High School Counselor

Experior Asia Limited; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development

International-school experience

Recruitment support from Experior Asia

Job summary

Experior Asia Limited is supporting a leading international school in Hong Kong by appointing an experienced High School Comprehensive Counselor for Grades 9–12. You will guide students on academic pathways, personal development, and university/career planning within a supportive international education setting.

The role focuses on individualized counseling, social-emotional wellbeing, and helping students make informed decisions across academics and future opportunities.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree and professional qualification in school counseling or related field.
• Experience in secondary/high school counseling.
• Experience in social-emotional, academic and university/career counseling.
• Knowledge of international university admissions preferred.
• Experience in international school environment desirable.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to work confidentially with diverse international families.
• Strong commitment to safeguarding and professional ethics.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive counseling to students across Grades 9–12.
• Support social-emotional wellbeing and personal development.
• Provide academic guidance, course selection and educational planning.
• Support university/college preparation, applications and post-secondary pathways.
• Advise on career exploration and future opportunities.
• Build strong relationships with students and families.
• Collaborate with teachers, leaders and other counselors.
• Identify students needing additional support and coordinate interventions.
• Maintain accurate, confidential student records.
• Contribute to wider pastoral and student-support programs.

Skills

Counseling

Student wellbeing

Career counseling

Educational planning

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Confidentiality

Team collaboration

Ethics & safeguarding

Multicultural sensitivity

Record-keeping

Education

Degree in counseling/education

Professional qualification in school counseling

Job description

Experior Asia is supporting a leading international school in Hong Kong with the appointment of an experienced High School Comprehensive Counselor to work with students across Grades 9–12.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced school counselor to join a highly regarded international education environment and provide comprehensive support across students' social-emotional wellbeing, academic development, and university and career planning.

The Role

The successful candidate will work closely with students throughout their High School journey, providing individualised guidance and helping students make informed decisions about their academic pathways, personal development and future opportunities.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Providing comprehensive counseling support to students across Grades 9–12.
• Supporting students' social-emotional wellbeing and personal development.
• Providing academic guidance, course selection and educational planning.
• Supporting university and college preparation, applications and post-secondary pathways.
• Advising students on career exploration and future opportunities.
• Building strong and trusted relationships with students and families.
• Working collaboratively with teachers, school leaders and other counseling professionals.
• Identifying students requiring additional support and coordinating appropriate interventions where necessary.
• Maintaining accurate and confidential student records.
• Contributing positively to the wider pastoral and student-support programmes of the school.

Requirements

Applicants should ideally have:

• A relevant degree and professional qualification in school counseling, counseling, psychology, education or a related discipline.
• Previous experience working as a counselor within a secondary/high school environment.
• Experience supporting students across social-emotional, academic and university/career counseling.
• Strong knowledge of international university and college admissions would be highly advantageous.
• Experience within an international school environment is desirable.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
• The ability to work sensitively and confidentially with students and families from diverse international backgrounds.
• A strong commitment to student wellbeing, safeguarding and professional ethics.

Benefits & Opportunities

• Opportunity to join a leading international school in Hong Kong.
• Work within an established and highly professional student-support environment.
• Collaborative environment working alongside experienced educators and counseling professionals.
• Opportunity to support a diverse international student community.
• Excellent professional development and international-school experience.
• Opportunity to build valuable experience across academic, social-emotional and university/career counseling.
• Recruitment and onboarding support from Experior Asia throughout the process.