Early Years Practitioner
Position Summary Expectations - Duties, Responsibilities
Department: Academic
Reports To: Principal
Location: Shrewsbury International School Phnom Penh - Chroy Changvar
Our Early Years Practitioners are expected to take a full, proactive role in the founding teaching team and to deliver an outstanding education for the Early Years children.
The below job description is not intended to represent an exhaustive list of all elements of this multifaceted role, but to lay out the key responsibilities of our Early Years Practitioners.
A person specification for the role also follows.
- Support for Pupils
- To support pupils’ development and promote independence in a safe, secure, challenging and enabling environment.
- To use the Birth to 5 Matters, Development Matters and national curriculum for England documentation to observe and assess.
- To support the learning of all of the individual children in our Early Years & primary setting using the ‘in the moment planning’ approach.
- To act as a role model, setting high expectations for kindness, behaviour, resilience and integrity.
- To encourage pupils to interact positively, be respectful, and work cooperatively with others.
- To observe, record and support the development and progress of pupils.
- To make genuine bonds with all pupils and identify their individual needs and difficulties.
- To effectively feedback to pupils in relation to their progress and achievements.
- To assist pupils with their personal hygiene needs as required, with a focus on fostering their independence.
- To promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils within the school.
- Working with other Early Years Teachers
- To work together with other teaching professionals to ensure an excellent learning environment is achieved and maintained.
- To effectively communicate observations of the children to other staff, both verbally and in writing.
- To listen, support and discuss issues sensitively with parents and carers and to participate in feedback sessions and meetings with parents.
- To monitor and evaluate pupils’ responses to learning activities through observation and recording of achievements, and contribute to children’s written Focus Week reports.
- To provide objective and accurate feedback and reports, as required by the teachers, on pupil achievement progress and other matters, ensuring the availability of appropriate evidence.
- To provide general and clerical support to your class teachers and the team, such as creating resources, setting up activities, photocopying and filing, and receiving and passing money to the school office.
- To consistently uphold the rules and boundaries of school setting and actively promote pupil self-control and independence.
- To proactively create and maintain displays and an engaging, well resourced classroom environment, as well as the wider indoor and outdoor school environment.
- To undertake any other task as reasonably requested by the class teacher or the Principal.
- Support for the Curriculum
- To effectively plan in the moment to maximise progress for the pupils.
- To set out and prepare equipment indoors and outdoors.
- To effectively support the use of the resources available and develop pupils’ competence and independence in their use.
- To determine the need for, prepare and maintain general and specialist equipment and resources.
- To support in all Specialist lessons, including in the pool during Swimming sessions.
- Support for the School
- To promote the policies, ethos and values of the school.
- To promote positive values, attitudes and good pupil behaviour; intervening promptly when needed, in relation to conflicts and behavioural incidents, in line with established policies and agreed guidelines; encouraging pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour.
- To display pupils’ work to reflect their achievements.
- To supervise and support pupils on outings and visits as required and at break and lunchtimes.
- To attend staff meetings as required.
- To be aware of, and comply with, policies and procedures relating to child protection and health, safety and security, and to refer all safeguarding concerns to the DSL.
- To treat all information relating to a pupil as strictly confidential, and to be aware of and comply with school policies and practices, receiving training where necessary from the school.
- To always be a proactive and positive member of the school and class team.
- To participate positively and professionally in effective relationships with all team members.
- To establish constructive relationships and communicate with other external agencies and professionals.
- To take an active role in the life of the school beyond the classroom.
- To support the school in delivering co-curricular activities, and leading and assisting with sports teams, squads and/or sporting competition training and events.
- To support school events such as productions and Sports Days.
- Personal Development
- To actively enagage in the Staff Development Cycle, the process whereby you will self-reflect and set professional targets, and record the actions you have done in order to meet those targets. You will review these in regular developmental meetings with your class teacher.
- To attend relevant courses and learning activities provided by the school in order to update your knowledge as required, or as identified by yourself.
- To take opportunities to develop your own areas of interest and expertise and to use these to advise and support others, or to organise and action specific projects.
- Qualifications, Experience and Knowledge
- UK level 3 or equivalent in Early Years Education
- Experience of working in and Early Years Education setting.
- Experience working with ages 2-5
- Experience working in a play-based learning environment.
- An understanding of the varied needs of children as they develop socially and academically.
- A knowledge of behaviour management techniques that support the running of an early years setting.
- Ability to prioritise workloads and to work using your own initiative.
- Experience working with the UK Early Years Foundation Stage.
- Experience with Planning in the Moment.
- Skills and Aptitudes
- A commitment to promoting equal opportunities and meeting individual needs.
- Awareness of confidentiality.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Able to manage time effectively.
- Ability to be flexible to the needs of the children.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong IT skills.
