Counselor, Perkins - Business Education (One-Year, Full-Time Temporary) Fresno City College

About the Role

Fresno City College values serving students from diverse cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities, and orientations. The successful candidate will be an equity-minded leader committed to student success through collaboration with faculty, staff, administration, students, and community partners to close equity gaps. This is a one-year, full-time temporary position, with the possibility of filling more than one position from this pool.

Fresno City College is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), Black-Serving Institution (BSI), and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI). The college enrolled over 44,000 students in the 2025-2026 academic year, with 67% identifying as Latinx, 11% as Asian/Pacific Islander, 4% as Black/African American, 14% as White, 1% as American Indian/Alaska Native, and 2% as multiracial.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and provide job/career fair support, campus tours, educational planning, and conference/workshop presentations to inform students and families about CTE program options, courses, certificates, and degrees.
• Provide referrals and connections to Pathway Teams such as DSP&S, Outreach, General Counselors, and Financial Aid representatives.
• Facilitate career exploration and development activities through a systematic framework to aid students in making informed education and career plans.
• Provide professional development for teachers, faculty, administrators, counselors, and paraprofessionals.
• Support the integration of academic skills into CTE programs to help students meet state academic standards and achieve academic skills at the postsecondary level.
• Plan and implement elements that support CTE programs and increase student achievement of local performance standards.
• Develop sustainable relationships among education, business, industry, and community stakeholders to align programs with in-demand skills.
• Expand opportunities for CTE concentrators in accelerated learning programs, including dual/concurrent enrollment, early college high schools, and articulation agreements.
• Provide work-based learning opportunities, including simulated work environments and industry-recognized certification examinations.
• Coordinate with education and workforce development programs, including career pathways and sector partnerships under WIOA and IDEA.
• Expand opportunities for students in distance and blended-learning CTE programs, as well as competency-based education.
• Improve career guidance and academic counseling to assist students in making informed decisions, including academic and financial aid counseling.
• Support the integration of employability skills into CTE programs, including family and consumer sciences.
• Increase access, engagement, and success for students underrepresented in fields such as accounting, business, technology, computer information technology, decision science, business administration, marketing, paralegal, and real estate.
• Provide CTE for adults or out-of-school youth to complete secondary education or upgrade technical skills.
• Support career and technical student organizations, including preparation for technical skills competitions.
• Make instructional content widely available, including the use of open educational resources.
• Partner with qualified intermediaries to improve training, public-private partnerships, and scalability of high-quality CTE delivery.
• Reduce or eliminate out-of-pocket expenses for special populations, including fees, transportation, childcare, or mobility challenges.
• Serve on and attend department, college, and district committees as needed.
• Participate in program review, student learning outcome development, and assessment to improve student learning.
• Fulfill all duties and responsibilities of instructors as required by Administrative Regulation 7122.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Evidence of responsiveness to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, as these factors relate to equity-minded practice.
• Master’s degree in counseling, rehabilitation counseling, clinical psychology, counseling psychology, guidance counseling, educational counseling, social work, career development, marriage and family therapy, or marriage, family, and child counseling.
• Valid California Community College Credential; or equivalent education and/or experience (requires an equivalency).
• Note: A bachelor’s degree in one of the listed fields and a license as a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) is an alternative qualification.

Desirable Qualifications

• Experience incorporating diversity, equity, and inclusion into all areas of responsibility.
• Recent experience working with African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Latinx, Native American, and other racially minoritized students, and understanding historical patterns of exclusion in higher education.
• Willingness to examine and remediate instructional, relational, and classroom practices to support racially minoritized students.
• Related work and professional experience.
• Experience working with students of various cultural, gender, age, socioeconomic, and ethnic backgrounds, as well as students with disabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to use computers and other technologies for instruction and student support.
• Strong communication skills with students and staff.
• Knowledge of the community college system, its mission, and goals.

Schedule

178-181 duty days per year, contingent upon funding. Duty days will be prorated based on the start of the assignment.

Pay

Starting annual salary is $71,054 – $108,772 based on education and experience. An annual doctoral stipend of $2,419 is available.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for the employee and dependents.
• Life insurance.
• Membership in the California State Teacher’s Retirement System (CalSTRS).