Academic EOPS Counselor

About the role

Lake Tahoe Community College (LTCC) announces an opportunity to work as a full-time, tenure-track Academic Counselor in LTCC’s Student Services Division. Counseling support services are critical in helping students achieve their personal, academic, and career goals.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive academic, career, transfer, personal, and retention-focused counseling services to students participating in Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS), Cooperative Agencies Resources for Education (CARE), CalWORKs, NextUp, and other special populations, ensuring compliance with applicable state regulations and program requirements.
• Aid students in the development of educational plans, academic goal setting, transfer preparation, and navigation of college processes while providing intensive support services that promote persistence, retention, completion, and successful educational outcomes.
• Offer the required counseling, advising, and student contact services mandated by Title 5 regulations for EOPS participants and maintain appropriate documentation to support program compliance, accountability, and reporting requirements.
• Plan, coordinate, implement, and evaluate programs, services, workshops, orientations, interventions, and activities that support the academic, personal, and career success of EOPS, CARE, CalWORKs, and NextUp students.
• Establish, cultivate, and maintain collaborative partnerships with college departments, community-based organizations, social service agencies, K-12 districts, and regional partners to expand resources and support networks for EOPS, CARE, CalWORKs, and NextUp students.
• Assist in the development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of annual Program Plans, budgets, reports, and other required documentation for EOPS, CARE, CalWORKs, and NextUp programs; support program review processes, outcome assessment activities, and compliance reporting required by the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office.
• Maintain accurate recordkeeping, data collection, and reporting in accordance with state regulations, funding requirements, and district policies for categorical programs.
• Aid students in navigating academic coursework, financial aid processes, transfer opportunities, and career pathways, and provide referrals to mental health, basic needs, employment, housing, childcare, and other support services as appropriate.
• Collaborate with counseling faculty, student services professionals, instructional faculty, and administrators to advance student success initiatives.
• Coordinate outreach, recruitment, orientation, recognition, and special events designed to increase awareness, participation, and student engagement in EOPS, CARE, CalWORKs, and NextUp programs.
• Contribute to the development, management, and stewardship of departmental and categorical program budgets and resources.
• Consult and collaborate with faculty, staff, administrators, and external partners to address student needs, remove barriers to success, and strengthen pathways to educational and career attainment.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in counseling, rehabilitation counseling, clinical psychology, counseling psychology, guidance counseling, educational counseling, social work or career development, OR the equivalent.
• In addition to the above, EOPS counselors hired after October 24, 1987, shall:
• (1) Have 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
• (2) Have 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.
• An EOPS counselor hired after October 24, 1987, shall have two years of occupational experience in work relating to ethnic minorities or persons handicapped by language, social or economic disadvantages.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to perform all of the responsibilities listed above.
• Demonstrated sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students.

Skills

• Demonstrated ability to perform all of the responsibilities listed above.
• Demonstrated sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students.
• Bilingual – Spanish speaking.
• Understanding of counseling in an educational setting.
• Familiarity with characteristics of community college students and the quarter system.
• Experience with counseling diverse populations.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to develop working relationships with college faculty, staff, and community groups.
• Ability to coordinate programs.
• Understanding of small college environment.
• Experience teaching in another discipline.

Benefits

Health and Welfare benefits include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long term disability. These benefits also include full coverage of a gold-level medical plan which, on average, covers 80% of healthcare expenses for a standard population. LTCC also matches 19.1% of an eligible employee’s salary and contributes it into a CalSTRS pension account for qualifying employees.

Pay

Salary Range: LTCC offers a competitive compensation package that includes a starting placement salary of $77,922 to $100,915 annually for faculty who hold a master’s degree or equivalent, dependent upon teaching and work experience, or starting placement salary of $94,044 to $117,038 annually for faculty who hold a doctoral degree, dependent upon teaching and work experience. See the faculty salary schedule for further information regarding education and salary placement.

Schedule

This position is a 200-day contract over fall, winter, and spring quarters. This position is exempt from overtime compensation. 10 days of sick leave accrue annually.

Commitment to Diversity

Our ideal candidate will share and participate in LTCC’s commitment to the values of diversity and equity while serving its ethnically and socioeconomically diverse student population. Lake Tahoe Community College is a federally designated Hispanic-Serving Institution, reflecting the surrounding California and Nevada area.