Psychologist at The Tomorrow Trust

OVERAL PURPOSE OF THE POSITION
The Counselling & Psychosocial Programme Lead will be responsible for the design, planning and delivery of career programmes from Grade 8 to Tertiary aligned with the organisations vision and mission. This role will include providing counselling and support to current tertiary students. It will also include the provision of life skills that support the holistic development of our beneficiaries and prepare them to enter their next professional stage.

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:

• Contribute to development, refinement and execution of business strategies.
• Counselling skills and student management
• Contribute to the development and implementation of a comprehensive career programme to Grade 8 to Tertiary aimed at delivering evidence based, world class programming.
• Implementing and management of our mentorship programme.
• Contributing, presenting and creating to psychosocial topics and dialogues that build best practise in education in South Africa.
• Monitoring and evaluating outcome of their projects.
• Writing reports.
• Social media blogs and write ups.
• Working closely with donors and stakeholders.
• Understanding on the Tertiary sector and institutes.
• Implementation and management of Tertiary 10 hour give back programme.
• Implementation and management of Tutoring programme for Grade 8- 12.

BEHAVIOUR AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:

• Organisational skills, an ability to plan and follow procedures
• Research skills and ability to structure, organise and analysis information.
• Compete, self –motivated, honest, integrity and highly creative
• Assertive
• Innovative thinker and problem solver.
• Self-Starting rather than accepting passively
• Highly passionate about education and making a change
• Team worker and contributes to a kindness caring working environment.
• Self- motivated- must have the ability to prioritise workload and continue without instructions at time.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Enthusiastic and motivated to make a difference in the lives of orphaned and vulnerable children lives.
• Can adjust easily to change.
• Must be open to travel to other provinces.

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Register with HPSCA
• Master of Art (Counselling/ educational psychology) and registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa. (HPCSA)
• CPD Compliance Certificate.
• Work experience min of 2 years. 1- 2 years’ work experience as a counselling/ educational psychologist.
• Understanding of referral pathways for counselling support.
• A valid driver’s licence
• Highly computer literacy (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Excellent interpersonal skills, an ability to communicate at all levels.