Job Description

POSITION DESCRIPTION

The Compton Community College District is now accepting applications for the part-time Counselor pool for the 2023 - 2024 academic year. Typical duties include: Counseling students in all academic, transfer, career and vocational areas; participation in the matriculation process, including assessment, orientation, development of student education plans, and identifying retention strategies to achieve desired outcome and follow-up. Assignments could be in Outreach, CTE, Veterans Resource Center, Financial Aid, First Year Experience, General Counseling and Formerly Incarcerated Students in Transition Program (FIST)/Black Male Success Program (BMS). The assignment may involve day, evening, and weekend assignments.

 

REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES

The duties of the part-time Guided Pathways Counselor may include, but not be limited to, the following:

 

• • • • Deliver comprehensive counseling support services to an assigned group of students through degree completion.

• Conduct workshops and group counseling on topics of relevance and interest.

• Review student progress and tracks student use of academic support services.

• Regularly collaborate with faculty and other college staff as needed to support student success.

• Maintain accurate notes and review grade reports for each assigned student, recommending appropriate referrals for opportunity programs.

• Support annual recruitment of students.

• Assist in organizing periodic special events and programs for students, faculty and staff.

• Counsel students in the appropriate academic and vocational guided pathways; provide academic advising, counseling, and participation in the program process.

• Develop student education plans and provide follow-up for students.

• Participate in the development of retention strategies to assist students in completing their goal.

• Provide career planning for undecided students.

• Conduct workshops for students, including but not limited to, probation/dismissal-status students.

• Provide virtual and/or group counseling.

• Teach human development classes, as needed.

• Provide input into the development of curriculum guide sheets and catalog materials with the college and four-year institutions.

• Foster relationships with the District high schools.

• Participate in division program review.

• Apply student development philosophy and theory to provide comprehensive counseling services to community college students from diverse backgrounds regarding degree and vocational education program planning, university transfer planning, education, career decision, goal clarification and personal life management.

• Participate in the assessment of the related service area outcomes (SAOs).

• Participate in the assessments of student learning outcomes (SLOs).

 

 

 

 

Required Qualifications:

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's degree in counseling, rehabilitation counseling, clinical psychology, counseling psychology, guidance counseling, educational counseling, social work or and career development, OR

• Bachelor's degree in one of the above listed degrees and a license as a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) is an alternative qualification for this discipline; OR

• The equivalent - Candidates not possessing the required qualifications as stated on this announcement must complete the Request For Equivalency Form as part of the application process to explain in detail how their qualifications are equivalent to those above; OR

• Valid California Community College Instructor credential in appropriate subject issued prior to July 1, 1990; AND

• Sensitivity to and understanding of diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students and of individuals with disabilities.

 

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Strong understanding of the needs and challenges facing students from diverse urban backgrounds

• Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team, within the department and with faculty and other administrators

• Strong organization, project management, communication, and facilitation skills

• Ability to maintain accurate and detailed records of student activities

• Computer skills, particularly Microsoft Office Suite, and aptitude to learn new systems as needed

• Experience using a case-management model of serving students including confidential record-keeping procedures

• Experience advising students in a post-secondary program

• Experience using electronic student education plans, course placements, and student information systems and internet for academic and career planning

• Experience collaborating with multiple service providers within the campus and the community.

• Experience working with non-traditional college students who face multiple outside barriers, such as poverty, parenthood, academic disadvantage, physical and/or emotional abuse, drug abuse and/or anxiety and depression

• Effective oral and written communication skills

 

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
HOURLY RANGE: $44.79 - $72.27 (depending upon education and experience)

Part-time faculty members are compensated on a semester basis according to the number of class hours assigned per semester and on cumulative semesters of instruction for the District.

 

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Offer and acceptance of employment is subject to verification of all information provided on the employment application, credential(s), transcripts, fingerprint results, and tuberculosis examination as required. Candidates selected for employment will be required to provide verification of work authorization in the form of a passport, valid driver's license, or other equivalent identification, and Social Security card

TO APPLY

To ensure full consideration, qualified candidates must submit:

1. Online application: http://www.district.compton.edu

2. Cover letter describing how applicant meets the qualifications

3. Resume including educational background, professional experience, and related personal development and accomplishments

4. Request for Equivalency form (if applicable)

5. Pertinent transcripts as stated in the required qualifications. (Unofficial computer-generated academic records/transcripts must include the name of the institution and degrees awarded to be acceptable.)

Multiple-page transcripts must be loaded as ONE PDF document.

 

Foreign Transcripts: Transcripts issued outside the United States of America require a course-by-course analysis with an equivalency statement from a certified transcript-evaluation service verifying the degree equivalency to that of an accredited institution within the USA. For information on transcript-evaluation services, please visit: http://www.ctc.ca.gov/credentials/leaflets/cl635.pdf.

 

Please Note: Documents submitted or uploaded for a previous position cannot be reused for other positions. You must submit the required documents for each position for which you apply for by the closing date. Failure to do so will result in an incomplete application. Applications with an incomplete status will not receive consideration. You may check the status of your application online.

 

Closing Date:Open unitl filled

 

 

FOR FURTHER INQUIRIES AND APPLICATION MATERIAL SUBMISSION, CONTACT:

 

Compton College - Human Resources

1111 East Artesia Boulevard

Compton, CA 90221-5393

310-900-1600, ext. 2400

www.district.compton.edu

 

 

The Compton Community College District is committed to providing an educational and employment environment in which no person is subjected to discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, creed, age (over 40), disability (mental or physical), sex, gender (including pregnancy and childbirth), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military and veteran status, or retaliation; or on any other basis as required by state and federal law.

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