About this Guidance Assistant (Bilingual Male, Qatar Resident) - 2026/27 role at Hayat Universal School (HUBS)
Main Responsibilities
- Provide assistance to school counselors, teachers and Department Heads in the areas of Student Behavior Management and Student Well Being.
- Implement the school policies and procedures in relation to Student Behavior Management and Student Well Being in a manner that serves the school's objectives.
- Maintain the confidentiality of all matters related to student behavior and student well- being, and actively helps develop an attitude of teamwork among all school staff involved.
Main Duties
1. Communicate to teachers the actions taken by counselors in the cases of their students’ behavioral incidents, as well as action plans to be implemented in the future (if any).
2. Work with students closely to build a positive rapport that facilitates improving their behavior.
3. Provide support to counselors, especially in situations where attending to more than one student at a time is required.
4. Supervise and work with suspended students during their presence in the reflection room as per the action plans developed by counselors.
5. Report the behavioral incidents and actions taken to parents as needed.
6. Schedule meetings between parents and counselors as needed.
7. Organize workshops for students in coordination with counselors.
8. Coordinate with teachers, coordinators and Department Heads to maintain worksheets for different subjects and maintain them in files for future use as needed.
9. Organize the reflection room and the Counselors' offices with pictures, sign boards and posters.
10. Maintain students’ files, following the specified file organization, ensuring all documents are filed and up to date.
11. Cover the absence of counselors temporarily if/when needed.
12. Perform other related, similar or logical duties as required or assigned.
Requirements
- A Bachelor’s degree
- 22 to 35 years old and in good physical health.
- 3+ years of experience, at least 2 in a similar role.
- Proven ability to effectively work with children and adults in a pleasant and cooperative manner.
- Perform responsibilities and tasks timely, accurately and with great attention to detail.
- Proactive with a positive attitude.
- Able to operate with minimal supervision and self-motivated when given new assignments
- Highly organized and able to multi-task.
- Creativity, and ability to think out of the box.
- Strong oral and written communication skills in both Arabic and English.
- Skilled in Microsoft Office, computers database systems, and searching the Internet.
- Works safely and establishes a safe environment; reacts quickly in emergency situations to maximize children safety.
- Analyzes situations and takes appropriate action regarding routine/emergency procedural matters without immediate supervision.
Benefits
- End of service benefit equivalent to one-month basic monthly salary for every full year of service. The basic salary is 70% of the gross salary. The end-of-service benefit is paid when staff complete a minimum of one year.
- Annual summer leave: School summer break.
