Counselling/Educational Psychologist
Counselling/Educational Psychologist
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Department Description/Departement Beskrywing
Registrars Responsibility Centre
Student Recruitment Division
Counselling/Educational Psychologist (Post Level 8)
(Stellenbosch Campus)
Ref. SW/162/0725
The Division of Student Recruitment resides in the responsibility centre of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Strategy Global and Corporate Affairs at Stellenbosch University (SU). The Division is responsible for recruiting students from diverse backgrounds and for making an optimal contribution to the achievement of the Universitys set enrolment targets. Apart from a wide range of recruitment activities the Division also has a team of educational and career psychologists who provide professional career counselling services and aptitude assessments.
This position entails offering professional career advice and aptitude assessments to academically deserving learners from identified under-resourced addition to professional services delivery to senior high-school learners the incumbent is also responsible for guiding Grade 9 learners in their school subject choices. The position contributes significantly to equitable university access.
The incumbent works closely with the rest of the Student Recruitment team with a direct reporting line to both the operational and strategic heads of the Division.
Registrateurs Verantwoordelikheidsentrum
Afdeling Studentewerwing
Voorligting-/Opvoedkundige Sielkundige (Posvlak 8)
(Stellenbosch-kampus)
Verw. SW/162/0725
Die Afdeling Studentewerwing val onder die verantwoordelikheidsentrum van die Viserektor: Strategie Globale en Korporatiewe Sake by die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US). Die Afdeling is daarvoor verantwoordelik om studente uit diverse omgewings te werf en n optimale bydrae te lewer om die inskrywingsteikens van die Universiteit te haal. Benewens n wye verskeidenheid werwingsaktiwiteite het die Afdeling ook n span opvoedkundige en loopbaansielkundiges wat professionele loopbaanvoorligtingsdienste en aanlegtoetse voorsien.
Hierdie pos behels die voorsiening van professionele loopbaanadvies en aanlegtoetse aan akademies verdienstelike leerders in bepaalde hulpbronarm skole. Afgesien van professionele dienslewering aan senior horskoolleerders is die posbekler ook daarvoor verantwoordelik om graad 9-leerders met hulle skoolvakkeuses by te staan. Die pos dra aansienlik tot billike universiteitstoegang by.
Die posbekler werk sy aan sy met die res van die Studentewerwingspan met n direkte verslagdoeningslyn na sowel die bedryfs- as die strategiese hoof van die Afdeling.
Duties/Pligte
Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes
Persoonlikheidsvereistes:
Recommendation/Aanbeveling
How To Apply/Hoe Om Aansoek Te Doen
#LI-POST
#PSS
Stellenbosch University is committed to employment equity (EE) and appointments will be made in line with the EE plan for the specific environment as well as the EE Plan of the University.
Stellenbosch University reserves the right not to make an appointment.
Your application comprising a comprehensive curriculum vitae (including the names and email addresses of at least three references) must reach the University before or on the closing date in the advertisement.
Apply online at by clicking Apply now at the top to the right of the page for the specific vacancy.
The University reserves the right to investigate qualifications and conduct background checks on all candidates.
The Occupational Health and Safety Act requires people in occupations that entail potential exposure to certain hazards (such as noise hazardous chemical substances and hazardous biological agents) to undergo medical screening to determine whether they be fit to work in those occupations.
If you have received no feedback from the University after four to six weeks of the closing date kindly accept that your application was unsuccessful.
Die Universiteit Stellenbosch is tot gelyke indiensneming (GI) verbind en aanstellings word ooreenkomstig die GI-plan vir die betrokke omgewing sowel as ons institusionele GI-plan gedoen.
Die Universiteit Stellenbosch behou die reg voor om nie n aanstelling te maak nie.
U aansoek moet vergesel wees van n volledige curriculum vitae (met die name en e-posadresse van minstens drie referente) en moet die Universiteit voor of op die sluitingsdatum in die advertensie bereik.
Doen aanlyn aansoek by deur op Apply now regs boaan die bladsy vir die spesifieke vakature te klik.
Die Universiteit behou die reg voor om kwalifikasies na te gaan en agtergrondinligting oor alle kandidate in te win.
Die Wet op Beroepsgesondheid en Veiligheid vereis dat persone in beroepe met potensile blootstelling aan sekere gevare (soos geraas gevaarlike chemiese stowwe en gevaarlike biologiese middels nie) mediese keuring moet ondergaan om vas te stel of hulle geskik is om in sulke beroepe te werk.
Indien u nie binne vier tot ses weke na die sluitingsdatum van die Universiteit verneem nie aanvaar asseblief dat u aansoek onsuksesvol was.
