Job description

Marysville, CA

Description of Duties: Under the direction of the Dean of Student Development, provide comprehensive counseling services in support of the College’s recruitment, retention, and completion efforts. The Counselor provides personal, career and educational counseling to students. Responsibilities include participating in orientation activities, individual and group counseling sessions, classroom presentations, workshops, assessment and placement interpretation, outreach activities, evening assignments, and liaison duties with instructional and student services departments. The assignment includes curriculum development, development and assessment of student learning outcomes, engagement in professional activities, participation in shared governance and committee work, and utilizing intervention strategies to support students experiencing academic, personal, or career-related challenges. In addition, duties include using technologies and systems related to student information systems, case management, and educational planning to support student success,

Essential Duties Summary

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

•  Assist students in developing educational and career goals through the development of comprehensive student educational plans.
• Teach counseling classes each semester as assigned, either in-load or extra pay.
• Deliver counseling services through multiple modalities (in-person, virtual, etc.) to expand access to students. Confer with and advise faculty regarding matters of administrative procedure in such areas as admissions and records, articulation and course equivalency, and communication with other colleges and universities.
• Administer tests and inventories to groups or individuals and interpret the results to counselees.
• Develop and maintain close working relationships with instructional areas, outreach centers, feeder high schools, neighboring colleges and community resource agencies; articulate programs with feeder high schools; foster good high school/college relations.
• Assignment may include evening and weekend counseling as well as services to outreach locations, including secondary schools.
• Provide intervention strategies to increase the retention and persistence of students in general.
• Assignment may include providing counseling services to special student populations (e.g. Athletes, ESL students, Veterans)
• Assist students in analyzing their aptitudes and interests and to learn decision-making processes related to their academic and career planning.
• Assist students in determining the best educational program for preparation for a chosen career/vocation;
• Assist students with course selection and college activities to maximize the students’ opportunities and potential.
• Develop student educational plans that encompass both the course work and supplemental needs of students.
• Develop transfer plans that meet eligibility requirements for 4-year colleges and universities.
• Assist students with resolution of personal problems or provide them with appropriate referrals on campus or within the community.
• Participate in department, division, and college-wide committees and meetings.
• Work in a collaborative and professional manner within and outside of the department.
• Participate in the shared-governance process.
• Complete all duties as assigned by the Dean

 Required Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: The successful candidate, by the final filing date, must possess the minimum qualifications at least one of the disciplines below. Please review the Minimum Qualifications Handbook toview the required qualifications to teach a specific discipline.

• Master’s in counseling, rehabilitation counseling, clinical psychology, counseling psychology, guidance counseling, educational counseling, social work, or career development, marriage and family therapy, or marriage, family and child counseling,

OR the equivalent.

• EQUIVALENCY REQUIREMENT: All applicants are required to meet the minimum qualifications specified by the Yuba Community College District (YCCD) by the application filing date. Alternatively, applicants must have obtained an equivalency determination from the District before the publication of the Recruitment Announcement. This ensures that candidates either meet the standard qualifications or have received official recognition of their equivalent qualifications. Please click here for equivalency application.
• Possess a California Community College life credential in the subject matter area of Counseling

(NOTE: A license as a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) is an alternative qualification for this discipline, pursuant to title 5, section 53410.1.)

 Desired/Preferred Qualifications

•  Community college counseling and teaching experience
• Sensitivity to, and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, including English as Second Language (ESL students).
• Proficiency and currency with personality and career assessment tools/and related software applications, their administration and interpretation.
• Experience developing and implementing programs and services associated with community college transfer centers, career centers and general counseling services.
• Working knowledge of advanced forms of technology utilized in providing high-quality classroom instruction and online student services.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to acquire knowledge relevant to advising student athletes (California Community College Commission on Athletics (GOA) eligibility rules, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletic (NAIA) transfer rules, and NCAA transfer rules). Experience with structured educational programs such as learning communities, First Year Experience programs, and Math, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) program.

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The Yuba Community College District is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Yuba Community College District will provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals. Applicants who require reasonable accommodation to participate in the selection process should contact Human Resources to make the necessary arrangements.

The Yuba Community College District is strongly committed to achieving staff diversity and the principles of equal employment opportunity. The District encourages a diverse pool of applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of national origin, religion, age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race or ethnicity, color, medical condition, genetic information, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, or because he/she is perceived to have one or more of the foregoing characteristics, or based on association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law, in any of its policies, procedures or practices.