Job in Jordan: Academic and Professional Advisor

For9a.com announces its need to occupy the position of an academic and professional advisor/mentor, it offers a job opportunity for those who have the experience, motivation, and competency necessary to guide students at different academic levels and help them choose the academic and professional paths, and specializations most appropriate for them according to their skills, abilities, and inclinations. In addition to introducing them to the needs of the labor market, helping them achieve academic success, drawing future plans, and providing solutions to the various academic problems and challenges they face. For that, you must have sufficient experience and ability to guide, investigate and solve problems, achieve student satisfaction, and present For9a.com always as optimal.

You will be responsible for:

• Holding individual orientation sessions with students to help them choose their majors and plan their future goals. (The mentoring sessions will be held online with the possibility of sessions being held on the ground on certain occasions).
• Guide and assist students in identifying and exploring their academic abilities, skills, personality traits, and passions, and link them to the most appropriate academic or professional major.
• Listening to students' concerns and problems and providing appropriate solutions to their various problems.
• Work closely with students to help them choose the right academic path.
•  Helping students to set their goals and familiarize them with the requirements of the next stage (university stage or the labor market).

You must have:

• The ability to deal with and understand the needs of students at all academic levels.
• Adequate knowledge of all university and professional disciplines, the skills they require, the labor market’s need for them, the materials they teach, etc.
• Special tools that help in measuring the student's skills and inclinations.
• Effective mentoring and mentoring skills.
• Excellent communication skills, writing skills, organization, and follow-up skills.
• Problem-solving skills and dealing with various academic problems and challenges.
• Commitment and punctuality.
• Preserve the confidentiality and privacy of students.
• The ability to advise, direct and deal with various student issues.
• The ability to represent the Forsa website in a decent professional manner.
•  Previous experience in the field of student guidance and mentoring.

About For9a.com:

FOR9A is a dynamic platform that provides free educational advice, training, capacity building, and skill development opportunities for young people living in the Middle East and North Africa. The opportunities it offers vary to include 13 different categories of scholarships, training opportunities, workshops, volunteer opportunities, job opportunities, free courses, competitions, cultural exchange opportunities, residencies, vocational training programs, grants, etc. For9a also provides various services to organizations and users, including Ta'alam portal for cultural and educational articles, a specializations directory with more than 200 specialties, a jobs directory, a character analysis test and determining university specialization based on scientific foundations, free online courses, in addition to educational and career counseling services. FOR9A is an initiative of Leaders of Tomorrow; Leaders of Tomorrow’s mission is to build a community of young leaders who are educated, initiative-taking critical thinkers capable of serving their local communities. For9a today has more than 2 million users on its website and scores more than 80,000 daily visits, as well as more than a million followers on social media platforms, and more than 3 thousand organizations providing opportunities registered on the site.

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