About Léman Manhattan Preparatory School:

Located in Manhattan's most historic neighborhood, Léman Manhattan provides students with a rigorous academic program in the most dynamic, international education setting in the world. Léman is home to students ranging from 12 months old to grade 12, and to New York City's only boarding program for high school students. Léman offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program, recognized as the gold standard in college preparatory curriculum, and highly respected by top universities worldwide. Léman students graduate as knowledgeable, principled leaders with a global perspective on the world.

Position Summary: 
The Léman Manhattan Residential Life Program is now seeking a Dorm Parent who is a fluent Mandarin Chinese speaker. This position involves overseeing all tasks related to the students’ residential experience at Léman Manhattan. Our Dorm Parents are responsible for cultivating a safe, nurturing, structured, and comfortable environment for students while ensuring that students adhere to the program’s expectations.

 

Developing strong relationships with the boarding students, grounded in compassion, mutual respect, and consistency, is essential to the Dorm Parent position. Dorm Parents must be willing to take a proactive and hands-on approach toward working with students to solve problems and conflicts and to offer disciplinary and moral guidance when necessary. In short, Dorm Parents are expected to offer the same level of care and attention that a good parent would to their own child. 

 

This is a full-time 10-month position whose work schedule covers the times when students are not in classes. This position is either a live-in or live-out role, with the live-in option receiving on-site 12-month private housing accommodations in exchange for additional after-hours on-call programmatic support. This position predominantly works weekday afternoons and evenings, and some weekend shifts on a rotational basis during the school year.

Key Responsibilities: 
(The primary tasks, functions and deliverables of the role)
•    Acting in loco parentis for all boarding students, and are therefore responsible for all aspects of the residential welfare of the students
•    Acting as the primary point of contact and liaison between parents, faculty, and staff for an assigned group of 13-18 students
•    Providing families with updates about their student’s progress and well-being on a regular basis
•    Monitoring student whereabouts, facilitating student checkouts, and performing regular check-in rounds of the dormitory 
•    Assisting with the academic progress of students, developing student-centered action plans alongside key faculty, and monitoring progress
•    Collaborating with faculty about students’ academic progress
•    Proctoring a supervised academic study hall 
•    Collaborating with families and school support staff to develop and monitor student-centered action plans to identify and support socio-emotional needs
•    Addressing student conduct issues, rule violations, and safety concerns through appropriate channels and administering policies fairly and consistently
•    Planning and organizing activities and events to build community and create a home-like environment for students
•    Creating intentional learning opportunities through Residential Life curriculum programming
•    Participating in and assisting with school activities and events periodically
•    Facilitating monthly group meetings to build and reinforce positive connections among students
•    Acting as the designated Dorm Parent on Duty during overnight hours on a rotational basis with other staff, if a live-in position
•    Providing medical care support and supervising student self-administration of medication when needed
•    Ensuring that the work environment at the dormitory is professional, safe, and efficient
•    Responding to residential life and school emergencies
•    Shadowing, training, and coaching part-time Residential Assistants on school and residential life processes, systems, & operations
•    Other duties as assigned and as needed to support the operations of the residential life program and the school

Skills, Qualifications & Requirements

 

Education & Experience

•    Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in education, counseling, public administration, or another related field
•    Minimum of three years working with adolescents in a leadership or mentorship capacity, preferably in a boarding school environment

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
•    Excellent oral and written communication skills
•    Fluent in Mandarin Chinese 
•    Willingness to work nights, weekends, select holidays, and, if a live-in position, additional on-call hours
•    Excellent critical thinking skills and the ability to problem solve both independently and collaboratively
•    Maturity and the understanding of appropriate boundaries
•    Experience collaborating to develop and refine processes and systems
•    The ability to maintain composure during stressful situations
•    A motivated and innovative team player
•    A demonstrated ability to work effectively with diverse populations

 

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
•    Experience in residential life at a boarding school, summer camp, or similar work environment
•    Experience working with English as a Second Language students
•    International experience living abroad
•    Knowledge of New York City
•    Experience planning activities and leading teenage students on excursions
•    Proficiency in a second language

 

Work Environment
•    Work is typically performed in a dormitory environment with intermittent sitting, standing, or walking in various settings
•    Occasionally move items weighing up to 50 pounds
•    Travel may be required when chaperoning school trips

 

Compensation & Benefits
•    The Compensation range for a live-in position is $42,500 - $47,500 per year, based on education level, skills, and experience. Live-in staff are provided a studio apartment in a private residential building in the Financial District at an annual value of $40,000 in exchange for additional after-hours on-call programmatic support.
•    The Compensation range for a live-out position is $70,000 - $75,000 per year, based on education level, skills, and experience.
•    Comprehensive benefits package, which includes a variety of health insurance offerings, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability offerings, HSA/FSA options, and retirement benefits
•    Opportunity to enjoy meals in our dining café while school is in session
•    Paid Time Off