Careers Counsellor (Munich, Germany)
Careers Counsellor (Munich, Germany)
Our client is a top private international school in Munich Germany, they are seeking a Careers Counsellor to join their team.
Role Purpose
In this role you will be responsible for providing effective, impartial and individualised careers education, information, advice and guidance. You will lead and support students with their career planning by co- ordinating activities and resources designed to help students make well thought-out and thoroughly researched choices about their next steps.
The successful candidate will be a person with vision, energy, and attention to detail who is comfortable working in a collaborative environment, loves providing creative people solutions and can thrive in a growing, and fast-changing environment.
Responsibilities
Counselling:
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- Counsel students on their career and university choices.
- Establish and maintain the careers education provision across the secondary school.
- Ensure that students understand the consequences of option choices for later career paths and university entrance.
- Ensure that pupils have knowledge of alternative career routes and where to find information in Germany.
- Provide continued support and advice to students when they receive university offers and their IB results, making themselves available on results day and potentially during school holidays.
- Lead whole school parent information sessions
- Build and maintain a resource bank to share with parents that includes appropriate links and current opportunities.
Outreach and research:
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- Maintaining contact with universities in order to keep abreast of changes to admission requirements and university business
- Making and maintaining links with local businesses for taster days, insets and meet and great, integrating the school with local and global business communities
- Attending training sessions in order to familiarise themselves with the process of applying to universities in different countries.
- Enhancing links with alumni to provide opportunities for current students and to invite them to contribute to the careers guidance process in school
Event coordination:
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- Co-ordinate the work experience programme in conjunction with the Upper School leadership team.
- Planning and organisation of university fairs, trips and various other career events
Miscellaneous:
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- Co-ordinate references for university applications.
- Liaise with the Head of Secondary and Heads of Section, keeping them informed of any issues and developments.
- Provide training to the wider staff body on the careers provision in school
- Ensure that all careers related documentation remains current, appropriate and informative for the ever changing needs of our students and their parents.
Qualifications
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
- Fluency in English is a prerequisite for this position
- Fluency in German is desirable but not essential
- Knowledge of the German education and university system
- Prior experience of working in a similar role is essential
Job Features
| Job Category | Consulting, Education |
| Salary / Hourly Rate | Attractive |
| Job Type | Permanent |
| Start Date | Immediately |