Residence Advisor (Summer)

EF Brighton LOCATION is seeking a responsible and energetic individual to join our Residence Team for summer 2025. As Residence Advisor, you'll play a vital part in creating a safe, welcoming, and memorable living environment for our international students, helping them feel at home while they explore a new country and culture. If you're ready to step into a dynamic, people-focused role and help make a difference for students this summer, we'd love to hear from you! This is a live in position where accommodation and full board is provided at no extra cost. Roles run from June/July - August 2025 Responsibilities

• Meeting and greeting new students on arrival and informing them of rules
• Assisting with checking in & taking students to rooms
• Maintain safe and comfortable environment by taking appropriate action in the event of student misconduct, addressing concerns with relevant school staff
• Undertake provided basic first aid training and be ready to give appropriate assistance where required or contact medical/emergency services where necessary
• Ensure standards of rooms and quality of services are maintained by conducting weekly building and room checks using provided tool/form
• Carry out nightly curfew checks for under 18s on rotation
• Assisting students with problems and queries
• Manage and report welfare issues relating to students in residence
• Take responsibility for fire safety and familiarise self with evacuation procedures
• Ensuring that residence rules are being adhered to and report all issues to residence manager
• Participate in regular emergency phone duty as per rota
• Promote and run activities for residence students
• Reminding departing students of leaving date & procedures
  
  Given the on call nature of the position, a flexible, hands-on approach to nature & hours of work undertaken is essential
• Highly motivated, energetic, positive
• Customer service orientated, friendly & approachable manner
• Able to remain calm under pressure & to diffuse potentially difficult situations
• Sensitive to needs of international students living away from home
• Excellent communicator with students, colleagues, and external clients
• Attention to detail, organised & thorough
• All offers are subject to a clear enhanced DBS check and two references
• Legally able to work in the UK at commencement of employment
  
  Embark on a memorable summer with EF Education First, a trailblazer in international education, as we invite you to join our dynamic student Residence Team. This summer role isn't just a job; it's a gateway to a vibrant community, an opportunity to bridge cultures, and a chance to transform lives, including your own.
EF's mission is opening the world through education. A career with EF combines the support and opportunity of a large international organisation, with the spirit and energy of a small business. We look for thinkers and doers - creative, collaborative, and motivated people who are excited by education, communication, and travel. When you join EF, you join a multicultural and diverse community working across more than 600 schools and offices in 50 countries. In the UK and Ireland, our core presence is felt at our international language campuses and summer schools, where we welcome students from around the world to participate in language learning and cultural exchange. Whoever you are, whatever you are passionate about-we welcome you and encourage you to open the world through education.


• Continuous professional development
• Work in a truly international environment
• Regular social events
• Ambition is nurtured and fast-tracked career enhancement opportunities are provided
• Staff are encouraged to innovate, take ownership of their ideas and bring them to fruition
• Global career opportunities
• Summer camp canteen
• Free accommodation provided
• Pre summer training
• Access to EF Hello language learning