The Counseling Assistant reports to the school counselors who are his/her supervisors. He/she provides a wide range of administrative and direct office support for the school counselors to facilitate the efficient operation of the School Counseling department.

Responsibilities:

• Support parent/counselor communications – receive parent phone calls and contact counselors for appropriate responses; provide translation for email messages, parent meetings (individual and group forums) and documents for publishing
  

• Support for advisory
  

• PowerSchool (school’s grading and reporting system) data maintenance. Provide assistance for parents in regards to the use and understanding of PS

• Naviance (college application, recommendation and information system) training with students, staff, and parents
  

• Maintain and update the database of information within Naviance

• Help with course planning and registration
  

• Create documents in counseling office 4-year planning, recommendation request form, college planning documents,
  

• Support for test administration (PSAT 10/11)

• Support the college application process (uploading data to various application websites)

• Organize college related activities: college visits to NCPA, student visits to off-campus college fairs, chaperone SAT trip

• Support for counselors’ seminar classes

• Update counseling program web page as needed

• Perform additional duties as given by school counselors or school administrators

Qualifications:

• English/Mandarin bilingual proficiency.

• Excellent interpersonal communication skills.

• Professional verbal and written communication skills.
  

• Minimum two year of experience with secretarial and administrative work.

• Experience in a Western workplace preferred

• Comfort with technology including Microsoft Office, Excel and databases.

• Trustworthy with confidential information.

• Efficient organizational skills.

• Interest in Chinese student preparation for higher education in western English-speaking universities.

• Flexibility in adjusting to organizational growth.

上班地址：广州市南沙区港前大道南186号英东美国学校