Retreats Support Coordinator

Please note: This is a casual role, and we have 10 positions available.

About us and the role

We are recruiting a Retreats Support Coordinator to provide essential logistical and on-site support across our retreat programme at Avanti Services Ltd.

This varied and rewarding role involves assisting with planning, coordinating activities and supporting pupil supervision across multiple locations and age groups.

You will play a key part in ensuring retreats run efficiently, safely and in line with agreed plans, contributing to a positive and well-organised experience for all participants.

Working closely with the Retreats Manager and wider team, you will help maintain high standards of organisation, safety and pupil engagement throughout.

The role is well suited to someone adaptable, reliable and confident working in busy, fast-paced environments.

Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, we'd encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-growing Multi Academy Trust with schools based in London, the midlands and the South West of England. All Avanti schools provide pupils with an outstanding education rooted in the inclusive and distinctive Avanti Schools ethos of educational excellence, character development, and spiritual insight.

What will you do?

• Provide on-site operational support to ensure retreats run safely, smoothly and in line with planned schedules.
• Assist with the set-up, coordination and delivery of retreat activities, including resources, logistics and transitions throughout the day.
• Support pupil supervision during travel and activities, promoting positive behaviour and escalating any safeguarding or welfare concerns.
• Contribute to staffing capacity by supporting multiple or overlapping retreats, particularly where schools have limited staff availability.
• Work collaboratively with the Retreats Manager and team while adhering to safeguarding, health and safety, and organisational policies.

What are we looking for?

• Experience of working with children and young people
• Good organisation and ability to manage practical tasks reliably
• Willingness to work flexibly across school sites and retreat venues
• Ability to remain calm under pressure and respond appropriately on trips
• Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all students

Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role.

Further information

Pre-employment checks

Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks. Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.

Diversity and Inclusion

We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics. Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.