Student Advisor

1. Process student documents such as sick leave, police report and other paperwork to be considered as excused absence.
2. Conduct spot checks to ensure compliance with uniform regulations and follow up with uniform infractions.
3. Deliver warnings and counsel trainees with poor attendance records or behavioural issues.
4. Prepare trainees for out of policy committee hearings where required and obtain undertaking from trainees reinstated on the program.
5. Guide students leaving SPSP through the clearance procedure.
6. Investigate excuses of latecomers and issue permission slips to enter class if required.
7. Process trainee enquiries about SPSP housing and transportation provided.
8. Process trainee enquiries about sponsoring company issues such as payroll, medical insurance and employment contracts.
9. Inform and gather trainees in readiness for company visits.
10. Monitor trainees at the front and rear doors at the start of period 1, end of period 7 and during the breakfast and lunch break to ensure compliance with SPSP rules and regulations.
11. Investigate cases of student sickness and issue referrals to SPSP clinic as required.
12. Provide assistance and support to staff during SPSP Special Events including Graduation Ceremonies, VIP visits, student meetings and other ‘mass’ events.
13. Participate in and facilitate the orientation and induction of new and joining students to SPSP.
14. Participate in and facilitate student extra-curricular activities such as sports, external trips, and student visits.
15. Maintain a daily log of approved and rejected student documents i.e. sick leave, police report and process trainee enquiries about absence hours.
16. Prepare incident reports in cases where trainees violate SPSP rules and regulations.

• Willing to help others and to meet staff and student needs/wants and is ready to follow directions.
• Seeks to learn and recognize work procedures and policies and know how to locate information.
• Organizes and plans work systematically
• Can handle manifold tasks with clearness about stages of completion for each.
• Maintains technical skills and knowledge essential to carry out job duties.
• Comes to work on time
• Maintains a professional attitude and appearance at work.
• Notifies key staff members of important issues or changes affecting work.
• Reliable; exhibits both the skills and the genuineness to do the job.
• Basic awareness of a personal computer, Microsoft Windows and ability to use I/O devices for example a mouse, printer, etc.
• Exhibit appropriate boundaries with students.
• Utilize and collaborate with SPSP departments i.e. operations, support services, student affairs.
• Employ active listening techniques and use effective questioning techniques.
• Demonstrate effective presentation skills
• Exhibit effective written and email communication
• Understand SPSP program admission requirements and processes as well as academic and student affairs policies and procedures.

• Experience of the delivery and assessment of vocational training, preferably in the petroleum sector.
• Knowledge and experience of Arab learners
• Excellent IT skills, and ability to work to deadlines
• Strong interpersonal, communication and presentational skills
• Arabic mother tongue and a strong command of English