Guidance Counsellor at Pan African University (PAU)

Job Summary

• The role requires a person who can provide expert advice and helpful resources to students regarding certain personal and academic situations.
• Their main duties will include providing counselling to students to help develop their personal, academic, social, spiritual, and all-round skills as well as providing guidance to the students.

Job description

The responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Oversee the university’s Guidance & Counselling unit and follow a guidance program to allow students to voice concerns, problems, and other issues.
• Provides personal and social growth counselling which includes individual counselling relating to academic success, understanding of self and others, communication skills, decision-making, relationship skills, conflict resolution and goal setting.
• Liaise/consult with staff and faculty regarding student issues and the resulting impact on academic functioning, integration or re-integration into the university system.
• Get to know students and their unique needs to offer specialized care; recognize and appropriately take care of individual students’ socio-emotional challenges.
• Provides crisis intervention services, e.g., suicide prevention, child abuse, health concerns, substance abuse and follow-up services as appropriate.
• Provide assessment, mental health screening, diagnosis, and recommendations for treatment; assist with mental health-related school programmes and events.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology or a related field.
• Affiliation with a Professional body.
• Average IT skills.

Requirements/Competencies

• Good collaboration skills.
• Remarkable professionalism and good work ethics.
• Experience in social, emotional, and behavioural management techniques.
• Experience with students who present with behavioural difficulties or developmental challenges.
• Personality should project enthusiasm, professionalism and a high level of credibility.
• Ability to maintain a calm, professional demeanour in the face of competing demands and external pressures.
• Demonstrate strong communication and interpersonal skills with students, parents, colleagues and community members.
• A minimum of five years of counselling or related work experience with young adults in an academic/learning environment

LICENSE TO PRACTICE

• Full current license to practice and registration with the appropriate state and national licensing boards for the profession.