Counselor, EOPS (Full-Time, Categorically Funded) Fresno City College

Counselor, EOPS (Full-Time, Categorically Funded) Fresno City College

Closing Date: 09/24/2026 at 11:59 PM

Campus

Location:

Fresno City College

Start Date: 01/11/2027

At Fresno City 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.

An equity‑minded individual is a person who:

Fresno City 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 Fresno City College.

The ideal candidate will share Fresno City College's commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse student population. For the  academic year, we enrolled over 45,000 students in which 68% identify as Latinx, 11% as Asian/Pacific Islander, 4% as Black/African American, 14% as White, 1% as American Indian/Alaska Native, and 2% as multiracial. Fresno City College is a proud Hispanic‑Serving Institution (HIS), a Black‑Serving Institution (BSI) and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander‑Serving Institution (AANAPISI), 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 the use of a curriculum responsive to the students it serves.

Reporting to the Director of Student Success Programs, EOPS/CARE and NextUP at Fresno City College; counselor will cover a full range of EOPS counseling responsibilities including academic, career, transfer and personal counseling to a diverse student population. The successful candidate for the EOPS counselor position will be responsible for:

• Providing comprehensive counseling services, including personal, career and educational counseling to individuals and groups, and orientation and transfer counseling services;
• Assisting students in major selection, developing student education plans (SEPs), and facilitating career exploration and transfer program activities related to their educational goals and career pathways;
• Counseling students on certificate, vocational, associate degree, and transfer programs;
• Meeting the special counseling needs of underrepresented student populations;
• Interpreting career assessment results and advising for appropriate course scheduling;
• Participating in the enrollment, retention, and transfer of EOPS students disadvantaged by language, social, economic and educational opportunities;
• Assisting in the organization and implementation of matriculation activities, such as EOPS orientations, assessment, counseling and follow‑up services;
• Participating in Progress Monitoring activities and student follow‑up with faculty and referral to on‑campus resources/student support services;
• Teaching counseling courses such as career planning, college and life management, academic success, and college introduction;
• Planning and implementing College Success workshops and activities;
• Serving on college‑wide…