
- Development of staff
- Manage staff retention
Key Skills / Requirements
- Grade 12
- Driver’s License: Code 10 with PDP
- 3 Years’ experience as a Boarder Caretaker