ROLE PURPOSE:

You are
primarily responsible for supporting students and parents through the
college application process to universities and colleges worldwide. Your
role involves working with students through all their application
materials, including but not limited to their personal statements,
counselor recommendation letters, and financial aid applications. Your
role will require getting to know each student on an individual level to
understand their backgrounds, ambitions, and journey at Gashora Girls
Academy. You will coach students every week for the Scholastic
Assessment Test (SAT), especially the SAT, and provide, where necessary,
additional support. You will create and foster positive relationships
with university admissions officers by hosting them on campus tours and
attending conferences around the world to keep up with trends in
admissions.

Role Dimension

Our all-girls secondary boarding school,
the Gashora Girls Academy of Science and Technology, was founded to
enable Rwanda’s young women to reach their full potential, becoming the
future scientists, entrepreneurs, advocates, and thought leaders the
world needs. These young women will bring insights and solutions to our
most significant global challenges.

At GGAST,
we foster a positive learning environment that prioritizes student
success. To partner in our mission, we seek a qualified college
counsellor with experience and passion to support girls attending the
world’s best universities. The college counsellor will impart essay
writing and interview skills while empowering students to grow and
thrive. A candidate must value creativity and student engagement and
know how to accommodate students’ diverse learning needs. We at GGAST
look forward to welcoming a motivated and enthusiastic College
counsellor to our team

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conduct weekly one-on-one meetings with students to draft college application essays.
• Draft counsellor recommendations and submit academic materials to universities.
• Advise students on standardized tests, with a strong emphasis on SAT coaching.
• Assist students and parents in completing financial aid applications (e.g., CSS Profile or country-specific aid forms).
• Take part in organizing college fairs to educate students, parents, and teachers about application processes worldwide.
• Plan and execute with the team an annual college application and essay-writing camp for Grade 12 students.
• Maintain accurate records by updating a student application data collection system.
• Draft monthly reports detailing activities and students’ progress.
• Travel to represent the institution at college counseling conferences where necessary.
• Stay informed about summer programs, competitions, and opportunities that enhance college admissions success.
• Keep up with application admissions trends and procedures for universities across the globe.
• Create and maintain positive relationships with university representatives through campus tours or hosting universities

Safeguarding

As a college counsellor, you will hold a
key position within the organization. In this role, safeguarding is of
utmost importance, and GGAST operates a zero-tolerance policy to anyone
who violates our safeguarding and child protection policies, procedures
and protocols.

We are committed to ensuring the safety
and protection of children, and we expect all employees, partners, and
stakeholders to share this commitment. As a counsellor, you will be
responsible for fostering a culture of safeguarding in the school,
ensuring that appropriate policies, procedures, and practices are
reflected and represented, playing a key role to prevent abuse,
exploitation, and harm.

You will be expected to lead by example,
demonstrating and promoting the highest standards of safeguarding within
the organization.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

Held accountable to deliver on their responsibilities.

Ambition:

Sets ambitious and challenging goals for
themselves and their students, takes responsibility for their own
personal development and encourages their students to do the same.

Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

Builds and maintains effective
relationships, with their students, colleagues, and external partners
and supporters where necessary.

Values diversity and sees it as a source of competitive strength.

Creativity:

Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions to teaching and learning, responding to the needs of the students.

Integrity:

Honest,
encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of
integrity, lives out Gashaora values, vision, and mission in all areas

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Education, Psychology, Writing, or any other Liberal Arts programs is Ideal,
• Experience in SAT/ Duolingo English Test/ Toefl etc coaching is strongly preferred.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILL

• Strong knowledge of college admissions
  processes, including understanding standardized testing, application
  platforms (e.g., Common App), and scholarships, is a bonus.
• Ability to manage and motivate self and others.
• Innovative approach to teaching and learning as demonstrated by a broad range of adaptable teaching styles and methods.
• Commitment to the GGAST vision, principles, mission, and values.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with Gashora’s policies, procedures, and protocols.

How to Apply:

If you are passionate about education and
empowering young women in STEM, we would love to hear from you! Please
submit your application, which should include an updated CV, cover
letter, and a minimum of two references, by April 16, 2025, to jobs@rwandagirlsinitiative.org .