Now hiring: Residential Adviser, Upper School
Employment Terms: Full time/ 3 year contract
Start date: August 2026
End date: June 2029
The Residential Adviser (RA) role is to assist with the social and academic well-being of assigned boarding students, including rotational supervision during days, evenings, and weekends, and participation in weekend and teaching programs.
This position is directly responsible for assisting with the pastoral care of 44–45 assigned boarding students while building strong relationships with all boarders. The RA works closely with a Senior House Adviser who leads academic and social advising and communicates with parents.
Secondary responsibilities include participating in the supervision rotation of approximately 88 boarding students who live on campus; supporting weekend programs; and engaging in professional development opportunities through upper school classrooms and the Wernham & West Centre for Learning (WWCFL).
The UCC RA program offers new teachers or individuals entering the profession a formal pathway to develop instructional skills. RAs receive training in academic coaching and build a digital portfolio of work while receiving mentorship from experienced faculty members.
This job posting is for an existing vacancy.
Key Responsibilities and Tasks
Student Supervision
- Ensure that UCC’s regulations, ideals, and standards are maintained;
- Supervise and monitor breakfast attendance;
- Supervise compulsory study time after dinner;
- Supervise weekend programs, weekend leave processes, and late-night supervision following weekday curfew;
- Update and review logs/databases related to student attendance, weekend program participation, and communication with families;
- Assist with class coverage when teachers are absent;
- On a rotating basis, supervise weekend meals and ensure weekend curfew compliance;
- Create, supervise, and organize weekend programming;
- Oversee weekend leave arrangements for boarders.
Program Participation
- Participate in the “New To Blue” new student orientation on Labour Day weekend;
- Participate in co-curricular programming such as coaching, theatre, music, and community service;
- Attend all required meetings, activities, and morning assembly;
- Engage in professional development through the WWCFL;
- Maintain an active role in the day school community through advising responsibilities, WWCFL;
- Testing Centre support, on-call supply rotation, and potential teaching opportunities (based on qualifications and experience).
Student Wellbeing
- Model the school’s shared ideals;
- Encourage students in their academic and personal development;
- Provide academic support in area(s) of subject specialty to individuals or groups;
- Be available for emergency care assistance, including accompanying students to hospital visits;
- Attend and support students in house meetings;
- Coordinate and run games, activities, and sports with boarding groups;
- Mentored by Master Teacher: Opportunity (not required);
- Observe classes;
- Team-teach with faculty;
- Develop lesson plans and teach independently with support from the Master Teacher;
- Assist with the development of written tests;
- Participate in marking assessments.
Job Requirements
Experience, Knowledge and Competencies:
- University or college degree required;
- Bachelor of Education with OCT qualification is an asset;
- Experience in advising, coaching, or residential life is an asset;
- Fluency in a second language is an asset;
- Philosophy, principles, objectives, and programs of the school/college;
- School/college policies and standards for boarding students;
- Principles and methodology of student guidance and coaching;
- Ability to identify student issues requiring intervention (academic, social, behavioural, or health-related) and communicate them to the Senior House Adviser;
- Ability to adapt approaches to support full participation in academic and co-curricular programming;
- Ability to build trusting relationships with individuals and groups of students;
- Strong communication skills when interacting with faculty, staff, and parents;
- Strong time management and priority-setting abilities;
- Collaborative, approachable, adaptable, and available during evenings and weekends.
Accommodation:
- The successful candidate must live in the bachelor apartment provided within the boarding community;
- It is expected that the successful candidate would take most meals in the school dining room.
What We Offer
- Unparalleled opportunities for professional development including workshops, networking sessions, a leadership program, and visiting experts and scholars;
- Flexibility to substitute statutory holidays in recognition of diverse religious and cultural practices;
- Comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, including health care and lifestyle spending accounts;
- Pension plan, generous vacation time, self-funded sabbaticals, parental leave top-up;
- Significant support for personal and family wellbeing and mental health, including the Employee and Family Assistance Program;
- Paid volunteer time off for involvement in the communities that matter to you;
- Social events for colleagues and their families;
- Collaborative and supportive team members and colleagues;
- Free on-campus parking.
About UCC
Upper Canada College (UCC) is focused on making the world a more just and inclusive place through dialogue and teamwork. With a commitment to equity and fairness, students learn that what makes us different as individuals makes us stronger as a community. A rigorous academic program is supported by accomplished faculty, exceptional co-curricular programming, and state-of-the-art facilities.
The UCC experience is underpinned by five core values: learning, pluralism, service, community, and well-being. Among its strategic goals is UCC’s ambition to become more diverse and inclusive. This is supported by a recognition that no learning community is whole without the inclusion and amplification of multiple voices; UCC is committed to fostering belonging, striving for justice and peace among all people, and addressing systemic and structural forms of oppression.
UCC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and values diversity, encouraging applications from all qualified individuals including women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ and historically marginalized persons. UCC embraces pluralism – celebrating differences, cherishing similarities, and giving voice to multiple perspectives.
This position is an existing vacancy. Compensation is based on qualifications and experience. The range for the position is $38,656- $50,734 + housing benefit.
Please apply on ADP by Friday January 23rd, 2026. We thank all candidates in advance; however, we will contact only those selected for an interview. Artificial intelligence tools may be used at certain stages of the recruitment and selection process.
To learn more about UCC, please visit ucc.on.ca and https://careers.ucc.on.ca/
