Careers and University Guidance Counsellor

CREATE YOUR FUTURE

Northbridge International School Cambodia

Established in 1997, Northbridge International School Cambodia (NISC) is the country's leading IB school and is held in high regard as a premium educational option. We are a growing and progressive educational community, currently serving approximately 1000 students aged 2-18 years old through our IB continuum of PYP, MYP and DP programmes. NISC is set within a spacious, modern 20-acre green campus in the developing and vibrant capital city of Phnom Penh.

Our priority as a culturally responsive and aspirational community is to be inspirational role models for our well-balanced and academically ambitious students, supporting their preparedness for a future as responsible global citizens.

We welcome applications from teachers with a university degree and a recognised teaching qualification with:

- Extensive, hight-quality experience , preferably in the IB programme, with a professional enthusiasm to collaborate and share the very best current educational practice with students, parents and colleagues.

- a strong commitment to their role and responsibility (demonstrating leadership and people management skills) and the flexibility and resilience to adapt and grow within our dynamic and fast-paced environment.

- a data-informed mindset , with a flair for setting and meeting challenging performance targets, demonstrating the ability to drive excellence by valuing and developing others.

- a commitment to professional growth and the mindset to explore and use the resources and opportunities that the IB Curriculum and Nord Anglia Education school network have to offer.

THE ROLE

University and careers guidance counsellor

ROLE EXPECTATION

Teach allocated pupils by planning their teaching to achieve progression of learning through:

- Provide exceptional personalised university and careers guidance counselling to students and families

- Ensure students are guided to perform effective university research, enabling them to identify their best-fit option

- Maintain and encourage the use of the Unifrog university platform

- Oversee university application procedures

- Organise staff to support with letters of recommendation and ensure they can create high-quality letters

- Ensure students write high-quality personal statements

- As a member of the Grade 11 and 12 Pastoral/Wellbeing team, support students in these grade levels with their health and wellbeing

- Support the student IBDP option process in Grade 10

- Provide appropriate help and advice to students from Grades 6-12 about careers and universities

- Advise on financial and scholarship opportunities and summer programs

- Advise on university testing, such as SATs/ACTs

- Expected to support during IBDP results period, which is during the school holidays in early July

- Implement and oversee a guidance programme that provides students with a safe and non-judgmental way to voice their concerns or worries.

- Contribute to the annual updating of the School Profile

- Work closely with NAE and NISC colleagues

- All parent communication regarding upcoming Uni visits, deadlines and student progress

OUR NISC ACADEMIC RESULTS

For the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, our students consistently achieve above the IB Global Average and a 100% pass rate, with up to 25% of students earning a score above 40. We consistently achieve around 80% bilingual diplomas. For the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme personal project our students achieved a 5.7-point average, 1.65 points above the world average.

NORD ANGLIA EDUCATION

We’re Nord Anglia Education , founded in 1972 in the United Kingdom, our first international school opened in 1992 in Warsaw, followed by rapid growth across the world since the 2000s. When you join our team, you’ll become part of a global family of experts working for a fast-growing premium international brand.

Every day, our teachers and support colleagues help our thousands of students achieve more than they ever imagined possible. A transformational education at one of our schools is focussed on excellent academic outcomes, creativity, wellbeing, and international connectedness. We also create unique opportunities to benefit our students and people, such as Global Campus, Nord Anglia University, and our collaborations with The Juilliard School, MIT, UNICEF, and King’s College London.

BENEFITS

When you join a Nord Anglia Education school, you join a global community of over 14,000 people working together to support our students’ success. We offer you unsurpassed opportunities to innovate and develop best practice across our family, to access extensive professional development, and to gain exceptional experience and career development in our schools. At Nord Anglia, you will have opportunities to progress more, learn more, and collaborate more.

TO APPLY

Online applications need to be submitted directly through the Nord Anglia Education careers page and should include a CV. Please visit us online at NAE career website.

At Northbridge we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our pupils. All post holders in regulated activity (having regular unsupervised contact with children) are subject to appropriate national and international vetting procedures including satisfactory criminal record checks from both your country of residence/birth and any country of residence within the last 10 years.

We are an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons.

Please note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and we reserve the right to make an appointment before the closing date should an exceptional candidate be identified. Early applications are therefore encouraged.