School Counsellor

The British School Manila is seeking an outstanding School Counsellor to join our team starting August 2025.

Our progressive, challenging and dynamic curriculum provides all our students with the knowledge, skills and understanding to apply their learning to authentic contexts. We provide an outstanding holistic education and we create the conditions for all our students to flourish both within and beyond school. Our examination results are outstanding and our graduates move onto the very best Colleges and Universities in the world every year.

The successful candidate will join an established, supportive, innovative and proactive counselling team who keep up to date with current research and work as an integrated part of our school community to support well-being and mental health across the school.

Location: Philippines

Contract type: Full-Time

Contract term: Fixed-Term

The successful candidate will have the following qualifications and experience:

• Degree (preferably Masters) in Counselling or related field and a minimum of three years professional counselling experience with a relevant client group
• Experience in a school counsellor role in an international school
• For candidates with relevant experience, a leadership role may be available.

The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate the following professional attributes:

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
• Reflect and uphold our Core Values of Respect, Integrity and Kindness.
• Invested in personal and professional development and that of others.
• Have high expectations of all learners.
• Commit to supporting the well-being of all students.
• Invest in their own professional development and that of others.
• Actively collaborate with the counselling team and members of the wider student support services team for collaborative planning and to share best practices.
• Be committed to achieving our whole school goals, including those set out in our DEIB commitment statement.
• Contribute to the wider life of the school, including engaging with school events and parent workshops.

BSM offers:

• Highly motivated, engaged and enthusiastic students and colleagues
• A commitment to support continued professional development.
• A school with a real sense of community.
• A community that is committed to high-quality teaching and learning. 
• An inclusive team of motivated and dedicated teachers and support staff.
• A competitive compensation and benefits package.
• To find out more about what it’s like to be part of the BSM family, we encourage you to visit our website and view our family and staff testimonials.
• And, it's more fun in the Philippines (http://itsmorefuninthephilippines.co.uk/)

BSM offers a generous salary to newly appointed teaching staff with a starting salary upwards of GBP50k pa, inclusive of superannuation, on an incremental salary scale with annual increases.

The following benefits are offered:

• High-quality leased accommodation
• School placements for up to 2 children are subsidised at 90% per child
• Annual return flight allowance for teacher and dependents
• Generous baggage allowances
• Settling-in allowance
• Group medical and dental cover for teacher and dependents
• Generous professional development support

BSM follows Child Protection and Safeguarding policies in line with UK standards; all successful candidates will be required to submit a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) certificate and a full range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken upon appointment.

Please refer to www.britishschoolmanila.org for more information about the school.

As part of your application via TES, kindly upload your CV as a supporting document.

Closing date for applications: Friday, 29 November 2024.

Early applications are advised and we reserve the right to make an appointment in advance of the closing date.

The British School Manila (BSM) is a co-educational, private, not-for-profit British international school that welcomes 970 students aged 3-18, representing 53 nationalities.

BSM’s Guiding Statements underpin all that we do. Our purpose is to provide an outstanding holistic British international education, empowering students to flourish as global citizens with the skills, understanding and values, to make a positive contribution to our world.

We are a fully accredited member of the Council of International Schools (CIS), COBIS (Council of British International Schools) and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), a founding member of the Federation of British International Schools in Asia (FOBISIA) and a member of the East Asian Regional Council of Schools (EARCOS)