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University Advising Counsellor (Maternity Cover)

University Advising Counsellor (Maternity Cover)

UWC South East Asia, East Campus

Singapore

  • Expired
Job type:
Full Time, Maternity Cover
Apply by:
19 November 2024

Job overview

UWCSEA East is seeking an appropriately qualified and experienced University Advisor from March 2025 until July 2025.

Considerable current experience of advising students applying for admission to universities in North America and the United Kingdom is required. Familiarity with advising and application processing in Australia, Europe and Asia would be valuable, as would experience in advising students with financial aid needs. 

The appointee will join a passionate team of University Advisors who enjoy working together in a highly collaborative atmosphere alongside an incredibly talented faculty. The appointee can look forward to supporting and mentoring highly motivated, enthusiastic, and talented students as they grow through their High School career.

Main Responsibilities

  • Contribute as part of a team to the delivery of a comprehensive programme of university advising services for a high school of 1,000+ students, including guidance, information and advocacy as they navigate university application processes in 20+ countries worldwide.
  • Conduct personal advising meetings with an assigned caseload of 50+ each in G11 and G12, including some students with high financial needs, and help them in their process of planning, researching, and applying to universities, identifying and understanding career options, and implementing their post­-graduation plans; provide additional advice and support for up to 10 graduates currently taking gap years or doing National Service.
  • Support 40+ Grade 10 students with answers to questions about IB subject selection based on their future aspirations. 
  • Collaborate with other Advisors, Counsellors, Heads of Grades, Principal and Vice ­Principals on the overall wellbeing and welfare of students.

Administration and Communication

  • Inform students, parents/guardians, and staff about university systems and admissions processes worldwide, by facilitating small and large group workshops and presentations.
  • Provide individual feedback on drafts of students’ personal statements/essays.
  • Support the understanding and skill development of teaching staff in relation to the university application process, especially in their roles as recommendation writers.
  • Use MaiaLearning online platform for university research and application processing.
  • Manage and track university applications, including processing school ­issued support documents, following up with university representatives and troubleshooting as needed.
  • Communicate with Grade 9 students and parents/guardians about age-appropriate university exploration and other relevant information.
  • Contribute to collation and analysis of university application and placement data, and use appropriate data analysis to inform university guidance.

Expectations and Standards

Person Specifications 

  • A degree and experience with the US and UK university application systems, as either a High School University Advisor or in university admissions, are prerequisites.
  • Candidates should ideally already be working (or recently worked) as a University Advisor in a similar environment for at least three years and be well suited to making the transition to this post at UWCSEA.
  • The ability to engage with students and to engender enthusiasm for learning is a prerequisite for working at UWCSEA.
  • Belief in the transformative power of education; interest in furthering the values of equity and access to educational opportunities; openness to new ideas; stamina, collaborative spirit, and a sense of humour.

Applications

Apply via our job portal by Tuesday, 19 November 2024 23:59 Singapore Time

The UWC Mission is to make education a force to unite people, nations and culture for peace and a sustainable future. We are committed to creating a community in which all members feel safe and secure, and know that their authentic selves and individual differences are accepted with respect and care. At UWCSEA, we acknowledge that diversity, equity, inclusion and justice (DEIJ) is an ongoing and evolving process and strive to create and sustain a sense of belonging for all members of our community, past, present and future. All qualified applicants, including those who identify as a part of marginalized group(s) and individuals with (dis)abilities are all encouraged to apply. Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all the students in our care and expects all applicants to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices and all appointments are subject to interview, satisfactory references, identity and criminal record checks.

About UWC South East Asia, East Campus

About UWCSEA and the UWC movement

The pursuit of the UWC mission to unite people nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future is at the heart of the College. As the largest of the 17 UWC schools and colleges worldwide, UWCSEA in Singapore has over 5,600 day and boarding students enrolled across two campuses, aged 4 to 18 years. Our concept-based K-12 curriculum leads to the IB Diploma in the final two years of schooling.

Our vision is to be a leader in international education, with a worldwide reputation for providing a challenging, holistic values-based education with an emphasis upon academic achievement, service to others, teamwork and leadership.

In the pursuit of this vision, we provides teachers with a dynamic and challenging a professional life based upon our values. Our staff are innovative, experienced and deeply committed to student learning. The learning at UWCSEA extends throughout the College community as our staff are active and collaborative learners themselves.

UWCSEA guiding statements

We are a mission-driven organisation with a strong commitment to the educational principles of Kurt Hahn, our founder, and a passionate belief in the importance of education as a force for good in the world.

We believe that learning is a life-long process in which learners engage with and reflect upon information and experiences to construct new or modify existing understanding as well as develop and apply skills and qualities.

This definition of learning and our learning principles guide our educational practice across all five elements of the UWCSEA learning programme. Our commitment to a holistic education results in the provision of an extensive range of experiential and service-based programmes across five elements of this learning programmes: academics, activities, outdoor education, personal and social education and service.

