Retreats Support Coordinator
Avanti Schools Trust, Stanmore, HA7 2EQ31 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
24 August 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
24 July 2026
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: Casual
Contract type
- Casual
Hourly rate
- £12.71 per hour
What skills and experience we're looking for
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.
What the school offers its staff
Why should you apply
Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.
You will be working in a fantastic environment, with:
- Great opportunities for professional development
- NEST pension scheme (subject to eligibility)
- O2 discounts, Specsavers corporate eye test vouchers
- Flexible working opportunities
- Eligible for NUS Card and CSSC membership
- Well-being programs (retreats, yoga, wellness apps)
- Cycle-to-work Scheme
- Free staff lunch and on-site parking
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
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.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Avanti Schools Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Website
- Avanti Schools Trust website
- Email address
- talent@avanti.org.uk
Avanti Schools support each person’s life journey along three parallel paths: Educational excellence; Character formation; and Spiritual insight.
Avanti’s unique ethos places a key emphasis on each individual’s wellbeing and good mental health. Children with higher levels of emotional, behavioural, social, and school wellbeing, on average, have higher levels of academic achievement and are more engaged in the school community. All our schools share a dedicated approach to wellbeing, from providing yoga and mindfulness sessions, sports and exercise, charity work, and working with parents and carers as co-educators.
Arranging a visit to Avanti Schools Trust
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email talent@avanti.org.uk.
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