Career Guidance Counselor

Collège Champittet, a school of reference in the Lake Geneva region since 1903, offers excellent education to generations of Swiss and foreign students. Its unique spirit revolves around academic performance, multilingualism and values such as respect and trust. The school is part of the Nord Anglia Education family, the world's leading premium schools’ organisation with 89 schools in 32 countries. In this dynamic environment, both local and international, we invite you to join our team.

Reporting to the Academic Director, you will prepare students for their future career and university application process.

• Counsel and advise students and parents on academic options.
• Mentor students throughout the university application s process through providing coaching on essays, activity lists, CVs and interviews.
• Organise events and platforms to increase awareness of further education and training options, including the coordination of internal and external university visits.
• Ensure timely and accurate delivery of academic materials for university applications (for example, Common App and UCAS), including academic references, predicted grades and transcripts.
• Support students in navigating the preparation of key application elements including standardised testing (SAT, IELTS, LNAT, TMUA, ESAT, etc.) and portfolio preparation.

• Fluent French and English (German, Italian, Spanish or Russian a plus)
• In-depth knowledge of the US, UK, European and Swiss university admission procedures and requirements to be able to advise all students (with IB, French Bac or the Swiss Maturity)
• Able to efficiently network with university admission officers
• Proficient and experienced in student personal development and self-awareness coaching
• Very good interpersonal communication skills, listening and counselling skills
• Experienced in university admission testing, mock-interview training and essay/personal statement advice and guidance