UWCSEA's learning programme and curriculum

Our UWCSEA learning programme is based around five interlinking elements. The rigorous academics, combined with a unique outdoor education programme, extensive activities and meaningful service, are underpinned by a supportive pastoral care programme. Students participate in all five elements of the programme throughout their time at the College, and the elements will have varying importance at different times in their journey through UWCSEA.

The learning programme delivers UWCSEA's unique, concept-based curriculum which has been articulated for each element of the learning programme across K-12. This means that from K1 to Grade 12, each curriculum area (or subject) has standards, which identify key concepts that underpin that curriculum area. These standards are applied at all grade levels and build naturally in complexity through the Infant, Junior, Middle and High Schools, culminating in the IB Diploma in Grades 11 and 12.

In turn, each standard has conceptual understandings that describe what a student should understand as a result of studying a particular content area. They are statements of understanding that are appropriate to a student’s developmental stage, and build towards the standard.

Benchmarks are then attached to each conceptual understanding. The benchmarks describe what a student should know, understand or be able to do at each stage of their learning in each subject. These benchmarks are what our teachers assess to ensure that students are reaching the conceptual understanding and are working towards the standards.

In the High School, the standards, conceptual understandings and benchmarks specifically take into account the requirements of external examining bodies that set the (I)GCSE and IB Diploma examinations that students sit at the end of Grade 10 and Grade 12.

Educating for a better world

The academic curriculum aims to develop the specific conceptual understandings necessary to build Peace and a Sustainable Future. These are derived from UNESCO’s Education for Sustainable Development Goals for and through a collaboration with our educational partners the Ellen Macarthur Foundation. Along with the skills and qualities of our Learner Profile many of these concepts are reinforced through linkages to the other four elements of our Leaning Programme. You can find out more here.

Results

UWCSEA has outstanding IB Diploma results. In May 2019, our cohort of 561 students achieved an average IB Diploma score of 36.6—the worldwide average was 29.8 (in 2018). Each year a number of our students are admitted to highly selective universities in the US, the UK and many other countries. For further information please see the results section of our website.

Staff and structure

Each campus has its own Campus Leadership team and academic and administrative staff to support the delivery of UWCSEA’s world-class education. Each campus is divided into Schools (Primary, Middle and High). Each School is managed by a Principal, assisted by Vice Principals and Heads of Grade or Department.

The College President oversees both campuses, supported by senior educational leadership on each campus. The campuses have the same Board of Governors.

The Dover Campus has 3,000 day and boarding students (K-12) and employs 300 teaching and 200 support staff. The East Campus has 2,550 day and boarding students (K-12) and  employs 240 teaching staff and 160 support staff.

The boarding houses on both campuses are supported by live-in teaching staff and offer a unique opportunity for a city-based residential boarding programme to students aged 14-18 years - 192 students on Dover and 160 students on East.

Our expectations

We welcome applications from educators who share our vision and values, and are willing to contribute to UWCSEA's unique learning community and to the UWC mission.

Teachers are expected to contribute wholeheartedly to the provision of all elements of this programme both inside and outside the formal academic curriculum. All teachers run activities or service projects in addition to their teaching, which can include supporting the College's range of sporting, dramatic and musical performances, as well as providing support for the extensive expeditions programme.

Safeguarding children

UWCSEA is committed to safeguarding our students and protecting them from harm. In keeping with the expectation that all staff and volunteers share this commitment, those applying for a position at the College must be willing to undergo employment background checks and screening appropriate to the post.

Professional  life and development opportunities

UWCSEA aims to provide an exceptional professional experience to its teachers and to be an Employer of Choice. The UWCSEA benefits package includes a competitive salary, contribution towards housing, medical insurance, a service gratuity (set at 20 percent of gross salary at the end of each year), recruitment and repatriation flights and biennial leave passages.

We offer a wide range of professional development opportunities. Teachers are expected to commit to three professional development days scheduled each year, and are provided many additional opportunities for professional learning through our the extensive Professional Development Programme.

We have a highly experienced teaching faculty who provide excellent opportunities for peer-to-peer learning. Among the full-time teaching staff, we have large numbers of IB PYP Trainers, IB MYP workshop leaders, IB DP workshop leaders and IB DP Examiners or Moderators, allowing us to run in-house workshops and seminars.

Teachers attend workshops or seminars in the region, and at the College’s Centre for Professional Learning. This in-house Centre allows UWCSEA teachers to attend a range of educational conferences and other events that draw teachers from across the region, providing extensive opportunities for peer learning and networking. In the past, external experts who have visited to provide workshops or seminars on campus include Bambi Betts, Kath Murdoch, Dylan Wiliam, Lyn Sharratt and Sarah White.

Our teachers also regularly act as lecturers, seminar leaders and facilitators at educational conferences and workshops run by organisations such as EARCOS and ECIS.

Engage with us and learn more

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