Extended Opportunity Programs & Services (EOPS) Counselor - Full-time Faculty

About This Role

This is a full-time, tenure-track counselor position in the Counseling and Matriculation Division, serving students in Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS), CARE, NextUp, and Guardian Scholars Programs. The EOPS / NextUp Counselor provides comprehensive academic, career, and equity-centered counseling using intrusive and trauma-informed practices.

Responsibilities

• Work 35 weekly hours per semester which includes direct student contact and preparation, with District/community service, and shared governance
• Provide academic, career, and personal counseling to EOPS, CARE, and NextUp students
• Create abbreviated & comprehensive student educational plans for degree completion, certificate pathways, and transfer
• Assist students on Academic Guidance with pathways back to academic good standing and connection to campus resources
• Provide intrusive case management and early intervention for students facing academic, financial, personal, or housing-related barriers
• Provide personal, academic counseling and crisis intervention related to housing instability, food insecurity, mental health concerns, parenting responsibilities, and foster youth transitions
• Ensure compliance with Title 5 EOPS and NextUp program requirements
• Maintain accurate counseling notes, student records, and categorical documentation for audit and reporting purposes
• Conduct outreach, recruitment, orientations, campus tours, and student success workshops
• Be available to teach Human Development, counseling, or personal development courses

Requirements

• Master's degree in counseling, rehabilitation counseling, clinical psychology, counseling psychology, guidance counseling, educational counseling, social work or career development
• Completed a minimum of nine semester units of college course work predominantly relating to ethnic minorities or persons handicapped by language, social or economic disadvantages OR completed six semester units or the equivalent of a college-level counseling practicum or counseling field-work courses in a community college EOPS program, or in a program dealing predominantly with ethnic minorities or persons handicapped by language, social or economic disadvantages
• Two years of occupational experience in work relating to ethnic minorities or persons handicapped by language, social or economic disadvantages

Qualifications

• Master's degree in counseling, rehabilitation counseling, clinical psychology, counseling psychology, guidance counseling, educational counseling, social work or career development
• 2 years of occupational experience in work relating to ethnic minorities or persons handicapped by language, social or economic disadvantages