Student Counsellor

Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Psychology/Guidance and Counselling and/or Masters in Counselling
- Must be a registered Counsellor with Lembaga Kaunselor Malaysia
- At least 3 years of related work experience in counselling
- Knowledge and understanding of counselling principles, methods and techniques
- Ability to listen attentively and comprehend with empathy and understanding without prejudice or judgement
- Ability to work with mínimal supervision
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with ability to communicate comfortably with students and employees in a courteous and professional manner
- Possess a good command of English and Bahasa Malaysia
- Possess good planning, coordinating, presentation and time management skills
- Creative, resourceful, customer focused, self motivated and results oriented
- Good interviewing and psychological/developmental evaluation skills
- Ability to maintain emotional stabilityThe Counsellor is responsible to provide professional counselling service and support to students and employees who are experiencing a wide range and degree of emotional and psychological difficulty in order to ensure student retention, academic achievement and progression.

Areas of Responsibility:

- Responsible for the development and maintenance of effective counseling systems to identify at-risk students
- Provide educational and vocational counseling, assessment, career guidance and job placement assistance to students.
- Compile and study occupational, educational and economic information to aid students in making and carrying out educational objectives.
- Assist students to understand and overcome social and emotional problems.
- Provide personal counseling to students with problems of non-academic nature.
- Coordinate and assist in providing counseling pertaining to disciplinary issues for the students.
- Assist in developing and coordinating development and skill enhancement programmes/ workshops/seminars for students.
- Provide support and assistance in all coordination, administration and operation work to ensure the success of projects and university organized events such as Induction, Graduation Ceremonies, student activities and others.
- Attend to enquires on courses and participate in exhibition/educational fairs if required.
- Coordinate and conduct evaluation in gathering feedback from students pertaining to overall academic & non-academic issues and provide statistical report to Management.
- Update the contents of counseling policies/procedures and to propose updated information to be included in lecturer/student handbooks.
- Provide job placement services to graduating students and enhance student employability by organizing workshops, seminars and talks by industry professionals.
- Perform any other duties that may assigned by the Management from time to time.

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Psychology/Guidance and Counselling and/or Masters in Counselling
- Must be a registered Counsellor with Lembaga Kaunselor Malaysia
- At least 3 years of related work experience in counselling
- Knowledge and understanding of counselling principles, methods and techniques
- Ability to listen attentively and comprehend with empathy and understanding without prejudice or judgement
- Ability to work with mínimal supervision
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with ability to communicate comfortably with students and employees in a courteous and professional manner
- Possess a good command of English and Bahasa Malaysia
- Possess good planning, coordinating, presentation and time management skills
- Creative, resourceful, customer focused, self motivated and results oriented
- Good interviewing and psychological/developmental evaluation skills
- Ability to maintain emotional stability

**Salary**: RM2,500.00 - RM5,000.00 per month

**Benefits**:

- Health insurance
- Maternity leave
- Opportunities for promotion

Schedule:

- Day shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Klang: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)