Enquiries/Navrae
Enquiries regarding this post: Ms Eloize Fry / Ms Cindy Abrahams on or at
Enquiries about remuneration/benefits and technical assistance with the electronic application process: Human Resources Client Services Centre on (Stellenbosch) or (Tygerberg) or at
Navrae rakende die posinhoud: Me. Eloize Fry / Me. Cindy Abrahams by or at
Navrae oor vergoeding/voordele en tegniese ondersteuning met die elektroniese aansoekproses: Menslike Hulpbronne Klintedienssentrum by (Stellenbosch) of (Tygerberg) of by
Registrars Responsibility Centre
Student Recruitment Division
Counselling/Educational Psychologist (Post Level 8)
(Stellenbosch Campus)
Ref. SW/162/0725
The Division of Student Recruitment resides in the responsibility centre of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Strategy Global and Corporate Affairs at Stellenbosch University (SU). The Division is responsible for recruiting students from diverse backgrounds and for making an optimal contribution to the achievement of the Universitys set enrolment targets. Apart from a wide range of recruitment activities the Division also has a team of educational and career psychologists who provide professional career counselling services and aptitude assessments.
This position entails offering professional career advice and aptitude assessments to academically deserving learners from identified under-resourced addition to professional services delivery to senior high-school learners the incumbent is also responsible for guiding Grade 9 learners in their school subject choices. The position contributes significantly to equitable university access.
The incumbent works closely with the rest of the Student Recruitment team with a direct reporting line to both the operational and strategic heads of the Division.
Registrateurs Verantwoordelikheidsentrum
Afdeling Studentewerwing
Voorligting-/Opvoedkundige Sielkundige (Posvlak 8)
(Stellenbosch-kampus)
Verw. SW/162/0725
Die Afdeling Studentewerwing val onder die verantwoordelikheidsentrum van die Viserektor: Strategie Globale en Korporatiewe Sake by die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US). Die Afdeling is daarvoor verantwoordelik om studente uit diverse omgewings te werf en n optimale bydrae te lewer om die inskrywingsteikens van die Universiteit te haal. Benewens n wye verskeidenheid werwingsaktiwiteite het die Afdeling ook n span opvoedkundige en loopbaansielkundiges wat professionele loopbaanvoorligtingsdienste en aanlegtoetse voorsien.
Hierdie pos behels die voorsiening van professionele loopbaanadvies en aanlegtoetse aan akademies verdienstelike leerders in bepaalde hulpbronarm skole. Afgesien van professionele dienslewering aan senior horskoolleerders is die posbekler ook daarvoor verantwoordelik om graad 9-leerders met hulle skoolvakkeuses by te staan. Die pos dra aansienlik tot billike universiteitstoegang by.
Die posbekler werk sy aan sy met die res van die Studentewerwingspan met n direkte verslagdoeningslyn na sowel die bedryfs- as die strategiese hoof van die Afdeling.
Duties/Pligte
- Offering career counselling and subject choice guidance to learners both individually and in groups.
- Presenting related information sessions and workshops to influencer groups such as Life Orientation educators and parents.
- Performing ethical and accurate psychometric assessments including but not limited to the DAT-S DAT-L JPQ MB10 and CIP assessments.
- Taking charge of the administration associated with providing career counselling and psychometrical services to the designated learner groups.
- Administering scoring and interpreting tests and writing results reports.
- Building strategic partnerships with designated schools.
- Maintaining a sound knowledge of study programmes offered at higher education institutions.
- Voorsien loopbaanvoorligting en vakkeusebystand aan leerders sowel individueel as in groepe.
- Bied verbandhoudende inligting- en werksessies aan vir benvloedergroepe soos Lewensorintering-opvoeders en ouers.
- Voer etiese en akkurate psigometriese assesserings uit wat onder meer die DAT-S- DAT-L- JPQ- MB10- en CIP-assessering insluit.
- Behartig die administrasie verbonde aan die voorsiening van loopbaanvoorligting en psigometriese dienste aan die aangewese leerdergroepe.
- Neem toetse af dien punte daaraan toe en vertolk dit en skryf verslae oor die uitslae.
- Bou strategiese vennootskappe met aangewese skole.
- Handhaaf n behoorlike kennis van studieprogramme wat by horonderwysinstellings aangebied word.
Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes
- At least a masters degree in counselling or educational psychology.
- Registration as an educational or counselling psychologist with the Health Professions Council of South Africa.
- The ability to communicate in a multilingual environment in either English or Afrikaans.
- Excellent computer skills in MS Office (Word Excel PowerPoint and Outlook) as well as MS Teams/Zoom/other suitable virtual meeting platforms.
- A minimum of three years work experience in career counselling for high-school learners (including subject choice guidance).
- Adequate professional training knowledge and understanding of psychometric assessments as well as professional career counselling skills as prescribed by the profession.
- Expertise in the use of applicable psychometric assessments.
- Academic reading research and writing skills applicable to psychometric assessments and report writing.
- The ability to test both in-person and online administered assessments.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- The ability to work both independently and in a team.
- The ability to work under pressure.
- The ability to work in diverse community contexts.
- Administrative and management skills to oversee the project.
- The ability to apply data in decision-making and reporting.
- Ethical and professional conduct.
