Male Boarding Parent 2024-2025 - The Brook Hill School

The Brook Hill School Boarding Parent Job Description

Position: Boarding Parent for a Boys Boarding House - this person needs to be male (spouse and family okay, as long as primary Boarding Parent hired for this role is male)

Grades: 8th-12th

Classification: Full-time, exempt

Mission Statement:  The Brook Hill School provides excellence in college preparatory education, affirms the gifts and challenges the potential of each student, and encourages students to honor God through Christ-like character.

Faculty Profile: The Brook Hill faculty/staff member should possess spiritual characteristics that reflect:

• Acceptance without reservation of The Brook Hill School Statement of Belief
• A strong clear Christian testimony
• A mature, godly spirit
• A person of faith and prayer

The Brook Hill faculty member should demonstrate a personal lifestyle that reflects:

• Biblical integrity
• A spirit of dedication, commitment, flexibility, and responsiveness
• The ability to listen and respond to counsel
• An authentic godly demonstration of love for students and a desire to  personally invest in their spiritual, emotional and social maturation

Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree from an accredited college or university in education
• Knowledge of and experience with relevant technology
• Solid biblical and theological foundation and understanding
• Must be 25 years old or older

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Seamlessly and deliberately integrate Biblical truth and Christian values into day to day work
• Manage the daily care and supervision of up to twenty (20) boarding students
• Work with the team of boarding parents and on-duty Residence Life team members to share responsibility and oversight of all boarding students
• Interact with and develop relationships with boarding students
• Guide and support the students in their school activities and decisions
• Enforce Residence Life Handbook policies and guidelines
• Facilitate shopping and recreational trips and activities for students
• Communicate and interact with Residence Life Team
• Take an active role in ensuring the school's effectiveness by identifying short-term and long-range issues that must be addressed; providing pertinent information and commentary to deliberations; recommending options and courses of action; implementing directives
• Consistently partner and communicate with parents in the shared desire of student growth and success by providing academic information, suggesting educational and social resources, and addressing parents' concerns
• Engage in ongoing communication and collaboration with Brook Hill team members in order to strengthen student performance and support
• Participate in the broader ministry of Brook Hill by contributing time, talent and treasure beyond assigned role and responsibilities
• Continue professional and technical growth by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional organizations
• Maintain a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules and regulations
• Other duties as assigned by the Director
• House Parents are on every other day and every other weekend. House Parents come back on duty at 10:00 PM each night, if they are off-duty that particular day. All House Parents are required to obtain a Commercial Drivers License, enabling them to drive a Brook Hill bus.

Key Competencies:

• Self-motivation
• High energy level
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Healthy conflict resolution skills
• Attention to detail
• High work standards
• Problem solving
• Decision making
• Organizing and planning
• Critical thinking
• Stress tolerance
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Initiative
• Willingness to ask for help or information if needed to be successful

Compensation, Benefits, and Perks:

• Free housing (including utility bills)
• Health insurance premiums for employee
• No-cost dining in the Commons
• Basic cable
• Access to school Wi-Fi
• Access to school fitness rooms (and possibly other fitness facilities with proper permissions)