BBIS has an opening for an External Boarding Mentor (f/m/d)
Full-Time: 31 working hours per week
Start date: 1st August 2025
Limited initially until 31st July 2026
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES
- Support other boarding staff to ensure the safe and secure operation of boarding
- Attend to boarders who are absent from school.
- Maintain records of illness, referrals, and appointments, and pass on relevant information to boarding staff, parents and medical staff, ensuring the medical database and ManageBac is updated.
- Liaise with the cleaning and maintenance team to ensure that the boarding house is a clean, tidy and homely environment.
- Ensure boarding is consistently presented to a high standard and assist with updating notice boards and displays.
- Make regular inspections of student rooms.
- Order, receive and store deliveries, including student provisions and ensure the appropriate stock levels in kitchens.
- Monitor visitors and students signing-in and out from school.
- Support the boarding students in their everyday lives throughout their time boarding at BBIS.
Shift pattern for 2025/26 is as follows:
- Mondays - 10am to 8pm
- Tuesdays - 12.15pm to 8pm
- Saturdays - 4pm to 11.30pm, plus overnight duty
- Sundays - 11.30am to 10pm
A private apartment will be provided for the overnight duty which runs until 7am. You are not expected to remain awake during the night, but be contactable on the emergency phone.
YOUR QUALIFICATION
- A commitment to the welfare and development of young people
- A passion for education and young people
- Experience in working with young people, preferably in a residential setting
- Ideally a university degree
- An enthusiastic and creative mindset
- Passion about intercultural exchange and education
- Initiative and willingness to work in an ambitious and dynamic community
- A team player who is resilient, flexible and positive
Important: Before beginning the employment at BBIS, the following documents must be submitted:
- Proof of immunity against measles, which must have been confirmed by a doctor if you were born after 1970. Alternatively, a medical certificate of medical contraindication can be provided.
- The original certificate of the highest obtained (university) degree
- An extended certificate of conduct that must not be older than six months.
These documents are required to comply with legal and internal employment regulations.
PERKS - MORE THAN JUST A JOB
- Have an impact. With professional competence and enthusiasm, we are improving day by day the educational level, and you too can have an impact on this ride
- Use our professional training to prepare you optimally for your tasks
- Push boundaries. Everyone is equally important and works together on uncharted challenges alongside inspiring colleagues from all over the world
- Fun at work and beyond. Join our team events – there's always something to celebrate! Or use our fitness offers to get balanced
- Feel at home. Enjoy our green campus, our relocation service and the international open-minded community
Please review our
website or our
YouTube channel and then apply with a letter, CV, and full contact details of three referees including current headteacher, using the following application form.
About us
BBIS Berlin Brandenburg International School is an independently run, state-approved, inclusive, English-medium day and boarding school serving the internationally-minded community of Germany’s capital region and beyond. As one of Europe’s leading International Baccalaureate (IB) schools, BBIS proudly offers three IB programmes in the Primary, Middle and Diploma years of schooling. In the current school year 2024/25, our school teaches around 900 students who represent over 70 nationalities.
OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND ANTI- RACISM
In line with our mission, inclusion stands in the centre of our core values at BBIS to inspire everyone in our learning community to be responsible, compassionate global citizens. As such, we encourage applications for all positions from all educators with the relevant certification, including those who identify as BIPOC, educators with (dis)abilities, LGBTQ+ educators, and those traditionally underrepresented in the international school community to apply to join BBIS.
