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MESA Counselor

Employer
Contra Costa Community College District
Location
California, United States
Salary
Salary Not specified
Date posted
Nov 29, 2021

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MESA Counselor

Posting Number: F00807
Location: Diablo Valley College
Salary: $65,088 - $99,876 per year

Description of Position:
Diablo Valley College inspires, educates, and empowers a diverse community of students to transform their lives and their communities. DVC instructors close the equity gaps by fostering success among all students. To help further this work, DVC seeks a full-time MESA Counselor to start in August 2022.

The MESA Counselor will support in the coordination of DVC's MESA (Math, Engineering Student Achievement) program and advise MESA students. The ideal candidate will show sensitivity to and an understanding of the unique needs of underrepresented students in STEM. We strongly encourage those with historically marginalized and/or underrepresented identities to apply, including people of color, non-binary and transgender individuals, women, and Indigenous people.

The MESA Counselor will provide highly specialized counseling tailored to the unique needs of STEM students. Among other counseling interventions, this position will assist students in exploring careers and majors, understanding educational pathways, identifying research and internship opportunities, developing study skills, connecting to campus resources, and overcoming obstacles to success.

The MESA Counselor will act as a counseling liaison to STEM departments as well as a STEM discipline expert within the Counseling Department- serving as a point-person for other Counselors on STEM-related academic planning questions.

The MESA Counselor will work closely with STEM departments on the development of initiatives to increase STEM student retention and success, such as embedded counseling, scholarship programs, and career/transfer events.

The MESA Counselor will collaborate with counseling colleagues and STEM departments to develop and teach STEM-specific student success workshops and classes, such as STEM FYE Counseling 120 and STEM-focused study skills workshops.
The successful candidate will also demonstrate sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, ethnic backgrounds, and abilities of community college students.

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Position Status: Tenure- Track
EEO Job Category: Faculty & Other Instructional Staff
Employee Group: Full-Time Faculty
Department: D4000-Counseling Division

Duties and Responsibilities:
In addition to contractual duties for this position which will include counseling and program coordination, all faculty are expected to participate actively in their disciplines, in their departmental activities and in the general intellectual life and governance of the college. Part of the counseling assignment may be in the evening program. Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:
1. assisting students with decision-making and the exploration of their educational, career, and personal goals;
2. working with students to develop educational plans;
3. adhering to the schedule that has been developed with the Department Chairpersons, which may include individual student appointments, drop-in assignments, workshops, and weekend and/or evening assignments;
4. collaborating with instructional faculty in support of the goals of the institution;
5. participating in the college governance process, including attendance at all department and division meetings, and serve on college wide committees;
6. promoting the philosophy that integrates counseling and mentoring to support student learning;
7. participating in required training and activities such as conferences, regional meetings, outreach, orientations for students, community activities & social/cultural events, field trips, mentorship, advisory groups, etc.;
8. participating in professional development activities, both departmental and college-wide;
9. creating a positive environment that provides students with the support/motivation likely to enable them to transfer;
10. maintaining current knowledge of counseling techniques and other effective student support intervention strategies;
11. engaging in outreach targeting feeder high schools and community groups;
12. maintaining appropriate standards of professional conduct and ethics;
13. performing other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualification-Education/Experience:
Understanding of and sensitivity to the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, sexual orientation and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, staff and faculty.

Desirable Qualifications:
1. Experience providing academic, career and personal counseling to a diverse group of community college students (first generation, Black/African American, Chicano/Latino/Latinx, Native American, AAPI, EOPS). 2. Experience working with students in MESA and/or other STEM-focused equity and achievement programs and an understanding of the cultural (and structural) obstacles students face while in STEM.
3. Extensive knowledge of academic programs, transfer pathways, and career opportunities within the STEM field.4. Experience working collaboratively with faculty, staff and administrators to recruit and support students who are historically underrepresented in STEM, and address issues of equity and inclusion both in and out of the classroom.5. Ability to develop and deliver STEM-specific career and counseling curriculum in a variety of formats, including online, hybrid, and face-to-face.

Job Open Date: 11/24/2021
Job Close Date: 1/24/2022
Open Until Filled: No
Employment Begins: August 2022
# of Months: 10

To apply, visit: https://www.4cdcareers.net/postings/8192

The Contra Costa Community College District does not discriminate against any applicant for employment on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, age, sex, or sexual orientation. This prohibition against unlawful discrimination extends to any person who is perceived to have any of the above characteristics or who is associated with someone who has, or who is perceived to have, any of those characteristics.

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