Counselor Tenure Track

Position: Counselor, (Full-Time, Tenure Track)
Under the general direction of the Counseling Services and Programs (CSP) Department Chair and the Dean of Student Success, the Counseling Services and Programs full-time tenure track counselor is responsible for providing specialized academic, transfer, career and personal counseling to adult and dual enrolled students from diverse backgrounds. We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated counselor who exhibits a high degree of professionalism, a strong commitment to student success, and an understanding of working with diverse groups of students.

The academic counselor will work closely with college students to assist them in achieving their educational and career goals. The counselor will track the progress of students to ensure they are on the right path to their educational goals and assist them with providing personal guidance to meet their individual academic, career, and personal objectives. This position may include working evenings and weekends as necessary to meet student needs and might include placement in one of the many CSP Programs and Centers that serve City College of San Francisco students.

Job Duties

1. Provide specialized academic, career, and personal counseling to adult students from diverse backgrounds.

2. Demonstrate sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, Lesbian, Gay Bisexual, Transgender and Queer++, and ethnic backgrounds of community college faculty, staff and students

3. Demonstrated ability and successful experience counseling in specialized counseling support programs such as Puente, UMOJA, and Retention Programs such as Latino Services Network, Asian Pacific Islander students; TULAY or VASA programs or the like.

4. Ability to work during day, evening and/or weekends at any of the College's Centers, the Ocean Campus, Counseling Department Programs, and various community sites, and/or travel among them as required.

5. Attend all department meetings and professional development activities.

6. Consult with the various Instructional or Student Service departments within City College of San Francisco on behalf of students when needed.

7. Be able to discuss and provide community resources to assist students In the pursuit of their educational goals.

8. Develop, revise and update both initial and comprehensive accurate student educational plans (SEP's) that align with the appropriate academic goals; provide research and information on AA/AS, ADT, Transfer, Certificate, vocational and life-long learning goals.

9. Maintain current, accurate records of counseling sessions.

10. Maintain confidential records.

11. Assist students in selecting appropriate credit and/or noncredit classes.

12. Keep current on emerging technology and software to provide counseling services such as online counseling and online education plans. Be able to utilize common academic counseling tools when working with students such as ASSIST;
Banner;
Degree Works, Conex ED, UC Pathways, CSU Mentor, as well as other common community college counseling resources to provide accurate and timely counseling information.

13. Advise students on the matriculation process.

14. Provide in-person and virtual new student orientations and group counseling sessions.

15. Provide in-person, hybrid, online and/or at multiple CCSF instructional sites workshops on career planning, personal development, improving college performance and others as needed.

16. Complete letters of recommendation for students as needed and when appropriate for transfer admittance, job requirements, and other such needs.

17. Attend CSP and Student Support Services Division meetings and serve as CSP representative on campus committees.

18. Participate in professional development activities, program development and review, college wide functions such as committee work, staff meetings, curriculum development, student activities, high school outreach, and serve on college-wide faculty committees. Attendance might be required in-person, via hybrid or online formats, and/or at multiple CCSF instructional sites. This may include attendance at regional and state meetings and conferences.

19. Provide In-service…