Airport Co-ordinator

**Salary**:
£640 per week, plus holiday pay and meals while on duty.

**Job type**:
Full Time, Fixed Term

**Start date**:
May 2025

6 April 2025

**Job overview**:
**Airport Co-ordinator & Administrative Support**

**Fixed Term Contract - 06 May* to 17 August 2025**

(*start date to be confirmed but we anticipate 06 May 2025)

Whitgift is a leading independent day and boarding school for boys, with approximately 1520 pupils including over 100 boarding pupils and flexi boarding pupils. It is set in an attractive 48-acre parkland site in South Croydon enjoying excellent links to London, Surrey and the south coast.

During the summer holidays Whitgift runs its own summer school for international students, utilising all its fantastic facilities and modern boarding house. Whitgift Summer School, with its innovative and exciting English language and academic courses, along with activities which involve English speaking students, is designed to appeal to girls and boys aged 11-17 from all over the world.

We are seeking to appoint an Airport Co-ordinator who will work closely with the Marketing Executive, Course Director, and year-round International Education Administrators. The Airport Co-ordinator will be responsible for co-ordinating the airport transfers for arriving and departing students. In addition, they will provide administrative assistance across all areas, in the run up to, and during, the Summer School. This is a 6-day a week role, however, in the initial period of employment before the Summer School starts, the Airport Co-ordinator will work 3 days per week.

General duties predominately involve being in regular contact with parents and agents answering any queries they may have and co-ordinating the pre-arrival process (e.g. flight arrivals/departures/pre course testing). Managing the airport transfer process over summer, including liaising with drivers and staff to ensure pick-ups/drop-offs run smoothly. Assisting key members of staff as necessary such as the Director of Studies, Welfare Manager and Activity Manager. Proactively assisting the admin team with other daily tasks as required.

The post holder will also manage the student feedback and report process on a weekly basis and report back to the department managers.

Applicants must be able to present evidence of their right to work in the UK for the duration of the contract.

**Closing date: Midnight on 6 April 2025**

**_ Whitgift School (part of the John Whitgift Foundation) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening including checks with past employers, the Disclosure & Barring Service and online checks (including personal, professional and other online activities)._**

**About**Whitgift School**:
**Whitgift School**
- Haling Park, South Croydon
- Surrey
- CR2 6YT
- United Kingdom

+44 20 8688 9222

Whitgift is an outstanding independent day and boarding school for boys aged 10 to 18. Successive inspections have ranked Whitgift amongst Britain's finest schools. Whitgift is one of Britain’s leading independent day and boarding schools, based in 45-acres of beautiful parkland in Surrey.

Whitgift is an exceptionally innovative and dynamic school, enhancing the opportunities available to our 1550 students. A Whitgift education is a unique and exceptionally tailor-made, offering a variety of pathways to qualifications which include A Level and the IB. Exchanges, visits and scholarship programmes are in place with more than 25 countries worldwide. Whitgift is regularly ranked amongst the country’s top schools for achievement; new records are regularly set.