University Guidance & Student Profile Lead Career Exploration | Student Profile Building | University Admissions – India & Global The NEST School | Chennai | Full-time The Opportunity At The NEST School, we believe university guidance begins long before Grade 12 . We are looking for a University Guidance & Student Profile Lead to own the journey of our learners through high school — from understanding their interests and strengths, to exploring careers, building a meaningful student profile, identifying the right university pathways and successfully navigating applications in India and around the world . This is not a conventional university counselling role . We are looking for someone who can combine deep student understanding with exceptional systems, organisation and execution . What You Will Do · Build a deep understanding of each student's interests, strengths, aspirations and potential . · Guide students through career exploration and informed academic/pathway choices . · Develop individual student profiles and multi-year action plans . · Identify meaningful opportunities for students to build their profiles through projects, research, internships, competitions, leadership and other experiences. · Guide students and families in identifying right-fit universities and courses in India and globally. · Manage the university application process end-to-end, including shortlisting, timelines, documentation, essays, recommendations, submissions and follow-up . · Build rigorous systems to track students, applications, requirements, deadlines and stakeholder responsibilities . · Work closely with students, parents, teachers and universities , ensuring clear and timely communication.



· Build and continuously improve the school's University Guidance & Career Counselling framework . Who We Are Looking For We are looking for someone who is: · Exceptionally organised, systematic and detail-oriented. · A strong communicator and relationship-builder with teenagers and parents. · Analytical and able to connect student interests, academics and aspirations to realistic pathways. · Proactive, with strong ownership and follow-through. · Comfortable managing multiple students, applications and deadlines simultaneously. · Passionate about careers, higher education and helping young people discover their potential. Experience Strong preference for candidates who have worked in structured student guidance environments , particularly organisations that take students through: Career Exploration → Profile Building → University Guidance → Application Relevant backgrounds include: · University / college admissions and counselling organisations · Student profile-building organisations · Career & university guidance organisations · IB / Cambridge / international schools · Higher-education institutions Experience working with IB, Cambridge or international-school students , and guiding applications to both Indian and international universities , will be strongly valued. What We Are Really Looking For We are looking for someone who has personally managed students through a structured, step-by-step journey , rather than someone who only provides university information or application support. You should be able to bring together: The empathy of a counsellor the thinking of a strategist the rigour of an operations professional. If you believe great university outcomes are built over several years, not during application season , we would like to hear from you. Location: Chennai | Employment: Full time

📌 University Guidance and Career Counselling (Tamil Nadu)
🏢 The NEST School Chennai
📍 Tamil Nadu