Counselor Tenure-Track Clovis Community College

Counselor (Full-Time, Tenure-Track) Clovis Community College Title

Counselor (Full-Time, Tenure-Track) Clovis Community College

Clovis Community College

07/01/2026

At Clovis Community College we value the ability to serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities and orientations. We prioritize applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits a diverse student population brings to a community college. The successful candidate will be an equity‑minded leader committed to student success achieved through collaboration with faculty, classified staff, administration, students and community partners who are also dedicated to closing equity gaps.

• Understands the importance of holding ourselves accountable as educators for closing equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices;
• Reframes inequities as a problem of practice and views the elimination of inequities as an individual and collective responsibility;
• Encourages positive race‑consciousness and embraces human difference;
• Supports institutional practices that both develop and sustain culturally responsive teaching and learning environments; and
• Strategically builds support for and participation in equity‑related initiatives across both our internal and external communities.

Clovis Community College seeks leaders who value placing the student at the center of everything we do, mentorship and working in a collegial, collaborative environment. Leaders should be open and willing to participate in culturally relevant professional development that will help them prepare for the population of students who attend Clovis Community College.

The ideal candidate will share Clovis Community College’s commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse student population. For the 2024‑2025 academic year, we enrolled over 17,000 students in which 53% identify as Latinx, 13% as Asian/Pacific Islander, 4% as Black/African American, 25% as White, 1% as American Indian/Alaska Native, and 4% as multiracial. Clovis Community College is a Hispanic‑Serving Institution, reflecting the great responsibility that the College has to the educational attainment and economic well‑being of the surrounding community.

The successful candidate will join a department dedicated to providing services responsive to the students it serves.

Reporting to the Dean of Student Services at Clovis Community College, this counselor assignment will assist students with counseling services and educational planning. The counselor will cover a full range of general counseling services during days, evenings, and weekends. Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Provide comprehensive counseling services to students, including academic, career, personal and life transitions counseling;
• Assist in the organization and implementation of matriculation activities, such as orientation, counseling and follow‑up services to students;
• Assist students with major selection, career development planning, and goal identification;
• Maintain close working relationships with faculty, feeder high schools, community and other student services support programs;
• Assist with the development and implementation of the Guided Pathways, Student Equity Achievement (SEA), and other student success initiatives;
• Lead and collaborate in developing programs and student support services designed to improve student retention and graduation rates;
• Develop and maintain professional communications and strategic alliances with Colleges & Universities;
• Work collaboratively with instructional faculty, staff, and administrators in the development of student success initiatives and provisions of counseling services;
• Collaborate with various departments and committees throughout the college to increase access and success for students;
• Utilize technology to track student progress, implement efficient support services, provide counseling services, and make presentations in classrooms and other group settings;
• Review data on student success and achievement and use the information to adjust student…