Part Time - General Counselor

Please see Special Instructions for more details.

The Yuba Community College District is seeking qualified candidates for this part-time, temporary (Adjunct) faculty position. Part-time instructor positions are filled as needed through ongoing recruitment. Applicants are contacted and hired year-round based on college needs. This pool is open continuously and refreshed every two years.

Applicants in this pool will remain active for two years. After two years applicants will receive an email with information on how to remain in the pool.

• To apply for this position, interested candidates are required to complete an online application, including submission of a Resume, Letter of Interest, EEO/Diversity Statement and Unofficial Transcripts through the People Admin application portal.
• FOREIGN TRANSCRIPTS: Include a U.S. evaluation and translation. Click HERE for a list of acceptable agencies providing foreign transcript services.
• It is important to note that the District retains the right to extend time limits or initiate the recruitment/selection process anew at any stage.
• Education Code §87408.6 states that no person shall be initially employed by a community college district in an academic or classified position unless the person has submitted to an examination within the past sixty (60) days to determine that he/she/they is free of active tuberculosis.
• As a condition of employment, the position you are applying for will require that you provide fingerprints to the local police department. The fees charged by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI for the fingerprint report is the employee’s responsibility.
• Fingerprint clearance must be received prior to the employee’s first day on the job.

Job Title: Part Time
- General Counselor

Location: Lake County Campus
- Clear Lake, CA

Job Description:

BASIC FUNCTION: Under the direction of the Vice President of Student Services or designee educational administrator, provide general counseling services in support of the College’s recruitment and retention efforts. The Counselor will provide personal, career and educational counseling to students. The Counselor will participate in orientation/counseling sessions, classroom presentations, workshops, assessment interpretation, outreach activities, evening assignments, and liaison duties with academic departments.

The assignment includes curriculum development, development and assessment of student learning outcomes, professional activities, committee work, and utilizing intervention strategies in working with academically challenged students. In addition, assignment includes working with electronic processes such as Curricunet, Tracdat, Degree-Audit, etc., or similar systems. Assignments are within Yuba College service centers/campuses.

REQUIRED DUTIES: Demonstrate sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability and ethnic backgrounds of community college students.

• Academic Advising/Educational Planning:
  Assist students with the process of course selection and other educational processes/experiences.
• Provide direction regarding selection of educational major(s).
• Provide information regarding transfer requirements to other post-secondary educational institutions.
• Develop Student Educational Plans (SEPs) with individual students, updating as necessary; evaluate student progress toward established goal.

• Assist students to clarify life and career goals; provide assistance to students to develop greater self-knowledge and self-awareness to enhance self-esteem.
• Provide “world of work” vocational information to students; obtain current labor market information for students.
• Maintain information regarding occupational trends.
• Utilize a variety of occupational resources and systems to serve student needs.
• Administer to students and interpret various career assessment tools.
• Provide students with job‑seeking skills and strategies, as appropriate.

• Provide personal counseling to students, as appropriate, regarding assistance with interpersonal relationship issues and problems, development of interpersonal…