Students Counselor job at Makerere University Business School

The Students’ Counselor shall be responsible for offering students ethical, professional counseling that supports their mental well-being, academic resilience, and personal growth at Makerere University Business School.

Responsibilities or duties

• Provide individual and group sessions for academic stress, mental health, relationships, career decisions, and life transitions; prioritizing rapport, safety, and student-paced disclosure, grounded in Ugandan counseling ethics and trauma-informed practice.
• Conduct thoughtful psychosocial assessments and risk evaluations; develop interventions that respect the time trust takes to build. Coordinate warm, timely referrals to specialized services (e.g., psychiatric care, NGOs) when needed.
• Co-create orientation, mentorship, and wellness initiatives like workshops on stress, resilience, sexual health, substance use that are culturally relevant, student-informed, and skill-building.
• Collaborate with academic staff, Health Services, Disability Resource & Learning Centre, and external providers to ensure coordinated care sharing information only with consent and clear purpose.
• Maintain confidential case notes in approved systems, ensuring accuracy, minimal necessary detail, and compliance with Uganda’s Data Protection and Privacy Act, 2019.
• Gather anonymized insights on student welfare trends to inform programming, policy, and resource decisions, reporting concisely while safeguarding individual identities.
• Advocate for counseling approaches that honor diversity, reduce stigma, and reflect MUBS’s commitment to ethical, well-rounded graduate formation.
• Engage in clinical supervision, continuing learning, and reflective practice as essential self-care and professional integrity. Contribute to unit learning through case reflection or student success initiatives.
• Participate in on-call rosters, emergency response, and campus wellbeing efforts, responding to urgent concerns with calm competence, while knowing when to seek support.
• Perform any other related duties as may

Mandatory Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Guidance & Counseling, Social Work, Education (Counseling Option), or a relevant related field.
• Demonstrated understanding of Ugandan counseling ethics, confidentiality standards, data protection principles, and university student welfare policies.
• Must be a citizen of Uganda below the age of 50 years at the time of application.

Added Advantage:

• A Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology, Clinical Psychology, or Guidance & Counseling is strongly preferred.
• Experience in a University setting is highly advantageous.

Experience needed

• Minimum 3 years of post-qualification experience in student counseling, youth psychosocial support, or clinical/community counseling.

DESIRABLE ATTRIBUTES:

• Ability to connect professionally with students through listening without judgment, responding with empathy and emotional maturity, while consistently upholding confidentiality, ethical boundaries, and professional trust.
• Skilled psychosocial assessment, trauma-informed care, and evidence-based counseling approaches, adapted thoughtfully to honor each student’s background, identity, and lived experience within the Ugandan context.
• Demonstrates sound decision-making under pressure: assessing risk, de-escalating with care, coordinating referrals, and managing sensitive information; always balancing student safety, autonomy, and dignity.
• Ability to partner naturally with academic staff, Health Services Centre, and external providers to support the whole student.
• Actively engages in peer learning, and sustainable self-care as part of professional practice.
• Expresses insights with clarity, whether in counseling sessions, interdisciplinary meetings, or written reports; ensuring information is accurate, respectful, and actionable while protecting student privacy.

• Provide individual and group sessions for academic stress, mental health, relationships, career decisions, and life transitions; prioritizing rapport, safety, and student-paced disclosure, grounded in Ugandan counseling ethics and trauma-informed practice.
• Conduct thoughtful psychosocial assessments and risk evaluations; develop interventions that respect the time trust takes to build. Coordinate warm, timely referrals to specialized services (e.g., psychiatric care, NGOs) when needed.
• Co-create orientation, mentorship, and wellness initiatives like workshops on stress, resilience, sexual health, substance use that are culturally relevant, student-informed, and skill-building.
• Collaborate with academic staff, Health Services, Disability Resource & Learning Centre, and external providers to ensure coordinated care sharing information only with consent and clear purpose.
• Maintain confidential case notes in approved systems, ensuring accuracy, minimal necessary detail, and compliance with Uganda’s Data Protection and Privacy Act, 2019.
• Gather anonymized insights on student welfare trends to inform programming, policy, and resource decisions, reporting concisely while safeguarding individual identities.
• Advocate for counseling approaches that honor diversity, reduce stigma, and reflect MUBS’s commitment to ethical, well-rounded graduate formation.
• Engage in clinical supervision, continuing learning, and reflective practice as essential self-care and professional integrity. Contribute to unit learning through case reflection or student success initiatives.
• Participate in on-call rosters, emergency response, and campus wellbeing efforts, responding to urgent concerns with calm competence, while knowing when to seek support.
• Perform any other related duties as may

• Ability to connect professionally with students through listening without judgment, responding with empathy and emotional maturity, while consistently upholding confidentiality, ethical boundaries, and professional trust.
• Skilled psychosocial assessment, trauma-informed care, and evidence-based counseling approaches, adapted thoughtfully to honor each student’s background, identity, and lived experience within the Ugandan context.
• Demonstrates sound decision-making under pressure: assessing risk, de-escalating with care, coordinating referrals, and managing sensitive information; always balancing student safety, autonomy, and dignity.
• Ability to partner naturally with academic staff, Health Services Centre, and external providers to support the whole student.
• Actively engages in peer learning, and sustainable self-care as part of professional practice.
• Expresses insights with clarity, whether in counseling sessions, interdisciplinary meetings, or written reports; ensuring information is accurate, respectful, and actionable while protecting student privacy.

• Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Guidance & Counseling, Social Work, Education (Counseling Option), or a relevant related field.
• Minimum 3 years of post-qualification experience in student counseling, youth psychosocial support, or clinical/community counseling.
• Demonstrated understanding of Ugandan counseling ethics, confidentiality standards, data protection principles, and university student welfare policies.
• Must be a citizen of Uganda below the age of 50 years at the time of application.
• A Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology, Clinical Psychology, or Guidance & Counseling is strongly preferred.
• Experience in a University setting is highly advantageous.