- Operations
Summer Residence Coordinator
- Entry Level
- On-site
- Full time - Summer
- York, United Kingdom
Your Role
EF (Education First) York Summer School is seeking an empathetic, organised and proactive Residence Coordinator for summer 2026.
Position Details:
- Full-time
- 5 days a week
- Fixed-term contract between June – August 2026
- Accommodation and full board available if necessary
Take an active role in ensuring our international students feel safe, comfortable and truly at home. This is an ideal opportunity for anyone who enjoys taking ownership of situations, providing high-quality care and maintaining a welcoming living environment where students can thrive.
If you’re passionate about student welfare, enjoy working independently and want to be part of a multicultural team, we’d love to hear from you.
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Responsibilities
- Ensures the smooth running of the student residences
- To ensure the residences provide a comfortable and safe living environment
- To provide the highest level of customer service at all times
- To help maintain ‘one team’, where the different departments liaise and interact -effectively and efficiently
- Allocates new bookings to residential accommodation on internal allocation system
- Sends correct residence information to sales offices in timely manner
- Assists customers with residence queries, ensuring prompt follow up and excellent customer service
- Liaises with external suppliers where cleaning/maintenance issues are reported
- Completes weekly occupancy statistics
- Ensures allocation information is accurate and sent on time
- Prepares arrival & departure documents and provides keys for all arrivals
- Follows up any disciplinary issues together with the Summer Residence Manager and ensures sanctions are applied in line with EF’s residence rules and regulations
- Liaises with welfare team regarding any issues reported for residential students
- Assists with the training and supervision of Residence Advisors
- Participates in student intakes and first week chats
- Arranges residence feedback questionnaires
- Shares emergency duty on a rota basis
Requirements
- Given the on call nature of the position, a flexible, hands-on approach to nature & hours of work undertaken is essential
- Familiar with Microsoft Office and CRMs (desirable)
- 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
- Right to work in the UK upon commencement of your contract
- This is a live-in position where accommodation and full board is provided at no extra cost
Why you will love working with EF
- Work in a truly international environment
- Boost your CV this summer with a world renowned organisation
- Regular social events
- Pre-summer online and in person trainings
- Ambition is nurtured and post summer job opportunities are available
- Potential for summer-to-summer progression: Coordinator → Manager
- Staff are encouraged to innovate, take ownership of their ideas and bring them to fruition
- Access to EF Hello language learning
- Employee assistance program
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EF is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. References will be followed up and will ask specifically whether there is any reason that the applicant should not be engaged in situations where they have responsibility for, or substantial access to, persons under 18. Upon interview all gaps in CVs must be explained satisfactorily and proof of identity and, where applicable, qualifications will be required. Appropriate suitability checks will be required prior to confirmation of appointment.
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