Competitive Salary + Superannuation + Benefits, including: Furnished rented accommodation, annual flights, comprehensive medical and dental cover, generous discount on tuition fees for dependents.

Full Time, Fixed Term

1 August 2025

19 November 2024

The British School Manila is looking for a highly qualified and experienced professional counsellor to fill the following position from August 2025.


College Counsellor


The successful applicant will be a key member of the Careers and Higher Education team, working closely with the IB Coordinator and alongside two other experienced counsellors. The ability to contribute to our social and emotional counselling services would be an advantage. The successful applicant will be an expert in supporting students with applications
to US, UK and other global Universities and Colleges. Please focus your
application materials on your experience in this area.


Location: Philippines
Contract type: Full-Time
Contract term: Fixed-Term


You will need to demonstrate that you are dedicated to a culture of excellence and that you are able to:

• Manage our university and college application processes with a high level of technical knowledge and with exceptional attention to detail.
• Develop our extensive network of contacts with universities and colleges, arranging for visits and fairs, facilitating scholarships and advocating for our students.
• Work with individual families to ensure careers and college applications are conducted in a spirit of openness and partnership.
• Build institutional capacity by sharing good practice and developing colleagues, both within and beyond the Counselling and IB team.
• Demonstrate a commitment to a holistic education that develops skills, concepts and understandings to prepare our students for the demands of the 21st century.

The successful candidate will have the following qualifications and experience:

• Hold a degree (preferably a Master's) in Counselling or a related field and a minimum of three years of professional counselling experience with a relevant client group.
• Highly analytical, reflective and compassionate.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and can demonstrate working effectively with diverse teams.
• Experience in a multi-cultural environment and an understanding of the International School sector and culture are highly desirable.

BSM offers a generous salary to newly appointed teaching staff with a starting salary upwards of GBP50k pa, inclusive of superannuation, on an incremental salary scale with annual increases.


The following benefits are offered:

• High-quality leased accommodation
• School placements for up to 2 children are subsidised at 90% per child
• Annual return flight allowance for teacher and dependents
• Generous baggage allowances
• Settling-in allowance
• Group medical and dental cover for teacher and dependents
• Generous professional development support

BSM follows Child Protection and Safeguarding policies in line with UK standards. All successful candidates will be required to submit a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) certificate, and a full range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken upon appointment.



As part of your application via TES, kindly upload your CV as a supporting document.


Closing date for applications: Tuesday, 19 November 2024.


Early applications are advised and we reserve the right to make an appointment in advance of the closing date.



The British School Manila (BSM) is a co-educational, private, not-for-profit British international school that welcomes 970 students aged 3-18, representing 53 nationalities.
BSM’s Guiding Statements underpin all that we do. Our purpose is to provide an outstanding holistic British international education, empowering students to flourish as global citizens with the skills, understanding and values, to make a positive contribution to our world.
We are a fully accredited member of the Council of International Schools (CIS), COBIS (Council of British International Schools) and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), a founding member of the Federation of British International Schools in Asia (FOBISIA) and a member of the East Asian Regional Council of Schools (EARCOS)

About The British School Manila
The British School Manila (BSM) is a co-educational, private, not-for-profit British international school.
Founded in 1976, the school has grown from 2 classrooms and 32 students in its first year to the present day where BSM welcomes 950+ students aged 3-18, representing 50+ nationalities.
Our School
Our school is a fully accredited member of the Council of International Schools (CIS) and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), a founding member of the Federation of British International Schools in Asia (FOBISIA) and a member of the East Asian Regional Council of Schools.
Our teaching staff come from a range of backgrounds with experience of the British and other highly regarded curricula. We offer classes from Nursery to Year 13 with three classes per year group.
The majority of BSM graduates attend College in the U.S. and U.K., but our college placement data shows our students attend colleges all over the world.
The school year is divided into 3 terms: Term 1 from August to December, Term 2 from January to March, and Term 3 from April to June.
Our Curriculum
BSM teaches an adapted form of the National Curriculum of England in EYFS and Years 1-9. This is followed in Years 10 & 11 with a comprehensive range of Edexcel and Cambridge (I)GCSE courses. In Year 12 and 13 students experience the internationally renowned and recognised IB Diploma programme, which helps students develop their breadth and depth of knowledge ready for further education.
We are also proud of our wider curriculum. We offer more than 180 After School Activities (ASA), a rich and diverse programme that caters for all student interests and develops their sporting, creative, academic and artistic talents. Our service learning programme is designed to prompt both action and reflection and ensure our students develop the capacity for empathy and a sense of responsibility for others. Our residential trips provide our students with opportunities to step out of their comfort zone, to appreciate cultural differences and to celebrate diversity.
Our Facilities
Our Host City
BSM follows Child Protection and Safeguarding policies in line with UK standards; all successful candidates will be required to submit a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) certificate and a full range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken upon appointment.