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School Operations Associate (Tatu Primary & Tatu International School)
ABOUT THE ROLE
The School Operations Associate is responsible for assisting/directing the planning, development and implementation of duties and projects related to School Academic Systems, Sports Activities, Transport, Meal Services, Educational Technology, Library, IT Services, Facilities Management, Procurement and Finance and Administration.
Key responsibilities for the role include:
- Driving operational excellence in our day-to-day operations of our schools.
- Assist with implementation of any and all initiatives put forth by the Operations team.
- Provides support in the execution of projects related to school goals – renovation, construction, new policies/systems, etc.
- Supports in the successful running of various aspects of school operations – Library, Student Support Services, Kitchen operations, Sports Activities, etc.
- Assists in forecasting and managing the school facilities budget.
- Assists in doing various cost analysis to identify operational improvements.
- Responsible for planning, assigning and directing contract/casual staff, including cleaning and security staff.
- To share the incident report raised by the School Leader to teammates to indicate incident details.
ABOUT YOU
Skills and Qualifications required:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration/ Management/ Economics or other related fields.
- A minimum of 1-2 years of related work experience preferably in business operations, project management, marketing, event management and/or finance operations.
- Superior problem solving and planning skills.
- Strong organizational, communication, and presentation skills.
- A high degree in of computer literacy with experience in Google Suites and Microsoft packages such as Microsoft Excel.
- Highly developed organizational, communication and presentation skills.
- Superior interpersonal skills as demonstrated by the ability to form professional relationships at all levels in the organization and with appropriate external stakeholders.
- Work experience in a multicultural environment would be advantageous
School Counsellor (Tatu Primary & Tatu International School)
ABOUT THE ROLE:
As the School Counsellor you will have the opportunity to:
- Model, live and lead the Nova Culture
- Collaboratively develop a Comprehensive School Counseling Policy with the Principal
- Deliver a Comprehensive School Counselling Program
- Develop and maintain a written plan for effective delivery of the school counseling program based on best practice approaches and in line with the school’s ethos.
- Communicate the goals of the comprehensive school counseling policy to education stakeholders (i.e., administrators, teachers, students, parents, and community/business leaders).
- Maintain current and appropriate resources for education stakeholders.
- Provide direct services through the Guidance Curriculum, Individual Student Planning and Preventive and Responsive Services, and most remaining time in program management, system support, and accountability
- Use data to develop comprehensive programs that meet student needs.
- Provide leadership and collaborate with other educators in the school-wide integration of best practice in counselling.
- Implement appropriate and prevention-oriented group activities to meet student needs and school goals.
- Plug-into the life skills programme as guided by the office of the Director of Academics and/ or the Principal to support with execution
- Assist all students, individually or in groups, with developing academic, career and personal/social skills, goals, and plans.
- Make use of data to devise interventions, in consultation with the Principal.
- Provide individual and group counseling to students with identified concerns and needs.
- Implement an effective referral and follow-up process as needed.
- Accurately and appropriately use assessment procedures for determining and structuring individual and group counseling services. Consult the Principal if there is the need to invite an external service provider for the whole school, or for students, or for members of staff.
- Provide appropriate information to school personnel related to the comprehensive school counseling program.
- Assist teachers, parents/guardians, and other stakeholders in interpreting and understanding student data.
- Participate in professional development activities to improve knowledge and skills.
- Use available technology resources to enhance the school counseling program.
- Adhere to laws, policies, procedures, and ethical standards of the school counseling profession.
- Collaborate with parents/guardians and educators to assist students with educational, career, and life planning.
- Conduct a yearly audit to review the counselling needs and trends in the school, and the extent to which the Counselling programme in the school is effective in its implementation, based on the data collected and analyzed.
- Prepare the results of such analysis in a manner that makes it possible to share the information with different stakeholders: students, teachers, network, parents and guardians.
- Plan and deliver routine wellness sessions for parents.
- Collaborate with Learning Design team to incorporate therapy content in lesson
- Ability to collaborate with the school nurse and other health professionals in case of referrals.
ABOUT YOU
Skills and Qualifications required:
- You have Professional Training in Counselling- Higher National Diploma or Degree in Counselling Psychology
- You are registered with a counselor’s professional body in Kenya
- You have between 3-5 years of experience in institutional counselling
- You are experienced in using assessment tools for determining and structuring individual and group counselling.
- You are passionate about student welfare and want to help them tackle life’s different challenges
- You have previously counselled children/ teens
- You are a great communicator: You are able to provide a clear and persuasive pitch to anyone and have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- You are results driven, goal oriented, move fast, and take ownership of work.
- You have an exceptional ability to think strategically and yet you sweat the small stuff—people see you as unusually detail-oriented and conscientious
- You have the ability to exercise discretion in handling sensitive matters
- You have a flexible and adaptable approach to work
- You are proactive and have an enthusiastic approach to work
- You are excited about our organizational culture—and in particular, you are fired up to challenge yourself by embracing mutual vulnerability and a firehose of feedback
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