Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) Counselor-Tenure Track

Location: 380 East Aten Road, Imperial, CA

Job Type: Full-Time Faculty (Tenure Track)

Salary: $81,903.00 - $178,618.00 Annually

Representative Duties

• