Epsom College - Graduate/Intern – Games Department – Senior and Lower School

Surrey
Epsom College
Fixed Term | Gap Year

Summary

Epsom College is seeking to appoint a Graduate or Intern for the 2025/26 academic year.

Detail

The College is seeking to appoint a Graduate or Intern for the 2025/26 academic year. The Graduate/Intern will provide support across the complete range of Lower School academic and co-curricular activities, specific support for the Games Department, for both the Lower School and Senior School pupils, and ad hoc support for the Assistant Head: Total Curriculum.

During the mornings, the majority of the work will be based in the newly renovated, state-of-the-art Lower School building or in one of the other facilities in the College’s 72-acre site. In the afternoons, the Graduate/Intern would assist with sports coaching under the direction of the Director of Sport. In addition, the expectation is that the Graduate/Intern would also accompany pupils on offsite residential and non-residential trips and excursions, and provide support for school events in the evenings or at the weekend.

The Role:

This post would be ideal for a graduate or a student on their Year Out Degree Placement who is considering an eventual career in Education and /or Sport. The position will offer extensive experience of being an integral member of staff within an outstanding Common Room.

Main Duties and Responsibilities: Games Department

Assist PE and Games staff with coaching and training, travelling to fixtures with the pupils as necessary during the week and on a Saturday;
Provide support in PE lessons;
Undertake all responsibilities in line the College’s safeguarding protocols and procedures.
Be a lead coach in each of the three terms, providing coaching in one of the College’s Performance Sports.
Coach Monday-Thursday afternoons within the Games Programme;
Assist with the running of after-school activities during the week, Monday - Friday and on a Saturday;
Operate the Talented and Gifted Programme, organising termly meetings with the Sports Scholars to monitor progress and generate tracking reports for the Director of Sport.

Lower School/Whole School

Assist in the supervision of pupils before, during and after school; for example, in the playground at break times and after lunch, at meal times in the dining hall, in the classrooms before and after school or in the school hall for events and assemblies;
To assist with the running of after-school activities during the week and occasional Lower School evening events;
To assist with the smooth running of the Lower School, including areas such as lost property, registration completeness and digital signage;
Undertake general duties around the school site and provide Lower School staff with administrative support as required;
Assist with preparation of a purposeful and stimulating learning environment and with general duties in classrooms; for example, preparing equipment, clearing away apparatus, displaying work, as necessary;
Oversight of the snack storeroom to minimise wastage and offer a variety of food items to the pupils;
Be proactive in matters relating to health and safety, monitoring and dealing with such things as trip hazards by ensuring equipment is tidied away;
Subject to appropriate training and certification, administer basic first aid to pupils wherever required during the working day, dealing with any basic accidents, reporting incidents and liaising with College’s Medical Centre when needed;
Attend relevant in-service training and occasional staff meetings;
Supervision of pupils who travel by coach to and from the pick-up point;
The school follows Christian principles. A Graduate/Intern is expected to attend Chapel and is encouraged to participate on other occasions, as well as to support the Christian ethic on which the school is founded;
At all times set a good example to pupils in terms of dress, punctuality, attendance and calm, polite behaviour;
To provide regular support one evening per week supervising pupils, either as a tutor in a boarding house or as part of the evening supervision duties;
To provide additional support for evening events, where deemed necessary by the Assistant Head: Total Curriculum;
To assist with any other reasonable tasks deemed necessary by the Head of the Lower School, Director of Sport, Assistant Head: Total Curriculum or Headmaster to aid the smooth running of the school.