Guidance Counselor Job at St. Bridget's College

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Job Title: Guidance Counselor

Location: Aba, Abia State

Organisation: St. Bridget's College

Compensation: Competitive based on experience and qualifications

Start Date: Negotiable, but no later than September 10th, 2013.

Background St. Bridget's is committed to the holistic development of our students. While we deliver a comprehensive academic program, we recognize that students need confidential and personal space to explore their concerns and address their questions as they develop into young adults. A guidance counselor is critical in addressing this need. We are looking to hire a Guidance Counselor to work directly with our students and to help them develop to their fullest potential.

Core Tasks:

•   Counsel students to help them understand and overcome personal, social, or behavioral problems affecting their educational or vocational development.

•   Provide crisis intervention to students when difficult situations occur at schools.

•   Confer with parents or guardians, teachers, administrators, and other professionals to discuss children's progress, resolve behavioral, academic, and other problems, and to determine priorities for students and their resource needs.

•   Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, government policies, and administrative regulations.

•   Prepare students for later educational experiences by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.

•   Evaluate students' or individuals' abilities, interests, and personality characteristics using tests, records, interviews, or professional sources.

•   Identify cases of personal or family problems and encourage students to seek appropriate assistance from professionals.

•   Counsel students regarding educational issues, such as course and program selection, class scheduling and registration, school adjustment, truancy, study habits, and career planning.

•   Provide special services and training that teach students to handle conflicts peacably.

•   Conduct follow-up interviews with counselees to ensure their needs have been met.

Required Skills:

•   Active Listening  –  Giving full attention to what other students are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

•   Speaking  –  Talking to students to convey information effectively.

•   Reading Comprehension  –  Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

•   Social Perceptiveness  –  Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

•   Critical Thinking  –  Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

•   Writing  –  Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

•   Judgment and Decision Making  –  Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

•   Active Learning  –  Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

•   Complex Problem Solving  –  Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

•   Service Orientation  –  Actively looking for ways to help people.

Educational Requirement: Minimum of a bachelor's degree (preferably a Master's degree) in guidance counseling, psychology, sociology, social work, counseling or similar area, with at least 4 years experience. A Master's degree would be a distinct advantage in this position.

How to Apply:

Apply online with a cover letter and detailed resume (Curriculum Vitae). The application must include the following:

1.   A functioning email address, mobile telephone number and contact information.

2.   A discussion of WHY you believe this is a good fit for you.

3.   A discussion of your experiences managing schools (or educational institutions) and how you think this will fit into St. Bridget's. if you have experience outside of education which you believe can be beneficial, kindly discuss them.

4.   Your long term career goals and how you think this job at St. Bridget's will help you realize these personal career goals.

Deadline: 2nd April, 2013.

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