CASUAL HOMESTAY COORDINATOR - WINDERMERE

Casual Homestay Coordinator, Windermere Zone, effective March 15, 2017 (contracts renewed annually). Compensation for this position varies according to the employment situation. School District No. 6 (Rocky Mountain) is located in the beautiful Rocky Mountain Trench encompassing the communities of Golden, Invermere and Kimberley. The District has shared services agreements with School District No. 5 (Southeast Kootenay) and School District No. 19 (Revelstoke) to manage international education in those jurisdictions. The combined Rocky Mountain International Student Program places 200+ international students each year in the communities of Revelstoke, Golden, Invermere, Kimberley, Cranbrook, and Fernie. Depending on the employment situation, the successful candidate will: work closely with the International Education Manager, the International Student Program Coordinator, and school administrators to support international student placements with Windermere and area host families; coordinate and supervise a wide variety of extra-curricular activities, events, and trips; meet and/or communicate with international students, school administrators, teaching staff, and host parents on a regular basis; communicate with education agents and/or natural parents in the students’ home countries; process and manage student and host family information and documentation; be on-call to provide advice/support and to attend to emergency situations; hold a valid BC Driver’s license (Class 5) with a Class 4 license considered an asset; ·own a vehicle suitable for transporting students if/when needed; have or be willing to obtain Occupational First Aid (Level 1); and perform other related duties as needed or assigned. Experience working with an international student program, experience as a host parent, and experience working with high school-aged students and organizing/supervising activities and events will be considered assets. Applications from persons with experience living and working abroad and with foreign language ability are encouraged. For more information please contact Duncan MacLeod, International Education Manager, at (250) 427-2245.