Careers Counsellor

3 weeks ago


Dubai, United Arab Emirates The Aquila School Full time

**Description**

For all staff in school we share a responsibility to ensure that children are safe and properly supervised at all times. Our school is committed to ‘amazing learning’- providing enjoyable and meaningful learning experiences so that every pupil makes as much progress as possible. All staff are expected to adhere to The Aquila Professional Code of Conduct and commit to promoting our vision - ‘A happy community school with amazing learning at its heart where pupils are empowered to make choices, engage in meaningful learning experiences and make exceptional progress’. Our focus is providing children with amazing learning and to be the school of choice for the community we serve.

Core purposes:
**Key qualities and skills**:

- Commitment to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people.
- Willingness and ability to work co-operatively as part of a team
- Willingness and ability to use own initiative and work without constant supervision
- Flexibility and ability to cope with a wide range of tasks in a busy and changing environment
- Enthusiastic, innovative and highly motivated
- Genuine commitment to delivering positive outcomes for pupils
- Dedicated to achieving excellence, conscientious and hard working
- Ability to engage with and relate to young people
- Highly proficient in the use of IT systems
- Good written and spoken communication skills and the ability to verbally present information to staff, pupils and parents
- Excellent organisational and administrative skills
- Ability to prioritise workloads
- Ability to handle confidential issues and materials sensitively and appropriately
- Ability to work to deadlines accurately
- Proof reading skills

**Key duties include**:
**Learning Support**
- Act as central point of information and guidance for all pupils, parents and staff in relation to careers information advice and guidance
- Co-ordinate and conduct individual and group careers interviews with pupils across the school.
- Identification of targeted provision and delivery of the School’s Careers Delivery Plan through liaison with the Assistant Headteacher and Heads of Year.
- Organisation of careers questionnaires and psychometric testing, and provision of feedback
- Monitor, record and communicate leaver destination information to relevant members of the school community, ISP team and local regulator
- Liaise with external careers services
- Develop employer engagement opportunities through visits/talks and improve links with local employers

Management
- Plan the programme of activity in careers guidance
- Brief and support teachers involved in careers guidance
- Monitor delivery of careers guidance across the 8 Gatsby Benchmarks
- Support tutors, providing initial information and advice
- Monitoring access to, and take up of, guidance and participation in careers activities
- Ensuring colleges and universities have access to the school to share opportunities with all pupils
- Managing the careers budget as appropriate
- Managing their own CPD and supporting the ongoing CPD of colleagues in the careers team
- Advise the senior leadership team on policy, strategy and resources for careers guidance
- Review and evaluate careers guidance and provide information for school improvement planning, DSIB and other purposes
- Prepare and implement a careers guidance development plan
- Ensure that details of the school’s careers programme and the provider access policy statement are published on the school’s website.

Coordination
- Manage the provision of career and labour market information
- Manage the careers section of the school’s website, ensuring information is accurate and up to date
- Coordinate encounters with employers and work experience
- Communicate with pupils and their parents
- Promote and ensure all pupils access and utilise Unifrog

Networking
- Establish and develop links with universities
- Establish and develop links with employers
- Commission careers guidance services where appropriate
- Manage links with external organisations
- Secure funding for careers related projects
- Build a network of alumni who can help with the careers guidance programme
- Manage, coordinate and develop the alumni network
- Manage the alumni Linkedin page

Policy, Planning and Service Development
- Contribute to the work of the school by participating positively in staff meetings and/or working groups

Training & Personal Development
- Ensure personal knowledge of the careers and higher education advice and information is constantly updated
- Willingness to undertake relevant training and professional development
- In addition, all staff are required to carry out any tasks required by the school or the regional office to facilitate the smooth day to day running of the school_

To be line managed by the head of secondary and assistant head of secondary

Holidays
- as per school calendar (except external examination results days and the day before and after).


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