Instructor, CC; Counselor

Title: Instructor, CC (Counselor)

Position Number: 0086891

Hiring Unit: Student Services

Location: Honolulu Community College

Date Posted: January 8, 2026

Closing Date: February 8, 2026

Salary: Commensurate with Education and Experience

Monthly Type: 11-Month

Tenure Track: Tenure

Full Time/Part Time: Full Time

Temporary/Permanent: Permanent

Funding: General

Other conditions: Expected to begin approximately February 2026 or as mutually acceptable, pending position clearance, availability of funds, satisfactory performance and program needs. Position may be converted from 11-month to 9-month or 9-month to 11 month as operational needs are required.

• Identifies, plans, develops, implements, evaluates, and modifies comprehensive and systematic strategies to deliver academic advising and counseling to students under the direction of the Dean of Student Services.
• Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to outreach, new student orientation and registration, academic and educational planning, career/life planning, graduation and transcript evaluations, general financial aid information, assistance with registration activities, and other related duties as assigned.
• Participation in admissions counseling, recruitment/retention activities, such as campus tours, college fairs, and work with both credit and non-credit programs is required.
• Provide individual and group career exploration, personal development activities and personalized navigation to degree completion; serve as a resource to faculty and staff in the area of academic/career/life planning and integration of academic/career/life planning concepts into curriculum.
• Participate in development of a comprehensive academic counseling program and in the formation of college retention, graduation, and transfer plans. Will involve enrollment management strategies such as outreach to former students, community networking, and may include advisory board participation.
• Participate in the coordination of special programs such as dual credit, dual credit CTE and transfer programs, and work in collaboration with other campuses regarding CTE transfer.
• Serve as a resource to division faculty who participate in academic advising and mentoring, participate in registration advising, new student orientation and registration, and other student support services offered by the college and other related duties as assigned.
• Provide liaison services to academic programs as assigned. Outreach, evening, and weekend responsibilities will be assigned as part of workload.
• New and changing responsibilities reflective of programmatic needs will be assigned.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Master's degree in Counseling and Guidance, Counseling Psychology, College Student Personnel Services, Human Resources (to include both CTAHR and Personnel), Communications or related field; OR
• Bachelor's degree in Counseling and Guidance, Counseling Psychology, College Student Personnel Services, Human Resources (to include both CTAHR and Personnel), Communications or related field and 3 years counseling and/or academic advising work experience.

Related fields include:
Education (to include all degrees in this field), Family Resources, Human Development, Psychology (to include all degrees in this field), Public Health, Rehabilitation Counseling, Social Work, Sociology or Student Services Personnel.

• Knowledge of comprehensive community college mission and philosophy.
• Experience with military personnel (active duty, National Guard, military reserves) and veterans continuing their education and using educational benefits resulting from military service.
• Experience with non-traditional education (e.g., credit-by-exam, experiential equivalency, transfer degrees) and military support organizations (e.g., Service members Opportunity College (SOC), Community College of the Air Force (CCAF), Defense Activity for Nontraditional Education Support (DANTES)).
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to change and handle varied assignments.
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to technological changes in counseling, student services, or education.
• Ability to communicate and interact effectively with students, faculty, and staff.
• Ability to work effectively with a diverse student population. Understanding of liberal arts and career technical education.
• Ability to function autonomously and as a member of a team.
• Strong interpersonal skills.

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