School Guidance & Counselor

External Vacancy Announcement

Oromiya Development Association (ODA)

Invites of competent,  committed and experienced applicants for the following position for BIshoftu Boarding School

1.    Job Title:   School  Guidance & Counselor

 2.   Location:   Oromiya, Bishoftu3.    Required number:   1(one )

4.    Job Description:

ODA Boarding School aspires to be center of change and development, a catalyst for progress in science and technology, addressing the immediate and long term demand of national economy, innovative research and education.

The Boarding School is committed to be the center of excellence in science and technology and provide highest quality education and training which builds the technical capacity of manufacturing and other industries.

The Boarding School has the responsibility of undertaking and encouraging relevant academic programs, action researches, and community services in national and local priority areas and disseminating the findings therefore;

The Boarding School is in general desirous of reinforcing and expanding its areas of excellence in the teaching-learning process, research and community services;

The Boarding School envisions building a strong and committed academic community that aspires attaining the lofty ideals and goals of high school education.

We are seeking passionate teachers, who thoroughly enjoy teaching, excel in their ability to reach and support students and take endless pride and countless hours to design inspiring and engaging lesson plans and teaching units.

We seek compassionate, hardworking and resilient individuals capable of dealing with many of the unforeseen challenges that occur in a school. We seek individuals who work well with others and would enjoy living at the ODA Boarding Schools.

As a boarding school, teaching life extends well beyond time spent with students in a classroom. Tutorials, clubs, study hall supervision, field trips and ongoing engaging school wide activities also form part of a teacher’s responsibilities. Working at a boarding school requires a genuine commitment to serve as a role model and be an active part of the community.

5.   Role and Responsibilities

ODA Boarding School  Guidance & Counselor is  responsible for:

•  Providing professional assistance on welcoming, handling and managing the students and support teachers to prepare psychologically.
•  Provide warm welcoming and continuous induction support for newly arrived students in collaboration with student dean and gender clubs.
•  Provide professional consults for the students in order to make psychological readiness to realize their ability and professional tendency
•  Preparing studying skill manual and aware students on how they use it. And make follow up its effectiveness
• Identifying talented students those who have creative ability and disclose their creative work in a way of experience sharing in that it improves the performance of other students
• Following those students who are late in understanding their lesson and prepare a condition in which they can get support from teachers and the school community. Moreover, helps them not to be hopeless in their life and on their educational activity
•  Advising and guiding students who have unwanted behavior and help them to follow his/her lesson
•   Identifying and Studying the kind of repeated offenses and their causes and recommend and provide possible solutions,
•  Following those students who have personal problem ( behavioral, social, academic and economic) and/or with disability, the psychologist seek different mechanisms to support them at the school capacity level
•  Based on his/her activity, at the end of the month he/she has to submit report to the concerned body
• Work as school unit leaders so that he/she can contribute for positive students’ behavior development
• Keep oneself with well-organized students’ behavioral record so as to make necessary support for needy students.
• Work jointly with school health professionals, proctors, librarians and teachers.
• Actively participate in every flag ceremony to follow students’ punctuality so as to discharge his/her professional responsibility.
• Perform other duties assigned by Boarding School

• Have Bachelor Degree in subject teaching areas
•  Have a Bachelor of Education degree  in  psychology.
•  Have a minimum  CGPA 2.75 for first degree applicants
•  Two years performance evaluation result on average 90% and above
•  Minimum 2 years work experience

6.2.     Knowledge & Skills requirements

• Willing to attend in service training of teachers, self-motivated energetic, organized and flexible individual
• Free from any addiction and well-mannered good conduct with no bad records
•  In principle willing to be around the school compound 24:00 hours except in exceptional condition
• Understanding of the nature of boarding school and needs of high school students
•  Written and oral communication skills in English and Afan Oromo are mandatory.
• Professionally ethical, honest and willing to serve as outstanding role model in the community
• Proficient in Word, Excel, Email usage, Google Suite, internet searching and willing to learn new computer skills
•  Able to demonstrate learner-centered teaching methodologies and are eager to continue to learn
•  Experienced working in schools with a  mission for academic excellence and student engagement
• Willing to embrace and adhere to the ODA Boarding School’s requirements, values & mission
•  Active team players and problem solvers
•  Outstanding communicators  and have strong interpersonal skills
• Committed and passionate to teaching and  highly motivated towards student development and growth
•  Willing to teach and support students after hours and on weekends

7.   Type of employment: permanent

8.  Salary and Benefits

•   The salary is as per scale of ODA boarding school
• Transportation allowance & offers medicals service according to ODA boarding schools working document