Post School Success Associate

Nova Pioneer is looking for a superstar Post School Success Associate to join our South Africa team!

The Post-School Success Associate/Resident is an essential role that contributes to meeting one of Nova Pioneer’s most important goals - setting our students up for success on their path to becoming leaders and innovators of the African century.

You will help deliver a distinctive university and career exploration & guidance program that is integrated into everyday learning at the Nova Pioneer secondary schools.

You will be based in Johannesburg and support our Three secondary schools, Nova Pioneer, Midrand and Ruimsig.

This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of an innovative network of schools that is developing generations of innovators and leaders who will shape the African Century.

ABOUT NOVA PIONEER Imagine a world in which every young person across Africa attends a school that truly sets them up for success in the 21st century.

A school that cares about individual students and allows them to explore the world around them.

A school that focuses more on developing skills than on memorizing content.

At Nova Pioneer, we have done more than just imagine this future, we are bringing it to life.

Nova Pioneer is a pan-African, independent network of schools offering high quality, accessible education from pre-primary through secondary school.

Nova Pioneer uses a unique, inquiry-based learning approach that encourages students to ask “why” instead of telling them the “what”.

It allows them to form their own thinking through exploration, investigation, and collaboration.

Nova Pioneer currently has 16 schools in South Africa and Kenya with a vision to launch 100 schools and reach tens of thousands of students across the African continent in the next decade.

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ABOUT THE ROLE Key responsibilities for the role include:
Grade 12-13s:
Hold office hours for one-one-on-one consultations with students at least twice a week at NPOS to discuss their career options, college / university applications and other post-school options. Office hours can be after school, lunch and during breaks.

Support students and families as they navigate the local university/college application process by fulfilling the following tasks and any other task/need arising from the process.

Guide students and school teams to complete the application process. Facilitate other local admission opportunities ahead of AS/A Level exams, COVID protocols allowing. Guide students to submit quality international applications within the stipulated deadlines.

This could include reviewing organizing for standardized testing, personal statements, essays, checking their documents and other support as needed. Guide students and parents in the completion of financial aid applications like the CSS profile. Follow up with recommenders to ensure quality letters and other supporting documents are submitted on time. Facilitate submission of school documents needed to support applications like transcripts, school profile etc.

Actively liaise with university representatives where students have applied to advocate for their applications and to provide other supporting information.

Manage admission offers and enquires on the Concourse Global platform liaising with Concourse representatives, students and parents as necessary. Liaise with Universities South Africa (USAf) to expedite matriculation exemption certificate issuing Facilitate registrations for National Benchmark Tests (NBTs) Continuously connecting and partnering with our strong University partners such as African Leadership University, Strathmore, USIU, Ashesi University, Africa Leadership Academy etc.

Grade 11s post school success support:
Hold office hours to guide students on their career selection process, college/university lists and other alternative plans. Hold workshops on pathway classes for students based on their declared pathways and needed next steps. Review students’ pathway selection providing them with feedback as necessary and transferring their options onto a database for tracking. Where SATs are required, oversee provision of SAT prep.

This includes but is not limited to…