Head of Residence Hall (HRH)

Overall Description:

Under the supervision and leadership of the co-principals, the Head of Residence Hall (HRH) work in partnership with related departments to ensure smooth operations of the residence hall and ensure the safety and well-being of the residents.

Major Responsibilities:

The HRH’s will:
Act as stated in job description as a RHT.

Managing RHT and other RH staff/interns

• -  Train and equip the Residence Hall Teachers (RHT) so they are able to perform
  

  effectively and confidently.
  

• -  Develop managerial tools to conduct assessment to fine tune the contribution of RH staff.
  

• -  Chair regular RH staff meetings with agenda.
  

• -  Create roster duty system and allocate tasks to RHT and RH staff.
  

• -  Organize team building activities for RH staff.
  

• -  RH staff appraisal.
  

  Managing resident’s well-being
  

• -  Develop managerial tools for resident life and monitoring resident’s welfare.
  

• -  Develop healthy and safety culture.
  

• -  Maintaining the behavior and conduct of residents to a high level of standard and deal with misbehavior conduct with appropriate consequences.
  

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Demonstrate organizational and managerial skills to RH operation

• -  Create and generate templates to maintain records of residents’ attendance, special
  

  medical needs and disciplinary concerns.
  

• -  Manage RH documentation in school’s shared-folder system.
  

• -  Create RH documents and notices for display.
  

• -  Develop RH calendar and to oversees/organize special programs and activities for the residents.
  

• -  Attend regular meetings chaired by the SLT with agenda.
  

• -  Facilities management for the upkeep of the RH and to coordinate with maintenance and
  

  engineer staff.
  

• -  Deal with medical outbreak or crisis, and develop measure for climate changes.
  

• -  Invite guest lecturers, and/or to find coach and outsourced organizer for RH events and activities.
  

  Coordinate and cooperate with other departments in school
  

• -  Liaise with relevant school departments in matters of finance, purchasing, security,
  

  housekeeping, meals and marketing-admissions.
  

• -  Build good relationships and lines of communication with academic faculty.
  

• -  Work closely with parents relation officer for enquiry, concerns and disputes from parents.
  

• -  Attend events and prepare for public speaking and presentation during parents’ meetings, marketing and school events as instructed by the Co-Principals.
  

• -  Updating RH enrollment, vacancy and capacity info for RH related departments in school.
  

  Stay connected to parents
  

- Build good relationships and lines of communication with parents of residents and to be a

facilitator, coordinator between RHT and parents. - Creating periodic RH newsletter to parents.

Planning for next school year

• -  Prepare planning such as staff allocation, budget proposal and furniture purchasing.
  

• -  Interview staff during recruitment.
  

• -  Interview potential residents for RH enrollment.
  

• -  Create training schedule and materials for new staff and returning staff training before school starts.
  

  Requirements and Qualifications:
  

  * Holder of Bachelor Degree or above with teaching experience or other related fields
  

  * At least 3years management managerial Experience
  

  * Excellent verbal and written communication skills in Mandarin or English. * Personality – responsible, outgoing, happy, enthusiastic, positive, confident * Demonstrate commitment in teamwork
  * Support Yew Wah's values

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