St Andrew’s Turi Preparatory School, Kenya, are looking to recruit committed and resourceful staff, who are looking to not only develop their skills and leadership capacities, but also embrace new experiences and challenges.
This role does include teaching, so please look at the EYFS and Key Stage 2 job advertisements along with this. The successful candidate/s will have to have a good degree as well as a recognised teaching qualification, such as a PGCE, and of course, the relevant experience.
Beyond that we want to have staff who love working as part of a team; who are first-class communicators and who are passionate about the subjects and pupils they teach; who are creative and diligent in their planning; who are adaptable, energetic and resilient.
This post would suit someone looking for a new challenge, wanting to develop their areas of responsibility as well as leadership skills.
Experience of working in a Prep School, or in boarding, would be desirable, but not essential. Above all, what matters is a commitment to help us provide a world-class education and pastoral care for our children.
SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES
• A strong personal empathy with the School’s Christian ethos
• Proactive, sound judgement combined with the highest standards of personal integrity, energy, stamina, resilience, empathy, enthusiasm, and a sense of humour
• Ability to work dynamically and flexibly as part of a team, to show initiative and imagination and the ability to inspire others
• The presence, intellect, tact and credibility to represent the Prep School at all levels and to a variety of audiences, both internal and external
• Vision, creativity, imagination, and academic curiosity
• First class oral and written communication and presentation skills
• High levels of discretion and confidentiality
• The ability to manage and prioritise a diverse workload, to meet deadlines, and to work calmly under pressure
• Personal presence and presentation
• Highly literate and numerate
• Excellent in the use of IT
• High work standards evidenced by a consistently thorough detailed and organised approach.
• The ability, skill and enthusiasm to contribute to and lead cocurricular activities.
BEYOND THE CLASSROOM
The successful candidate would be expected to contribute to the co-curricular and pastoral life of the School. This includes activities in the evenings and on weekends.
All staff participate in the School’s extensive co-curricular activity programme as well as in the boarding houses.
All talents are most welcome and the School has a strong reputation for the standard and participation in its sport and music as well as other co-curricular areas.
Because of our natural environment, applicants with Outdoor Education experience and qualifications would also be welcome.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF ALL TEACHING STAFF AT ST ANDREW’S SCHOOL
St Andrew’s School is a boarding School which welcomes Day pupils. The nature of a St Andrew’s education is that it is broad and encompasses the full range of human development; Mind, Heart, Body and Soul.
It is a requirement that all teaching staff are directly involved in all areas of School life for following reasons:
1. Teaching staff are role models for the pupils. Pupils have to embrace a broad education and staff must model this behaviour;
2. Pupils live in School and are engaged with School life at all times, they respect staff who demonstrate a similar level of commitment to their own;
3. The School places a high value on teamwork. A shared commitment is essential to the effective working of the School;
4. The School is operational at all times during the term and staff must be flexible in order to respond to changes of circumstances including boarding arrangements. The boarding nature of the School means that certain working practices take place that are not found in every School. These affect all teaching staff.
Amongst these (but not excluding others) are the
following:
1. Running activities on a Saturday or Sunday throughout term time, every alternate weekend;
2. Social, academic or spiritual duties in the evenings;
3. Activities or games coaching from 1500-1700 on weekdays;
4. Subject, tutor, leadership meetings which take place at various times of the day, including early mornings;
5. VISO weekends occur once every half term. Staff are required on duty for both days of that weekend.
This level of commitment is common to major boarding Schools and the staff who work in them do so because they are attracted to the opportunities that such a high degree of vocational commitment conveys.
Despite all of the above, please rest assured that as a school we value family time and make every effort to ensure you are able to balance family life with work commitments.
The Rising Phoenix (the staff club) is a community hub and involvement within it is a collegial and social opportunity.
Remuneration
There is a generous overall remuneration package as detailed below (the cost of living in Kenya, at Turi, is significantly lower than in the UK):
• Salary: The successful applicant will be placed on the Teachers’ Pay Scale.
• Accommodation: a partially furnished house is provided free of rent but as a taxable benefit. Domestic and gardening help is arranged by the School, but paid for, at local rates, by the appointee.
• School fees (where applicable): there is a 100% fee remission for staff children throughout the School; places are subject to the School’s normal entry requirements. Fee remission is a taxable benefit. The school will pay 2/3 of the taxation on behalf of the appointee while the appointee will be responsible for 1/3 of the same.
• Medical care: all members of staff and their families (dependant children under the age of 18 years) are covered under a comprehensive insurance scheme, which offers worldwide cover (excluding USA and Caribbean); the
costs of insurance are fully covered by the School.
• Pension: the School operates a defined contribution pension scheme in which the employer and employee each contributes 6% of monthly salary. For employees emigrating from Kenya at the end of their contract, the full value of the contributions, plus accumulated interest, can be withdrawn from the scheme.
• Relocation: outward and return flights for the appointee, and for his/ her spouse and dependent children [up to the age of 18] as applicable, together with a freight allowance, at the beginning and end of the contract period, are paid for by the School.
• Meals: these are provided free of charge during term time as a taxable benefit.
• Facilities: extensive sports facilities are open to use by staff and their families.
Hours of work and holiday entitlement
The role is full-time and includes working in the evening and at weekends as required. The successful applicant is expected to take a full and active part in the boarding provision of the school.
To find out more please contact the HR Director, Ms Janet Ndiho.
Tel: +254 (0) 734288501 Email: HRDirector@turimail.co.ke
Applications are encouraged as early as possible. These should be submitted by BambooHR and include: a completed application form, a brief covering letter and a CV.
Application forms are available on the School website, or from the HR Director.
• Closing date for applications:
10th February 2025
• Preliminary online interviews:
13th February 2025
• Final Interviews (St Andrew’s):
26th February 2025
• Start Date
1st September 2025
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