Hostel Warden
This is a student care and coordination role for a dedicated professional committed to building and supporting a community among students living on campus.
What is Avasara Academy?
Avasara Academy is a nonprofit institution located just outside Pune, India. Avasara is a progressive secondary school intended to educate young women of exceptional promise for a lifetime of leadership and contribution to society. Students are selected to attend the Academy based on merit alone. Those selected will engage in a specialized academic program designed to couple academic excellence (through the Cambridge curriculum) with a focus on leadership, entrepreneurship, sustainability and Indian studies in Standards 6-12.
Avasara will provide its students with extensive educational resources—most of which are not currently offered to high-potential young Indian women—including unique mentorship and internship opportunities to explore their personal strengths and interests. Avasara will continue to nurture these leaders throughout their lives by connecting them to powerful networks that can facilitate larger-scale change. Avasara Academy, therefore, is not just a school but a life-long network that will cultivate innovative, entrepreneurial leaders.
Residential Life at Avasara Academy
Our Residential Life Program promotes community and student development by creating an environment that enriches the overall experience of students. Working with the broader faculty and student-residents, Residential Life activities and services are developed and implemented with an emphasis on holistic individual and community development, student leadership, and individual responsibility. Our hope is that students who participate in the Residential Life program become actively involved in the community; have an increasing awareness and appreciation of human diversity; and develop life skills and healthy lifestyle practices that contribute to the pursuit of academic, personal, and career goals.
Key Responsibilities
- Proactively support a healthy residential community that meets students' academic and non-academic needs.
- Orient and communicate with students and parents about residential life.
- Ensure the smooth functioning of day-to-day activities.
- Handle situations of emergency as and when these arise.
- Coordinate all logistics related to activities and life in the hostel.
- Monitor and maintain a safe and hygienic hostel facility.
- Ensure that disciplinary guidelines are communicated and are fairly and consistently applied.
- Schedule, facilitate and lead activities for students.
- Create, maintain, and update all forms, and documents related to residential life at Avasara.
- Collaborate with the Faculty and School Counselor to support students’ needs.
- Contribute to setting program goals and to the development of policies and procedures for the residential life program.
Profile of the Ideal Candidate
- You have strong interpersonal skills.
- You think creatively to identify solutions.
- You are highly motivated.
- You believe in the mission and vision of Avasara Academy and the positive impact living on campus can have on students.
- You have prior experience working with a diverse student population in an academic setting.
- You have working knowledge of English.
- You have the ability to stay calm in stressful situations.
- Prior experience in Health Care would be preferred.
Location: Pune, India
Start Date: To be determined
To Apply: Email personnel@avasara.in with a CV or resume and cover letter detailing your experience and interest in the position