Nova Pioneer Primary School Counselor Jobs in Kenya

Nova Pioneer Primary School Counselor Jobs in Kenya



A school that cares about individual students and allows them to explore the world around them. A school that focuses more on developing skills than on memorizing content.


At Nova Pioneer, we have done more than just imagine this future, we are bringing it to life. Nova Pioneer is a pan-African, independent network of schools offering high quality, accessible education from pre-primary through secondary school. Nova Pioneer uses a unique, inquiry-based learning approach that encourages students to ask “why” instead of telling them the “what”.


It allows them to form their own thinking through exploration, investigation, and collaboration. Nova Pioneer currently has 7 schools in South Africa and Kenya with a vision to launch 100 schools and reach tens of thousands of students across the African continent in the next decade.


Nova Pioneer is looking for an experienced Primary School Counselor for our Tatu Campus to utilize leadership, advocacy, and collaboration to promote student success, provide preventive services, and respond to identified student needs by implementing a comprehensive school counseling program that addresses academic, career, and personal/social development and mental and social wellness for all pupils as the primary target group, but also for other members of the school community


Responsibilities


  • As the Primary School Counselor, you will have the opportunity to craft a vision and strategy for counseling and offer it as a service to the growing school network.
  • Model, live and lead the Nova Culture
    Collaboratively develop a Comprehensive School
  • Counseling Policy with the Principal
  • Deliver a Comprehensive School Counseling Program
  • Develop and maintain a written plan for the effective delivery of the school counseling program based on best practice approaches and in line with the school’s ethos.
  • Communicate the goals of the comprehensive school counseling policy to education stakeholders (i.e., administrators, teachers, pupils, parents, and community/business leaders).
  • Maintain current and appropriate resources for education stakeholders.
  • Provide direct services through the Guidance Curriculum, Individual Student
  • Planning and Preventive and Responsive Services, and most remaining time in program management, system support, and accountability
  • Use data to develop comprehensive programs that meet student needs.
  • Provide leadership and collaborate with other educators in the school-wide integration of best practice in counseling.
  • Implement appropriate and prevention-oriented group activities to meet student needs and school goals.
  • Plug-into the life skills programme as guided by the office of the Director of Academics and/ or the Principal to support with the execution
  • Assist all pupils, individually or in
    groups, with developing academic, career and personal/social skills, goals, and plans.
  • Make use of data to devise interventions, in consultation with the Principal.
  • Provide individual and group counseling to pupils with identified concerns and needs.
    Implement an effective referral and follow-up process as needed.
  • Accurately and appropriately use assessment procedures for determining and structuring individual and group counseling services.
  • Consult the Principal if there is the need to invite an external service provider for the whole school, or for pupils, or for members of staff.
  • Provide appropriate information to school personnel related to the comprehensive school counseling program.
  • Assist teachers, parents/guardians, and other stakeholders in interpreting and understanding student data.
  • Participate in professional development activities to improve knowledge and skills.
  • Use available technology resources to enhance the school counseling program.
  • Adhere to laws, policies, procedures, and ethical standards of the school counseling profession.
  • Collaborate with parents/guardians and educators to assist pupils with educational, career, and life planning.
  • Conduct a yearly audit to review the counseling needs and trends in the school, and the extent to which the Counselling programme in the school is effective in its implementation, based on the data collected and analyzed.
  • Prepare the results of such analysis in a manner that makes it possible to share the information with different stakeholders: pupils, teachers, Network, parents and guardians.


    Qualifications


  • You are passionate about student welfare and want to help them tackle life’s different challenges
  • You have between 3-5 years of experience in institutional counseling
  • You have Professional Training in Counseling- Higher National Diploma or Degree
  • You have previously counseled children/teens (experience working with children/teens with special needs preferred).
  • You are a great communicator: You are able to provide a clear and persuasive pitch to anyone and have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • You are results driven, goal-oriented, move fast, and take ownership of work.


    How to Apply



    Interested and qualified candidates should apply online by 20th March, 2019


    For more information and job application details, see; Nova Pioneer Primary School Counselor Jobs in Kenya


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