Puente Counselor

Position Overview

Position Title:

Tenure‑track Puente Counselor/Coordinator.

Location:

Pleasant Hill Campus, Diablo Valley College (DVC). Employment begins:
Fall 2026.

Posting Number: F01291. # of Openings:
1. Initial salary placement ranges from $68,136 to $112,848 per year, up to $132,000 depending on experience and qualifications.

Job open date: 12/09/2025. Job close date: 02/25/2026. Open until filled:
No.

The Puente Program focuses on culturally responsive counseling, academic, career, and personal support for Chicanx/Latinx and first‑generation students, with integrated English, counseling, and mentoring components.

• Provide individual and group counseling to Puente students and others, using culturally responsive strategies.
• Teach counseling and career courses; facilitate workshops supportive of underrepresented students.
• Establish a positive, motivating environment encouraging persistence and transfer success.
• Help develop abbreviated and comprehensive educational plans.
• Collaborate with instructional faculty to support shared goals and linked Puente courses.
• Participate fully in college governance: attend meetings, serve on committees, especially those addressing first‑generation and Chicanx/Latinx student success.
• Engage in professional growth: PUENTE statewide training, Puente Summer Institute, innovation in counseling and teaching.
• Perform other faculty duties, including work outside regular hours as needed.
• Coordinate Puente Program activities: plan, implement, evaluate events and activities; recruit and train mentors; attend linked English courses.

Minimum:
One of the following earned degrees from an accredited institution (exact title match required):

• Masters in counseling, rehabilitation counseling, clinical psychology, counseling psychology, guidance counseling, educational counseling, social work, career development, marriage and family therapy, or marriage, family and child counseling.
• Equivalent, such as a bachelor’s degree plus MFT license.

Applicants who do not possess an exact minimum qualification must submit an equivalency petition form.

• Experience providing academic, career, and personal counseling to first‑generation or Chicanx/Latinx students.
• Experience teaching courses or workshops related to college orientation, transfer, or career planning for underrepresented students.
• Experience coordinating a cohort model learning community, including tours, cultural activities, and mentor programs.
• Experience and/or commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration with budgeting, teaching linked courses, and creating integrated assignments.
• Bilingual in Spanish & English.

Required or equivalent credentials as noted in qualifications.

Membership in State Teachers Retirement System (STRS). District‑paid benefits (employee contributes 6%):

• Medical (Anthem Blue Cross or Kaiser) insurance, including chiropractic services.
• Dental and vision.
• Flexible spending plan.
• Life and long‑term disability insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Deferred compensation (403(b) and 457).
• Sabbatical leave.

Additional benefits: travel assistance, retiree benefits, employee discounts on health memberships.

Union options:
Local 1 and United Faculty with associated fees.

1. Submit all application materials online.

2. Ensure receipt before closing date (02/25/2026, 11:59 pm).

3. Upload unofficial transcript for screening; provide official transcript before employment start.

4. For foreign or non‑exact degrees, submit equivalency application and foreign‑degree evaluation.

5. Upload required documents: unofficial transcript(s), CV/resume, cover letter, equivalency form (if applicable).

6. All materials remain district property.

• Application screening for minimum qualifications.
• Review by screening committee.
• Campus interview, possible demonstration; interview panel includes college president and department leaders.
• Binary recommendation to chancellor and governing board.
• Final hire subject to verification, TB test, physical exam, fingerprinting, immigration verification.

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