Career Guidance Counselor

Your experience.
- An **innovative approach to learning**.
- Joy. Our teachers are professional and internationally-minded, but we are all committed to having fun at work.

Our campus is based in **beautiful bucolic surroundings** near **Venice **and Treviso. It is a vibrant campus which caters to both day and boarding students and which is constantly seeking to improve its already world-class facilities.

"H-FARM International School (H-IS) is an IB-certified boarding school overlooking the Venice lagoon, a stone's throw from the Dolomite mountains, and minutes from the beaches of the Adriatic coast. Through the unique H-FARM learning approach and through collaboration with other organizations on campus, H-IS creates future-ready students,

H-FARM International School is the ideal place to start building your future in Europe and beyond. Come and experience an international education experience that integrates innovation, cultivates creativity, and pushes you to dream bigger".

(source: Newsweek )

We are currently looking for an exceptional **Career Guidance Counselor **starting from **August 2024, **who will support our high school students. **Any availability to start as early as April 2024 will be considered a plus.**

**Main tasks**:

- Use aptitude and achievement assessments to help students evaluate their interests, skills, and abilities;
- Provide College information to students;
- Motivate students whose grades need to improve in order to meet college admissions requirements;
- Keep in touch with College admissions counselors to discuss admissions requirements;
- Guide students in determining their interests and abilities using a wide range of methods, such as aptitude assessments, interviews and planning materials;
- Work with students to overcome issues that could undermine their academic or career success;
- Evaluate students’ background, education, and training, to help them develop realistic goals;
- Guide students through making decisions about their careers, such as choosing a new profession and the type of degree to pursue;
- Working with academic departments to provide career management skills sessions;
- Running workshops and events, which may include external speakers such as representatives of employers or professional organisations.

**Requirements/Qualifications**:

- EU Passport or valid Italian working visa;
- Strong communication skills and self-awareness;
- Fluent English speaker (C1-level);
- Relevant Special Education BA or Master’s Degree;
- Previous SEN experience (3+ years).

**Desired skills**:

- Familiar with platforms such as Unifrog, MyEdu, U-Explore, or Naviance;
- Problem Solver;
- Perseverance and motivation;
- Ability to work under pressure;
- Excellent communication and listening skills.

**Abilities**:

- Empathy;
- Advocacy;
- Cultural Sensitivity;
- Critical thinking;
- Ability to work in a team;
- Adaptability;
- Patience;
- Strong project management skills.

**Advantageous but not required**
- A good knowledge of Italian (B2 or above);
- Experience in an IBPYP school;
- Experience in an international school.

**Package includes**:

- IB professional development;
- Relocation support;
- Host country medical insurance and school welfare (additional medical insurance) provided;
- Beautiful, supportive working environment;
- MacBook Air;
- Organic food canteen.

**Contract Duration**:

- Fixed-term.

**Application Details**:

- Cover letter;
- Updated CV;
- List of 3 references (with contact information).H-FARM International School Venezia is the “founder” of the H-FARM International schools; it is the beginning of our story.

The campus is located in the heart of the **Sile River natural park** in an area known as Ca’ Tron, one of the largest single agricultural estates in Italy, which borders the **Venetian lagoon**.

It is in a strategic position in Italy’s northeast region and is just 12km from Venice’s Marco Polo airport, 20km from Treviso, and 50km from Padova.

The school is an **IB World School** and provides the three IB continuum programmes (**PYP, MYP, and DP**), providing education to students from 3 to 18 years old.

In September 2020, H-FARM International School Venezia moved to the H-FARM Campus; a place where students, young startuppers, teachers, entrepreneurs, managers, and College students collaborate together in the **digital transformation** process. This is a stimulating place where ideas are shared, opportunities arise and experiences are made, inspiring students.

Since 2018, H-FARM International School has been recognised as an** Apple Distinguished School **and excellence centre for digital didactics - amongst the most innovative in the world - selected for its unprecedented learning environments.

H-FARM International School Venezia is also part of the **Boarding Schools' Association**, with its two residential buildings located two hundred meters from the school and overlooking a central green park, close to the sports fa