college admissions counsellor - aug 2025 - chengdu, china in chengdu shi

College Admissions Counsellor
BASIS International / Bilingual School Chengdu

Location: Chengdu, China
Region: Far East and South East Asia
Start Date: August 2025
School Curriculum: Schools own / AP
Age of Students: from 3 - 18yrs
Number of Students: approx. 500 (capacity for 1900)

The BASIS Group

Since opening its first school in China in 2015, the BASIS group has remained committed to raising the bar in international education. They combine teaching freedom with academic rigor to produce outstanding outcomes for their students. Teachers get to share their passion for their subject with their students, and students love learning! Teaching in China with this school group offers many unique benefits and opportunities. Teachers enjoy excellent facilities and resources, a higher standard of living with perks such as paid housing, and the opportunity to explore and continue their own learning as part of a new culture and geographic area. This groups network of schools in China is rapidly growing offering excellent opportunity for growth, promotion and development. Currently the group has 5 international schools open in China, with ambitious expansion plans over the next few years.

BASIS Chengdu

The BASIS International/Bilingual Chengdu campus opened its doors in August 2022, with international and bilingual students are housed on one site. There is an overall capacity for 1900 students, and boarding facilities onsite. The impressive campus covers an area of about 88,000 m² - with an auditorium, a library, a black-box theater, a cafeteria, a gymnasium, two sports fields with running tracks of 200-300 meters. Teaching facilities include standard classrooms, specialized classrooms for labs, fine arts, music, etc.

Living and Working in Chengdu

Although one of China's less explored cities - Chengdu is a key economic hub in South West China with a population of 14 million including 14,000 ex-pats working for a variety of companies, including Intel, Toyota, Microsoft and various international schools. Chengdu has a high standard of living but lower living costs and this has given the city the reputation of easy to move to and hard to leave. It is a popular tourist destination; famous as home to the Pandas, Sichuan food, mountains, temples and Giant Buddha's.

Requirements

• You will be responsible for teaching a daily college counseling workshop to 12th graders, completing college counseling reports, and serving as the Senior Research Project (SRP) coordinator.
• You will organize college admissions visits each fall, conduct family college counseling evenings, meet one-on-one with 9th and 10th graders during the academic year, and instruct students on completing college admissions applications and financial aid applications and obtaining recommendations.
• Additionally, you will be responsible for developing new program ideas, co-leading college information evening sessions, and developing and maintaining college planning and career assessment and readiness software such as Naviance.
• You will have the opportunity to work closely with both students and parents on selecting the correct college or university based on the student's career trajectory.
• This position is focused on student success and readiness for college and university study in the US and other countries.
• Applicants must have a high level of educational attainment
• Applicants must have strong communication skills in speaking with parents and students
• Experience editing essays and writing letters of recommendation
• Ability to assist and focus attention on the personal essay required for applications
• Being a brand new school, flexibility is important as well as strong relationship building skills and an ability to build a strong school community.

Salary and Benefits

• Salary from approx. $55-65k USD per annum (360 - 420k RMB), more for leadership roles
• Start and end of employment travel / allowances provided for teacher and dependents
• Housing provided by the school
• Moving in allowance
• Free tuition for 2 students (3 for teaching couples) - if dependent visas are being issued
• Generous Bonus Structure - including compliance bonus, attendance bonus, retirement bonus
• Global Insurance for teacher and dependents
• 3 year contract
• Fantastic chance to join a successful and expanding global network of schools, with opportunities for career growth and advancement