University Guidance Counsellor
UWC Atlantic
St Donat's, Llantwit Major
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 31 January 2018
Job overview
UWC Atlantic College, founded in 1962, is the original United World College. Enjoying a spectacular location at St. Donat’s Castle, perched above the Bristol Channel approximately 20 miles west of Cardiff, our 360 students are aged between 16 – 19 years and drawn from over 90 nationalities, with 60% of our students being non-native speakers. They study the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) and take part in an outstanding co-curricular programme in support of the UWC mission.
We are incredibly proud of our proven track record of outstanding results and commitment to experiential learning.
We require a University Guidance Counsellor to join our team and to support our students in the University application process, predominantly throughout the UK, Europe and North America. Your previous experience of working within the International Baccalaureate curriculum and of working with students in the 16-19 age group in a teaching and learning environment will enable you to offer them full support with their applications to universities in many countries.
In addition, your excellent communication and interpersonal skills will enable you to establish credibility and build and maintain relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders to create and develop opportunities for students in the university entrance process, including establishing personal links with selected admissions officers at UK and overseas universities.
It is essential that you have knowledge of UCAS and/or the US admissions process, an understanding of medical and Oxbridge applications procedures and knowledge of the Common App, UCAS sites and other on-line platforms to enable you to give the best possible support to our students.
Your excellent time management, organisational and prioritisation skills mean that you are able to manage a wide range of competing demands and deliver to deadlines.
The employment package will be commensurate with the responsibilities of the position and will include the following:
• Salary £24,000 - £32,000 per annum depending on previous experience and qualifications
• Pension Scheme membership
• Generous leave entitlement
• Full Time position
Accommodation on campus may be available for successful candidates for which a charge is made for rent and utilities etc
Further information about this position, including details of how to apply, is available on our website www.atlanticcollege.org/careers
Closing date for receipt of applications: 5:00 p.m. on 31 January 2018
The selection process will be held on one day, Monday 19 February 2018
UWC Atlantic College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Registered Charity Number: 525761
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About UWC Atlantic
ATLANTIC COLLEGE: Background
UWC Atlantic is at the heart of a powerful global movement and at the vanguard of progressive education worldwide. We are proud to be a part of the UWC family of 18 schools and colleges worldwide – and for our courage to champion the values, ideas and aspirations in which we all believe. We are driven by the UWC mission to make education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future. It drives everything we do.
We continue to embrace the spirit of those pioneers who not only created the College in Wales in 1962 and launched the UWC movement in 1967 but who also co-created the International Baccalaureate Diploma programme, in collaboration with the International School of Geneva (Ecolint) and UN International School in New York (UNIS).
Our multicultural student body, from over 90 countries every year, comprises young people from vastly differing political, religious, ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds. They are selected to attend UWC Atlantic based on their demonstrated promise and potential, to make a difference in the fields of sustainability, social justice and peace. These inspirational young people are the next generation of change makers, empowered to go on to careers and lives that create impact locally, nationally and globally.
The first of 18 United World Colleges now located across the Globe, UWC Atlantic was inspired by educationist Kurt Hahn to engage young people from all nations in finding peaceful means to bring together a world divided by political, racial and social barriers.
UWC Atlantic was the first school in the UK (in 1971) and also one of the first colleges in the world to follow an international curriculum. It continues to lead the way in pioneering new options for the International Baccalaureate Diploma which its students study over a two year period.
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