Student Counsellor

Zoho; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 420,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Harvest International School in Bengaluru is seeking a dedicated Student Counsellor to promote socio-emotional, academic, and overall wellbeing of students. You will work with students, parents, teachers, and leadership to identify needs, provide support, and build resilience within a safe, inclusive environment.

The role involves confidential counselling, life-skills development, and collaboration across pastoral and academic teams to ensure holistic student development and safeguarding.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Psychology, Counselling Psychology, Education, or a related field.
• Training in child/adolescent counselling, student wellbeing is desirable.
• Strong understanding of child and adolescent development.

Responsibilities

• Provide confidential, age-appropriate counselling for emotional, social, behavioural, and personal concerns.
• Build students’ self-awareness, resilience, emotional regulation, and coping skills.
• Identify emerging concerns and facilitate timely support or referral.
• Support students with academic stress, motivation, study habits, and performance concerns.
• Encourage healthy learning habits, goal-setting, and positive engagement with school.
• Support students through key academic and developmental transitions.
• Help students navigate peer relationships, conflict, bullying, peer pressure, and social adjustment.
• Develop life skills including communication, empathy, decision-making, and problem-solving.
• Promote a culture of belonging, inclusion, respect, and psychological safety.
• Work sensitively with parents to understand and support student wellbeing.
• Collaborate with teachers to develop appropriate strategies for individual student needs.
• Conduct age-appropriate wellbeing sessions and workshops on resilience, relationships, emotional wellbeing, and life skills.
• Recognise and appropriately escalate safeguarding and wellbeing concerns in line with school protocols.
• Coordinate with external professionals when specialist support is required.
• Maintain appropriate, confidential records and uphold professional ethics and boundaries.

Skills

Empathetic

Student-centred

Strong communicator

Observant

Collaborative

Ethical & discreet

Education

Master’s degree in Psychology, Counselling Psychology, Education, or related field

Job description

Harvest International School | Full time

Harvest International School: Where Every Child Thrives!

Since its foray into the field of education in 2007, Harvest International School is a renowned educational network and has grown to five institutions in Bengaluru, offering diverse curricula - Montessori, Elementary Montessori, CBSE and IB. Harvest is on a mission to educate and inspire the next generation to question, discover, and become global citizens, unlocking their vast potential. With the current educational demands in mind, our dedicated expert team empowers students to face their future confidently.

Join our passionate team and be a member of the Harvest family! Experience a school where warmth meets modernity, fostering holistic child development. Harvest is seeking educators who can ignite belief and excellence in our students. Exceptional compensation awaits the right candidate. Dive into an education journey beyond the classroom with us. Ready to make a lasting impact?

Job Description

Role Summary:

The Student Counsellor will play a key role in promoting the socio-emotional, academic, and overall wellbeing of students. The role focuses on creating a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment where students feel heard, understood, and empowered to navigate academic, emotional, social, and developmental challenges.

The Counsellor will work closely with students, parents, teachers, and school leadership to identify needs early, provide appropriate support, strengthen student resilience, and contribute to a positive school culture.

Responsibilities:

• Provide confidential, age-appropriate counselling for emotional, social, behavioural, and personal concerns.
• Build students’ self-awareness, resilience, emotional regulation, and coping skills.
• Identify emerging concerns and facilitate timely support or referral.
• Support students with academic stress, motivation, study habits, and performance concerns.
• Encourage healthy learning habits, goal-setting, and positive engagement with school.
• Support students through key academic and developmental transitions.
• Help students navigate peer relationships, conflict, bullying, peer pressure, and social adjustment.
• Develop life skills including communication, empathy, decision-making, and problem-solving.
• Promote a culture of belonging, inclusion, respect, and psychological safety.
• Work sensitively with parents to understand and support student wellbeing.
• Collaborate with teachers to develop appropriate strategies for individual student needs.
• Conduct age-appropriate wellbeing sessions and workshops on resilience, relationships, emotional wellbeing, and life skills.
• Recognise and appropriately escalate safeguarding and wellbeing concerns in line with school protocols.
• Coordinate with external professionals when specialist support is required.
• Maintain appropriate, confidential records and uphold professional ethics and boundaries.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Psychology, Counselling Psychology, Education, or a related field.
• Training in child/adolescent counselling, student wellbeing is desirable.
• Strong understanding of child and adolescent development.

Desired Profile:

• Empathetic & Student-Centred: Warm, approachable, and genuinely invested in student wellbeing.
• Emotionally Mature: Calm, balanced, and sensitive in complex situations.
• Strong Communicator: Builds trust with students, parents, teachers, and leadership.
• Observant & Proactive: Recognises early signs of emotional, social, or academic difficulty.
• Collaborative: Works effectively across academic, pastoral, and support teams.
• Ethical & Discreet: Maintains confidentiality, professional boundaries, and safeguarding standards.