- Other Qualities
- Relish the prospect of collegial planning and teaching within ours chool.
- Be able to engage and inspire new learners of English.
- Be open to ideas, to continued professional development.
- Be energetic and prepared to go the extra mile in shaping the school’s future.
- Personal Attributes
- High levels of personal integrity.
- Excellent organisational and time-management skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Enjoy the challenge of working in a premium international school.
- Ability to work under pressure and remain calm.
- Willingness to take on multiple tasks.
- Proactive and able to prompt others to ensure deadlines are achieved.
- Self-motivated and enthusiastic.
- Ability to work independently.
- Continually strive for improvement.
- Willingness to go above and beyond this job description.
Teaching Assistant
Position Summary Expectations - Duties, Responsibilities
Department Academic
Reports To Principal
Location: Shrewsbury International School Phnom Penh - Chroy Changvar
Job Description
Our Teaching Assistants are expected to take a full, proactive role in the founding teaching team and to deliver an outstanding education for the Early Years & primary aged children.
The below job description is not intended to represent an exhaustive list of all elements of this multifaceted role, but to lay out the key responsibilities of our Teaching Assistants.
A person specification for the role also follows.
- Support for Pupils
- To support pupils’ development and promote independence in a safe, secure, challenging and enabling environment.
- To proactively learn about the Early Years and primary curricula, including utilisation of the Birth to 5 Matters, Development Matters and national curriculum for England documentation.
- To support the learning of all of the individual children in our Early Years & primary setting using the ‘in the moment planning’ approach.
- To act as a role model, setting high expectations for kindness, behaviour, resilience and integrity.
- To encourage pupils to interact positively, be respectful, and work cooperatively with others.
- To observe, record and support the development and progress of pupils.
- To make genuine bonds with all pupils and identify their individual needs and difficulties.
- To effectively feedback to pupils in relation to their progress and achievements.
- To assist pupils with their personal hygiene needs as required, with a focus on fostering their independence.
- To promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils within the school.
- Support for Teachers
- To liaise with other teaching professionals to ensure an excellent learning environment is achieved and maintained.
- To effectively communicate observations of the children to other staff, both verbally and in writing.
- To listen, support and discuss issues sensitively with parents and carers and to participate in feedback sessions and meetings with parents.
- To monitor and evaluate pupils’ responses to learning activities through observation and recording of achievements, and contribute to children’s written Focus Week reports.
- To provide objective and accurate feedback and reports, as required by the teachers, on pupil achievement progress and other matters, ensuring the availability of appropriate evidence.
- To provide general and clerical support to your class teachers and the team, such as creating resources, setting up activities, photocopying and filing, and receiving and passing money to the school office.
- To consistently uphold the rules and boundaries of school setting and actively promote pupil self-control and independence.
- To proactively create and maintain displays and an engaging, well resourced classroom environment, as well as the wider indoor and outdoor school environment.
- To undertake any other task as reasonably requested by the class teacher or the Principal.
- Support for the Curriculum
- To effectively plan in the moment to maximise progress for the pupils.
- To set out and prepare equipment indoors and outdoors.
- To effectively support the use of the resources available and develop pupils’ competence and independence in their use.
- To determine the need for, prepare and maintain general and specialist equipment and resources.
- To support in all Specialist lessons, including in the pool during Swimming sessions.
- Support for the School
- To promote the policies, ethos and values of the school.
- To promote positive values, attitudes and good pupil behaviour; intervening promptly when needed, in relation to conflicts and behavioural incidents, in line with established policies and agreed guidelines; encouraging pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour.
- To display pupils’ work to reflect their achievements.
- To supervise and support pupils on outings and visits as required and at break and lunchtimes.
- To attend staff meetings as required.
- To be aware of, and comply with, policies and procedures relating to child protection and health, safety and security, and to refer all safeguarding concerns to the DSL.
- To treat all information relating to a pupil as strictly confidential, and to be aware of and comply with school policies and practices, receiving training where necessary from the school.
- To always be a proactive and positive member of the school and class team.
- To participate positively and professionally in effective relationships with all team members.
- To establish constructive relationships and communicate with other external agencies and professionals.
- To take an active role in the life of the school beyond the classroom.
- To support the school in delivering co-curricular activities, and leading and assisting with sports teams, squads and/or sporting competition training and events.
- To support school events such as productions and Sports Days.
- Personal Development
- To actively enagage in the Staff Development Cycle, the process whereby you will self-reflect and set professional targets, and record the actions you have done in order to meet those targets. You will review these in regular developmental meetings with your class teacher.
- To attend relevant courses and learning activities provided by the school in order to update your knowledge as required, or as identified by yourself.
- To take opportunities to develop your own areas of interest and expertise and to use these to advise and support others, or to organise and action specific projects.
- Qualifications, Experience and Knowledge
- Experience of working with young children.
