Residential Life Educator

**Salary**:
Competitive salary

**Job type**:
Full Time, Fixed Term

**Start date**:
August 2025

28 February 2025

**Job overview**:
Become an educator within the largest innovation hub in Europe.

H-FARM is an innovation platform that supports learners of all ages and entrepreneurs through investments in education, consulting, and ideas. The H in our name stands for Human because people are at the heart of everything we do: services, relationships, interactions. It’s people who make the difference.

The starting date is on August 18th, 2025.

**Primary Responsibilities**

This is a full-time position with a competitive salary, with the following requirements:

- Daily work shift in the afternoon and night (about 4-11pm),
- 5 nights on duty (passive supervision), with the request to sleep in the Boarding a couple of times a week,
- Weekly shifts.

**Evolve Existing Learning and Development Programming (20%)**
- Create training courses for adolescent students with competence and professionalism (inclusion, specific issues related to adolescence, reflection courses on cultural and current affairs),
- Develop educational projects for boarding students and for daily students.

**Student Supervision (80%)**
- Provide a sympathetic presence in the House; to liaise closely with Head of Boarding and other staff concerning the progress and welfare of students,
- Build positive, professional relationships with parents, agents and guardians,
- Provide relevant staff with information about individual students as necessary,
- Support and lead children and young people between 14 and 19 years old during afternoon activities (homework, educational activities, recreational moments) but also on weekends, outside strictly school times,
- Take care of the ordinary and extraordinary needs of the students who live in our boarding (study, well-being, safety, practical aspects of hospitality, health, cleanliness),
- Supervision and vigilance during breaks (snacks and dinners, evenings but also some nights during the week) interacting with young boarders and knowing how to intervene competently in relationships,
- Coordinate and collaborate with the whole team in a shared co-responsibility based on educational passion,
- Manage group dynamics together with relational and communication skills.

**Qualifications**
- 3-5 years of professional experience related to higher education, coaching, international schools, psychology, and/or counselling,
- Bachelor’s degree required, with preferred studies in education and pedagogy,
- Previous experience working with children aged 12-18 years old,
- Working experience abroad or at an international company preferred,
- Fluent English: reading, speaking, writing (Common European Framework of Reference - CEFR level C1-C2).
- Knowledge of the Russian language will be considered an advantage,
- Comfortable with ambiguity and a fast-paced environment,
- A style of on-the-go problem solving,
- Project management skills,
- Attention to detail,
- Passion for learning and continuous improvement,
- Accountable to expectations and deadlines ,
- Excellent interpersonal skills, along with a sense of humour ,
- Driver’s licence,
- Immaculate criminal record.

**Benefits**

In addition, H-FARM offers the following benefits:

- Freshly prepared meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) at the canteen, with km 0 and organic ingredients,
- Free access to the library,
- High-speed internet,
- Training opportunities with H-FARM partners,
- Free bikes and electric scooters on campus,
- Public bus access to Venezia-Mestre train station or directly to the city centres of Venice and Treviso,
- Access to the gym, paddle and tennis courts, soccer, basket and volley fields.

**About**H-FARM International School Venezia**:
**H-FARM International School Venezia**
- Via Adriano Olivetti 1, Roncade
- TV
- 31056
- Italy

+39 2 278 9503

H-FARM International School Venezia is the “founder” of the H-FARM International schools; it is the beginning of our story.

The campus is located in the heart of the **Sile River natural park** in an area known as Ca’ Tron, one of the largest single agricultural estates in Italy, which borders the **Venetian lagoon**.

It is in a strategic position in Italy’s northeast region and is just 12km from Venice’s Marco Polo airport, 20km from Treviso, and 50km from Padova.

The school is an **IB World School** and provides the three IB continuum programmes (**PYP, MYP, and DP**), providing education to students from 3 to 18 years old.

In September 2020, H-FARM International School Venezia moved to the H-FARM Campus; a place where students, young startuppers, teachers, entrepreneurs, managers, and College students collaborate together in the **digital transformation** process. This is a stimulating place where ideas are shared, opportunities arise and experiences are made, inspiring students.

Since 2018, H-FARM International School has been recognised as an** Apple Distinguished School**and excelle