Based in Budapest, Engame Academy is a four year, extra-curricular talent care program for high school students (14-18), entirely taught in English. We focus on critical thinking and interdisciplinary problem- and project-based learning. More than 100 of our Senior students apply and enroll at universities globally each year.
We are looking for freelancer, contracted counselors / mentors to work alongside our Study Abroad Director.
Senior-year counseling and mentoring is part of Engame Academy’s academic program for its Senior-year (final year of high school) students, to offer personalized guidance in their university application process.
Currently, our students may choose two of the following countries to focus on for their higher education applications (ranked by popularity): The Netherlands, Ireland, Austria, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, USA, UK, Belgium, Sweden, Australia, France, Canada, Finland, Norway and Japan. The list of countries may be subject to change.
Students and mentors have personal access to BridgeU, a dedicated university guidance platform to aid the counseling and mentoring work and the application process.
COUNSELING takes place in the summer over two to three meetings, with the aim of guiding students in selecting two target counties and a longlist of target universities/courses.
MENTORING consists of three phases and typically starts in September, except for Early Deadline applications for which mentoring starts in July. The first phase is locking in final choices from a selection of universities and courses to include reach, match and safety goals. The second phase focuses on application: supporting the student in preparing materials, essays and CVs and submitting applications to selected programs. The third, post-application phase is to address offer handling, practicalities, questions and concerns before the student travels abroad.
Support the mentee in their university application process, with special focus on orientation, university and course selection, assisting in compiling application documentation, essays, CVs etc., guiding them through the application submission process by a set deadline, and answering post-application queries
Hold regular one-on-one meetings with mentee online or offline, and provide email support to questions emerging between meetings
Facilitate shared learning sessions for students on motivation letter / personal statement writing (1-3 times a year, proportional to the number of mentees); additionally, attend one mentor training and mentor group meetings (up to 3 times a year)
Provide support, guidance, and space for self-reflection and offer feedback to the mentee on their work and progress
Adhere to Engame’s guidelines for Senior mentoring, and ensure to utilize tools, resources, and all other available forms of support from Engame
Keep mentoring updated in real time and provide updates about the mentee’s progress to Engame
Reports to the Study Abroad Director
In addition to a remuneration package per student mentored, we offer
“Engame is very inspiring for both students and staff members. This is all thanks to the team’s passion for helping our students.”
Peti, Pedagogic Director
Application deadline: May 12, 2025.
Please note that your application will only be considered complete once you have filled out our questionnaire, which will be sent to you via email after submission. The deadline to complete the questionnaire is May 12.
Next steps:
May 19, 10AM – 11AM CEST Online meeting
All applicants will be invited to a shared online meeting where we discuss the positions and answer any questions. Right after this meeting, we invite participants to fill in an 80-minute individual assessment.
May 19, 11AM – 12:20PM CEST Online Individual Assessment.
The assessment will require you to use your university guidance skills and experiences in different scenarios.
May 20-26 – Individual interviews online
Shortlisted applicants will be then invited to an individual interview.
Participants from other time zones should let us know if we need to accommodate their assessment.
NAIH-131600/2017
Please note that this position is subject to a background check and for Hungarian citizens, a certificate of good conduct will be required.