Hiring School Counselors for Kathmandu & Sudurpashchim – Join Skill Lab Asia!

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Dear Community!

My name is Sumi Amatya, and I am reaching out for your support in recruiting 5 school counselors to work in the Kathmandu and Sudurpashchim regions for Skill Lab Asia. 

Skill Lab Asia: Skill Lab Asia is a prominent Nepali venture offering an AI-driven digital career guidance platform designed to empower youth by making future readiness accessible to all. We provide career guidance, teacher training and services through an analog model, in partnership with the Ministry of Social Development, Government of Nepal, supporting 300 public schools across Gandaki, Madhesh, Karnali, and Sudurpashchim provinces. Over the past four years, Skill Lab has expanded its reach across all 7 provinces of Nepal as well as Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Singapore. 

If anyone in this network is interested, please have each out by sending their CV or calling 9761768062.

Here is the details: 

Job Description
1. Career Guidance and Counselling Services

• Enroll / Onboard students/youths in digital platform from schools, colleges, and Career Guidance Service Center (CGSC) of specific provinces.
• Implement, promote, Career Guidance (CG) orientation sessions for students (Grades 8–12), youth, and parents in schools, colleges, and CGSC.
• Facilitate group and one-on-one counselling sessions - both face-to-face (F2F) and online as well as parent orientations and career awareness sessions with local groups
• Guide students through digital career assessments (digitization) and help interpret results
• Conduct future readiness workshops for youths and students such as 21st Century Skills
• Maintain the Career Guidance Service Center (CGSC) and contribute to its functionality, and overall aesthetic enhancement

2. Capacity Building, Mentoring and Training

• Support the planning and delivery of Career Guidance Training of Trainers (ToT) for school teachers (private and government) and, education officers
• Conduct CG training for teachers in CGSC
• Mentor CG teachers (CGTs) and headteachers, during CG implementation in schools
• Assist partner organization in data collection, workbook reviews, and CG toolkit distribution (if required)

3. Monitoring and Reporting

• Maintain accurate records of counselling sessions, CG activities, and follow-ups
• Provide regular updates and reports to the Province Manager of the partner organization and Project Coordinator and Team Leader at Skill Lab
• Prepare Weekly and Monthly reports
• Support documentation of success stories, learnings, and best practices

4. Public Private Partnership

• Create leads with local governments, schools (private and public), colleges (private and public) for collaborations in career readiness efforts, job fairs, training and mentoring.
• Collaborate with aforementioned stakeholders to create a future ready alliance contributed in working towards education-employment ecosystem building.
• Represent Skill Lab in meetings, career fairs, workshops, and MoU discussions at the provincial level

Skills and Requirements

•  Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Social Science, Education, or a related field and above
•  Minimum of 2 years of experience conducting career guidance programs, including teacher training and above
•  Experience in capacity building and networking with government and private stakeholders
•   Preference is given to candidates with national or international career guidance certifications
•   Strong communication and report-writing skills

Others
Company Location: Sudurpaschim and Kathmandu
Working Days: Sunday- Friday

Regards, 
Sumi Amatya
Skill Lab Asia