- Enthusiasm and willingness to work across the age range from 2-6 years.
- An understanding of the varied needs of children as they develop socially and academically.
- A knowledge of behaviour management techniques that support the running of an early years and lower primary setting.
- Ability to prioritise workloads and to work using own initiative.
- Recent experience of working in a school or Nursery.
- Skills and Aptitudes
- A commitment to promoting equal opportunities and meeting individual needs.
- Awareness of confidentiality.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Able to manage time effectively.
- Ability to be flexible to the needs of the children.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong IT skills.
- Other Qualities
- Relish the prospect of collegial planning and teaching within ours school.
- Be able to engage and inspire new learners of English.
- Be open to ideas, to continued professional development.
- Be energetic and prepared to go the extra mile in shaping the school’s future.
- Personal Attributes
- High levels of personal integrity.
- Excellent organisational and time-management skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Enjoy the challenge of working in a premium international school.
- Ability to work under pressure and remain calm.
- Willingness to take on multiple tasks.
- Proactive and able to prompt others to ensure deadlines are achieved.
- Self-motivated and enthusiastic.
- Ability to work independently.
- Continually strive for improvement.
- Willingness to go above and beyond this job description.
Receptionist and School Assistant
Position Summary Expectations - Duties, Responsibilities
Department Administration
Reports To Principal
Location Shrewsbury International School Phnom Penh - Chroy Changvar
- To welcome and assist all visitors, maintaining high levels of service and professionalism at all times.
- Helping families ensure their children access the building in the morning and the lift to Floor 1 from 7am.
- To assist with pupil welfare matters, always, but particularly at drop-off and pick-up times.
- To be responsible for the answering of the school telephone at opening in mornings; assisting callers, taking messages and passing on information as appropriate, and in a timely manner. This responsibility then shifts to the Admissions and Leadership Assistant role mid-morning.
- To be aware of responsibility as the first member of staff that visitors and parents will speak to upon visiting the school.
- To act as a first line of defence in our Safeguarding procedures.
- To ensure visitors sign in and out, wear their visitors badges when they are on site, and sign-in to declare they have read and understood the Safeguarding information.
- To ensure the Reception area is fully resourced and maintain information, displays and resources at all times.
- Daily management of pupil registration and attendance records for children, visitors and staff, ensuring that registers are always correct and ready, in case of emergencies.
- To take a lead in ensuring fire drills run smoothly, taking registers and sign-in sheets to the muster point.
- To support all staff, pupils and parents with their enquiries.
- To provide administrative support, such as: data entry, making phone calls, assisting with administration regarding the school facilities and services, selling school uniform and managing stock, photocopying, word processing, ordering supplies, mailing and courier duties, etc (to be directed by the Deputy Principal Early Years).
- Ensure the Reception area is tidy and presentable at all times, and always free from any health and safety hazards.
- Liaise with the school nurse, class teachers and other staff on matters relating to pupil wellbeing.
- Support staff and visitors for all school events.
- To Organize and prepare school trips/ study fields upon request of teachers or principal
- To Maintain and stay updated with suppliers regarding purchase orders and payment
- To translate documents upon request from teachers or principals or to assist in translating/interpreting from Khmer to English or English to Khmer in meetings upon request from management
- Qualifications, Experience and Knowledge
- A Secretarial or Administration qualification is a plus.
- Receptionist experience is preferred.
- Must be fluent in both English and Khmer, both spoken and written.
- Experience working in an international school as a Receptionist or in the Administration Team is desirable
- Skills and Attributes
- Excellent telephone manner and communication skills
- Ability to maintain a high level of customer service at all times
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, and other visitors
- Warm, welcoming and approachable manner
- To understand the importance of Safeguarding and Child Protection
- Flexible and supportive
- Excellent organisational and time-management skills
- Good attention to detail
- Ability to interpret and apply guidelines and procedures
- Ability to work under pressure and remain calm
- Willingness to take on multiple tasks and go above and beyond the scope of this job description
- Self-motivated and enthusiastic
- Proactive
- Adaptable
Accounting Officer
Position Summary Expectations - Duties, Responsibilities
Div./Dept: Finance
Report to: Accounting Manager
- Support daily accounting duty, data entry, documentation & report;
- Perform accounting functions mainly A/P, Bank and weekly payment;
- Assist supervisor to prepare month end closing report;
- Reconcile account balance; and
- Provide support in ad hoc projects and assignment
- Degree holder or Higher Diploma;
- At least 1-2 years accounting experience in accounting department;
- Chinese Speaking
- Well versed in in MS Excel and Word;
- Good interpersonal & organization skills, open-minded, self-motivated and able to work to meet tight deadline;
- Fluent in English as well as Chinese is preferred
- Familiar with Quickbook and have book close experience is an advantage.
