Could you be the caring, calm and inspiring adult who helps our students feel at home?
Canadian College Italy is seeking an experienced and committed Residence House Don / Housemaster to join our boarding team and take a leading role in the care, wellbeing and development of our residential students.
This is a rewarding and varied residential position at the heart of school life. The House Don / Housemaster will help create a warm, safe and supportive home environment for students while providing guidance, encouragement and appropriate supervision throughout their residential experience.
Working closely with the School Leadership Team, teachers, residential staff and student support services, you will develop positive and trusting relationships with students and help them thrive both personally and academically.
The role
The Residence House Don / Housemaster will:
- Provide day-to-day pastoral care, supervision and support for students in residence.
- Create a welcoming, respectful and inclusive residential community.
- Develop positive relationships with students while maintaining appropriate professional boundaries.
- Support students with their wellbeing, personal development and adjustment to boarding-school life.
- Encourage high standards of behaviour, personal responsibility, respect and presentation.
- Provide guidance and support with study routines, organisation and time management.
- Monitor students’ wellbeing and promptly communicate concerns to the appropriate members of the School Leadership Team.
- Work closely with members of the residential teams.
- Support the implementation of school safeguarding, health and safety and residential policies.
- Supervise evening and residential activities and help students make the most of the wider life of the school.
- Help students develop independence, resilience and the skills required to live successfully within an international boarding community.
- Contribute positively to the life of Canadian College Italy school community.
We are looking for someone who:
- Has experience working with teenagers or young people, preferably in a boarding, residential or educational environment.
- Is warm, approachable, calm and emotionally mature.
- Enjoys building positive and respectful relationships with young people.
- Has excellent communication, organisation and interpersonal skills.
- Can establish clear expectations while providing compassionate and consistent support.
- Is confident managing the everyday challenges of residential life.
- Understands the importance of safeguarding and maintaining appropriate professional boundaries.
- Can work effectively as part of a wider pastoral and academic team.
- Is adaptable and comfortable working in a multicultural and international environment.
- Has a genuine interest in the personal development, wellbeing and education of young people.
- Is willing to contribute fully to the life of a busy boarding school.
Previous boarding-school or residential experience would be highly advantageous. Safeguarding training, First Aid certification and experience working with adolescents are also desirable.
What we offer
- Competitive remuneration.
- Residential accommodation within the school community.
- Meals during term time.
- The opportunity to live and work in an international boarding-school environment in Italy.
- The opportunity to become an integral member of a supportive and close-knit school community.
- The opportunity to travel to exciting locations when the school travels to Venice, Sorrento, Florence and Ischia.
- A varied and rewarding role with significant pastoral responsibility.
- The opportunity to make a genuine difference to the lives and development of young people.
About Canadian College Italy
Canadian College Italy is an international boarding high school providing students with an Ontario secondary-school education in a unique residential setting in Lanciano, Italy.
The boarding programme is central to the student experience. Our residential staff play an important role in creating a safe, supportive and welcoming environment in which students from different countries and cultures can live, learn and grow together.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced pastoral or boarding professional who is looking for a meaningful residential role within an international school community.
How to apply
Please send your CV to careers@canadiancollegeitaly.com