- Good presentation skills.
- Empathetic.
- Team player.
- Independent worker.
- Transparent and effective communicator.
- Conscientious.
- Good timekeeping and management.
- Psychosocially well.
- Relationship builder.
- Minstens n meestersgraad in voorligting- of opvoedkundige sielkunde.
- Registrasie as n voorligting- of opvoedkundige sielkundige by die Suid-Afrikaanse Gesondheidsberoepsraad.
- Die vermo om in n veeltalige omgewing in f Engels f Afrikaans te kommunikeer.
- Uitstekende rekenaarvaardighede in MS Office (Word Excel PowerPoint en Outlook) sowel as MS Teams/Zoom/ander gepaste virtuele vergaderplatforms.
- Minstens drie jaar se werkservaring op die gebied van loopbaanvoorligting vir horskoolleerders (wat vakkeusebystand insluit).
- Voldoende professionele opleiding kennis en begrip van psigometriese assesserings sowel as professionele loopbaanvoorligtingsvaardighede soos wat die beroep voorskryf.
- Kundigheid in die toepassing van tersaaklike psigometriese assesserings.
- Akademiese lees- navorsings- en skryfvaardighede van toepassing op psigometriese assesserings en die skryf van verslae.
- Die vermo om beide persoonlike en aanlyn assesserings te kan toets.
- Goeie kommunikasie- en interpersoonlike vaardighede.
- Die vermo om onafhanklik n in spanverband te werk.
- Die vermo om onder druk te werk.
- Die vermo om in diverse gemeenskappe te werk.
- Administratiewe en bestuursvaardighede om oor die projek toesig te hou.
- Die vermo om data vir besluitneming en verslagdoening te gebruik.
- Etiese en professionele gedrag.
- Goeie aanbiedingsvaardighede.
Persoonlikheidsvereistes:
- Empaties.
- Spanspeler.
- Onafhanklike werker.
- Deursigtige en doeltreffende kommunikeerder.
- Pligsgetrou.
- Goeie tydsbestuur.
- Psigososiaal gesond.
- Verhoudingsbouer.
Recommendation/Aanbeveling
- Knowledge of both the basic and higher education context.
- Kennis van sowel die basiese as die horonderwyskonteks.
How To Apply/Hoe Om Aansoek Te Doen
#LI-POST
#PSS
Stellenbosch University is committed to employment equity (EE) and appointments will be made in line with the EE plan for the specific environment as well as the EE Plan of the University.
Stellenbosch University reserves the right not to make an appointment.
Your application comprising a comprehensive curriculum vitae (including the names and email addresses of at least three references) must reach the University before or on the closing date in the advertisement.
Apply online at by clicking Apply now at the top to the right of the page for the specific vacancy.
The University reserves the right to investigate qualifications and conduct background checks on all candidates.
The Occupational Health and Safety Act requires people in occupations that entail potential exposure to certain hazards (such as noise hazardous chemical substances and hazardous biological agents) to undergo medical screening to determine whether they be fit to work in those occupations.
If you have received no feedback from the University after four to six weeks of the closing date kindly accept that your application was unsuccessful.
Die Universiteit Stellenbosch is tot gelyke indiensneming (GI) verbind en aanstellings word ooreenkomstig die GI-plan vir die betrokke omgewing sowel as ons institusionele GI-plan gedoen.
Die Universiteit Stellenbosch behou die reg voor om nie n aanstelling te maak nie.
U aansoek moet vergesel wees van n volledige curriculum vitae (met die name en e-posadresse van minstens drie referente) en moet die Universiteit voor of op die sluitingsdatum in die advertensie bereik.
Doen aanlyn aansoek by deur op Apply now regs boaan die bladsy vir die spesifieke vakature te klik.
Die Universiteit behou die reg voor om kwalifikasies na te gaan en agtergrondinligting oor alle kandidate in te win.
Die Wet op Beroepsgesondheid en Veiligheid vereis dat persone in beroepe met potensile blootstelling aan sekere gevare (soos geraas gevaarlike chemiese stowwe en gevaarlike biologiese middels nie) mediese keuring moet ondergaan om vas te stel of hulle geskik is om in sulke beroepe te werk.
Indien u nie binne vier tot ses weke na die sluitingsdatum van die Universiteit verneem nie aanvaar asseblief dat u aansoek onsuksesvol was.
Enquiries/Navrae
Enquiries regarding this post: Ms Eloize Fry / Ms Cindy Abrahams on or at
Enquiries about remuneration/benefits and technical assistance with the electronic application process: Human Resources Client Services Centre on (Stellenbosch) or (Tygerberg) or at
Navrae rakende die posinhoud: Me. Eloize Fry / Me. Cindy Abrahams by or at
Navrae oor vergoeding/voordele en tegniese ondersteuning met die elektroniese aansoekproses: Menslike Hulpbronne Klintedienssentrum by (Stellenbosch) of (Tygerberg) of by
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