Vacancy title:
Residential Life Coach

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Education, and Training, Category: Admin & Office]

Jobs at:
Ntare Louisenlund Community Benefit Company

Deadline of this Job:
Thursday, August 7 2025

Duty Station:
Bugesera, Eastern Province | Bugesera | Rwanda

Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, July 24 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Your Challenge & Responsibilities

Residential Life Coaches play a decisive role in shaping students’ personal and academic journeys. Coaches support students’ social-emotional learning (SEL), foster leadership, and nurture a residential environment grounded in mutual respect, belonging, and advocacy. Coaches are responsible for implementing SEL classes and contributing to student formation through close guidance, mentorship, and modeling of core values. Familiarity with the IB Learner Profile and program language is essential, as coaches integrate these principles into everyday interactions. We highly encourage applicants with teaching experience or a pedagogical background, as this role requires not only pastoral care but also structured educational engagement. Coaches must embody and promote the school’s vision and values, advocate for students’ holistic development, and support their leadership capacities within the boarding house community.

Your Main Responsibilities

The Residential Life Coach is specifically accountable for the following areas:

• Supervise and guide approximately 20 students within a boarding house setting.
• Facilitate student social-emotional development using SEL practices.
• Uphold all boarding school policies, rules, and standards of conduct.
• Promote health, safety, and overall wellbeing of students.
• Foster a caring and inclusive house culture that feels like home.
• Plan and lead regular house activities to support community and engagement.
• Supervise house tables during lunch and dinner.
• Build strong, trusting relationships with students and remain approachable and accessible
• Ensure cleanliness and order in both personal grooming and living spaces.
• Serve as the first point of contact for student concerns outside class time.
• Maintain consistent, supportive communication with parents and families.
• Promote leadership by offering students rotating responsibilities in the house.
• Support student arrival and departure logistics, including parent greetings.
• Model and integrate the IB Learner Profile attributes and school values into daily life.

Your Profile

• Demonstrated experience working in a boarding or residential education setting.
• A Bachelor’s degree background in education, youth development, or a similar pedagogical context is strongly recommended.
• Experience of 3-5 years in a similar position in an educational institute.
• Passionate about mentoring adolescents and supporting their emotional growth.
• Willingness to deliver SEL content and learn IB program frameworks.
• Comfortable taking on leadership within a residential setting of up to 20 students.
• Open to training in Ntare Louisenlund’s pedagogical philosophy and continuous development.
• Committed to contributing to a dynamic, values-driven school culture.
• Able to pass background checks and meet employment compliance standards.

Benefits & Compensation

• The possibility to be supervisor from the start in the most aspiring education project in Africa.
• A first-class school campus in a beautiful natural setting in Bugesera.
• Collaboration with an experienced, internationally recognized school in Germany.
• Various partnerships with external educational partners.
• A committed, dedicated, and team-oriented faculty.
• A highly competitive compensation package.
• An attractive compensation packages.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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