At a Glance
- Tasks: Guide students through college admissions and empower them to achieve their academic dreams.
- Company: Dynamic education service provider focused on student success globally.
- Benefits: Collaborative environment, diverse workload, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Join us to inspire the next generation of leaders and thinkers.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in students' lives while working with a passionate team.
- Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree, excellent communication skills, and a passion for education.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
Added Education, a division of The Added Company, provides an array of services for students and student-athletes, in their pursuit of tertiary education opportunities.
We are dedicated to up-skilling gifted students and student-athletes, providing them with resources and opportunity for leveraging their talent to access top-notch tertiary education globally.
Based in Singapore with operations across the globe, we are a team of young like-minded people united by a single mission: to support and promote sporting and academic excellence.
Currently under the Added Education brand, our business needs are focused on US, UK and Canada university admissions services, boarding school preparatory services and pre-high school development services.
- Beyond college counseling, we offer transformative developmental programs such as
- Added Nova
- — our in-house research cell that fosters intellectual curiosity and original thinking,
- Public Speaking
- — helping students master the art of confident communication, and the
- Book Club
— designed to build critical reading and analytical skills.
Together, these programs form the foundation of a comprehensive approach to education that goes far beyond applications, shaping well-rounded individuals ready for success on a global stage.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with clients and other team members to provide support for client requirements and priorities.
These include - College career planning for clients in collaboration with other consultants, Communication with US university/college admissions and other professionals.
- Educating students and parents about colleges, the college admissions process, trends, procedures, and testing; advising and supporting clients and families as they go through the process; help students and families aspire realistically and choose wisely.
- Advising students and families on curricular choices leading to college admissions for different educational systems, especially aspects unique to them.
- Ideate, Execute, and course correct the client engagement strategy.
Helping students, athletes, not only apply to college but clarify their grander vision.
Understand their strengths, weaknesses, goals and development needs.
- Brainstorm with clients and their families for student profile building.
- Making informational presentations to parents and other audiences through webinars, discussion forums.
- Being aware of issues and trends in college admission, higher education, testing, as well as keeping up-to-date about specific colleges and representing Added Education at relevant conferences and events.
- Maintaining and disseminating information about standardized tests such as SAT, ACT, and TOEFL.
- To coordinate with partners / vendors to ensure all dependencies to or from Added Education are being met.
- Follow the Client Delivery Process at Added Education to ensure all communication is updated in the project management tool, in collaboration with the team at Added Education.
- Required Skills
- A good Bachelor’s Degree from a reputed university (Preferably from the US, UK, Canada)
- You should have the passion and the motivation to work. The successful candidate will need to have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- A Passion education and mentoring students.
- Strong organizational ability and result-oriented mindset
- Exceptional communication skills - writing, interviewing and research skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Power Point and Adobe Acrobat
- Almost a superhuman attention to detail
- Ability to juggle multiple projects while meeting demanding deadlines, producing high quality work and projecting a positive attitude
- Experience in college admissions or high school college counseling and understanding of admissions for educational systems around the world is a major plus
- Knowledge of global universities, their academic programs, admission policies, and financial policies and procedures
What you will get from us, in return is
- A highly collaborative environment that pushes you to think beyond your boundaries
- A diverse workload, keeping you continually stimulated
- An open forum for expression of ideas
- Diverse opportunities for professional development
- #Dream Big
Lead Counselor in Slough employer: AddedEducation
AddedEducation is an exceptional employer that fosters a dynamic and collaborative work culture, perfect for professionals eager to make a significant impact in the education sector. With a strong focus on employee growth, we offer tailored development opportunities and a supportive environment that encourages innovation and client engagement. Located in the heart of the UK, our team enjoys the unique advantage of working closely with prestigious boarding schools and academic centres, driving meaningful change in education while expanding their professional networks.
