Counselor

Glendale Community College • Glendale, CA

24d • Hybrid

About The Position

Glendale Community College seeks individuals who are equity-minded leaders, committed to student success and closing equity gaps, to apply for its Full-Time Tenure-Track Counselor position. GCC seeks counselors who value placing our students at the center of everything we do, including mentorship and working in a collegial, collaborative learning environment. We prioritize applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits a diverse student population brings to a community college. GCC is committed to hiring a faculty member who exemplifies equity-focused behaviors such as: encouraging positive race-consciousness and embracing of human differences; strategically building support for and participation in equity-related initiatives across both our internal and external communities; promoting the importance of holding ourselves accountable as educators for closing equity gaps and engaging inequitable practices; and supporting institutional practices that both develop and sustain culturally responsive teaching and learning environments. The successful candidate will join a college dedicated to the students it serves. We are proud to be a designated Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). We serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities, and orientations, and we actively work to build and sustain a welcoming environment for all. We especially encourage individuals who bring perspectives from lived experiences that our students from underrepresented groups at GCC will connect to and uniquely benefit from in their learning journey at our college. This is a full-time, 10 month-per-year, tenure-track General Counselor position. Full-time counseling assignments are thirty-five hours per week. Members of the full-time faculty are expected to devote as much time as necessary to perform the professional responsibilities of the position. Participation in professional activities, curriculum development, and campus committees is expected. The assignment may include onsite, online and hybrid and evening and/or Saturday hours.

Requirements

• 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.
• (NOTE: A Bachelor’s degree in one of the above listed degrees and a license as a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) is an alternative qualification for this discipline pursuant to Title 5, Section 53410.1)

Nice To Haves

• Experience developing strategies to help students persist from term-to-term and to complete coursework and programs of study.
• Experience with counseling and academic advising strategies for students experiencing academic or financial challenges, including but not limited to Financial Aid counseling, Academic Pause or Notice counseling (formerly “Probation” and “Dismissal”).
• Experience supporting student success initiatives or programs designed to promote student engagement, retention, persistence, and completion.
• Demonstrated commitment to advancing equity through culturally responsive counseling practices that promote student persistence, retention, transfer, and completion.
• Experience with Student Educational Plans for California Community Colleges.
• Experience providing academic counseling in a general counseling context for a wide range of students and student concerns.
• Experience providing academic counseling to students in multiple modalities.
• Experience using a Student Information System (SIS).
• Experience using a Learning Management System (LMS).
• Experience in curriculum development.
• Knowledge about or experience working with students who are underrepresented in higher academia, with the goal of reducing equity gaps.
• Counseling or similar experience that reflects culturally responsive counseling practices.
• Counseling and/or teaching experience that reflects innovative pedagogy, including active learning and culturally responsive teaching practices.

Responsibilities

• Performs a variety of counseling functions and activities pertaining to the operation of the Program.
• Provides educational, career, and personal counseling support and referrals for a diverse student body regarding topics like goal completion, basic skills, probation, financial assistance, and how to succeed in college.
• Implements services to meet the needs of students in various modalities, including in-person and online, drop-in, and group counseling.
• Assists students in interpreting certificate, associate degree, and transfer-related requirements in written and computerized format.
• Assists students in assessing, planning, and implementing their immediate and long-range goals.
• Assists students in assessing their aptitudes, abilities, and interests and advising them regarding current and future employment trends.
• May develop and teach Student Development courses online and/or in-person and conduct workshops such as Orientation, Advisement, Career Planning, Goal Selection, Study Skills, Test Taking Techniques, and Note-Taking.
• Contributes to innovation by working with instructional faculty cross-functionally in relation to academic programs and/or services.
• May serve as a liaison to instructional and/or Student Services divisions and departments.
• Participates in assessing Student Learning Outcomes, Program Learning Outcomes, and Program Reviews.
• Keep accurate and appropriate records in accordance with the district and departmental policies and procedures.
• Participates in campus governance and professional activities (e.g. committees, scheduling, leadership positions, faculty meetings, etc.).
• Participates in professional development and continuing education activities that are designed to maintain and develop currency in the field, pedagogy (for traditional and online teaching and learning), and student support strategies, especially as they relate to student equity initiatives.
• Work to achieve the college's Institutional, Program, and Student Learning Outcomes in support of Glendale Community College's Mission Statement.
• Maintain regular posted office hours and be accessible to students.
• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with all employees and others encountered in the course of work.
• Demonstrate a sensitivity to, and understanding of, the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students.
• Performs other counseling-related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Robust and comprehensive health and welfare package for eligible employees, which may include: Medical, vision, and dental plans for employee and eligible dependent(s), Basic life/AD&D insurance, Supplemental life/AD&D insurance, Various optional insurance plans (short term disability, accident, critical care, and hospital), Flexible spending account, Defined-benefit retirement plan participation through CalPERS or CalSTRS, Optional 403(b) and 457(b) retirement plans, Paid sick leave, Paid vacation (classified staff and administrators), and Paid District holidays Wellness Program (health, nutrition, exercise activities and workshops

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level