Resident Graduate Assistant, The Royal Ballet School

Our Resident Graduate Assistants support in both the boarding and day to day academic support of our 1st and 2nd Year Degree Students aged 16-19, ensuring that students have a secure and supportive 'home from home' during term time. They will also have a timetable acting as a classroom assistant or supporting students on a one-to-one basis. These are residential roles and accommodation is provided in our Boarding House. Suitable training and ongoing support will be provided on an ongoing basis which is vital in the early days of the role. From waking up students in the morning until the lights go out at night, each day is completely different.

Hours: Full-time with two evenings off per week. For the avoidance of doubt, the boarding week runs Sunday evening to Friday and the weekend constitutes Saturday. Weekend working involves 15 weekends on duty (although staff may be called upon in an emergency). The Monday to Saturday day-time commitment will be in the region of 16 hours averaged over the term. Weekend duty includes providing support in artistic classes on a Saturday morning (on some weekends).

Every effort will be made to provide a 24 hour period of non-contact time per week. Where this may not be possible for timetabling reasons, then suitable arrangements for substantial periods of non-contact time will be made. This situation reflects current working rotas, however flexibility may be required on occasion as these may have to be adapted to meet operational requirements.

There is a requirement to provide two weeks of cover during the Intensive Courses and one afternoon of cover each week at Jebsen House in Covent Garden.

House staff must be resident during term time (even on nights off), in case of emergency, but may ask permission from the APPW for occasional absences for special occasions. No holiday may be taken during term time, the last week of the summer break or when there is planned Inset.