Primary School Counsellor

2 weeks ago

United Arab Emirates Sunmarke School Full time

Fortes Education has been a leading education provider in the UAE for over four decades with premium international schools and nurseries that have experienced outstanding success and growth.

Our schools offer the most innovative and character-building education in the entire Middle East region.

Our core ethos and philosophy of education is Positive Education (PosEd). Through PosEd, our schools foster active engagement in learning, celebrating character strengths and accomplishments.

Our students develop resilience, a growth mindset and deep character strengths that allow them to flourish in an ever-changing world.


About Sunmarke School - _Where Amazing Happens_


Sunmarke School provides an ambitious and inspiring, values-based education that nurtures the hearts and minds of students so that they can flourish and achieve their dreams.

Powered by our unique signature programs, Sunmarke is a uniquely innovative school, transforming young lives.

This was reflected in Sunmarke School winning the coveted 'Most Innovative School' award at the Which School Advisor ceremony in Dubai and London.


We present an exciting opportunity to join our all through school and to play an important part in our journey to "outstanding".

Sunmarke School, Dubai is one of our flagship schools, located at a prime location in Jumeirah Village Triangle.

About you:


We are seeking to appoint a
Primary School Counsellor who is passionate, motivated, and committed to providing high-quality social and emotional counselling service to our students.

A key part of this role is to provide counselling services on an individual basis, drop-in sessions, group sessions and will be pro-active in the school's commitment to student wellbeing.

This is an exciting opportunity for a forward thinking, experienced and energetic professional to join an already thriving Wellbeing department in
August 2024.



Job Purpose:


The primary school counsellor will work closely with the school's wellbeing and leadership team in planning and implementing a counselling system for students for the assigned school or assigned phases across our schools.


  • Provide highquality counselling intervention to students experiencing a wide range of emotional problems ensuring equality of access.
  • Provide support, guidance and advice to parents, carers, and the school.
  • Liaise with staff to ensure that the pupils receive the support they need.
  • Contribute to the safeguarding and promotion of the welfare and personal care of children and young people.
  • Conduct case consultations to school personnel and parents
  • Train teachers and parents on counsellingrelated issues
  • Identify, devise, and deliver specialised guidance programmes for students who need additional help in social and emotional development
  • Deliver therapeutic intervention based on the need of the individuals and provide referral to external services as needed
  • Build deep and meaningful relationships with students, staff and parents and be able to facilitate and lead positive outcomes in all situations
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Our Offer:

  • Excellent taxfree salary
  • Medical Insurance for self
  • Annual Air-Ticket and paid vacations
  • Stateoftheart facilities and amenities in a newly built campus in a prime location in Dubai
  • An enthusiastic learning community of students, teachers, parents, and Board members, who are dedicated to maximise student achievement, and creating positive learning opportunities in and out of the classroom.
  • Working within a team of highly driven and supportive colleagues
  • Excellent professional development
  • Working in Dubai, one of the world's most soughtafter work and travel destinations

Application Process:


Interviews will take place either face-to-face in Dubai or by video conferencing if the applicant is not based in Dubai.

Sunmarke School is our state-of-the-art flag-ship school having an overall capacity of ~ 3,000 students.


We present an exciting opportunity to join our all-through school and to play an important part in our journey to outstanding.

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