Job Description

Duties/Pligte
Offering career counselling and subject choice guidance to learners, both individually and in groups. Presenting related information sessions and workshops to influencer groups, such as Life Orientation educators and parents. Performing ethical and accurate psychometric assessments, including, but not limited to, the DAT-S, DAT-L, JPQ, MB10 and CIP assessments. Taking charge of the administration associated with providing career counselling and psychometrical services to the designated learner groups. Administering, scoring and interpreting tests, and writing results reports. Building strategic partnerships with designated schools. Maintaining a sound knowledge of study programmes offered at higher education institutions.


Voorsien loopbaanvoorligting en vakkeusebystand aan leerders, sowel individueel as in groepe. Bied verbandhoudende inligting- en werksessies aan vir beinvloedergroepe, soos Lewensorientering-opvoeders en ouers. Voer etiese en akkurate psigometriese assesserings uit, wat onder meer die DAT-S-, DAT-L-, JPQ-, MB10- en CIP-assessering insluit. Behartig die administrasie verbonde aan die voorsiening van loopbaanvoorligting en psigometriese dienste aan die aangewese leerdergroepe. Neem toetse af, dien punte daaraan toe en vertolk dit, en skryf verslae oor die uitslae. Bou strategiese vennootskappe met aangewese skole. Handhaaf 'n behoorlike kennis van studieprogramme wat by hoeronderwysinstellings aangebied word.


Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes
At least a master's degree in counselling or educational psychology. Registration as an educational or counselling psychologist with the Health Professions Council of South Africa. The ability to communicate in a multilingual environment in either English or Afrikaans. Excellent computer skills in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) as well as MS Teams/Zoom/other suitable virtual meeting platforms. A minimum of three years' work experience in career counselling for high-school learners (including subject choice guidance). Adequate professional training, knowledge and understanding of psychometric assessments as well as professional career counselling skills, as prescribed by the profession. Expertise in the use of applicable psychometric assessments. Academic reading, research and writing skills applicable to psychometric assessments and report writing. The ability to test both in-person and online administered assessments. Good communication and interpersonal skills. The ability to work both independently and in a team. The ability to work under pressure. The ability to work in diverse community contexts. Administrative and management skills to oversee the Careers@Maties project. The ability to apply data in decision-making and reporting. Ethical and professional conduct. Good presentation skills.

Personality requirements:

Empathetic. Team player. Independent worker. Transparent and effective communicator. Conscientious. Good timekeeping and management. Psychosocially well. Relationship builder.

Minstens 'n meestersgraad in voorligting- of opvoedkundige sielkunde. Registrasie as 'n voorligting- of opvoedkundige sielkundige by die Suid-Afrikaanse Gesondheidsberoepsraad. Die vermoe om in 'n veeltalige omgewing in of Engels of Afrikaans te kommunikeer. Uitstekende rekenaarvaardighede in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint en Outlook) sowel as MS Teams/Zoom/ander gepaste virtuele vergaderplatforms. Minstens drie jaar se werkservaring op die gebied van loopbaanvoorligting vir hoerskoolleerders (wat vakkeusebystand insluit). Voldoende professionele opleiding, kennis en begrip van psigometriese assesserings sowel as professionele loopbaanvoorligtingsvaardighede, soos wat die beroep voorskryf. Kundigheid in die toepassing van tersaaklike psigometriese assesserings. Akademiese lees-, navorsings- en skryfvaardighede van toepassing op psigometriese assesserings en die skryf van verslae. Die vermoe om beide persoonlike en aanlyn assesserings te kan toets. Goeie kommunikasie- en interpersoonlike vaardighede. Die vermoe om onafhanklik en in spanverband te werk. Die vermoe om onder druk te werk. Die vermoe om in diverse gemeenskappe te werk. Administratiewe en bestuursvaardighede om oor die Careers@Maties projek toesig te hou. Die vermoe om data vir besluitneming en verslagdoening te gebruik. Etiese en professionele gedrag. Goeie aanbiedingsvaardighede.

Persoonlikheidsvereistes:

Empaties. Spanspeler. Onafhanklike werker. Deursigtige en doeltreffende kommunikeerder. Pligsgetrou. Goeie tydsbestuur. Psigososiaal gesond. Verhoudingsbouer.


Recommendation/Aanbeveling
Knowledge of both the basic and higher education context.

* Kennis van sowel die basiese as die hoeronderwyskonteks.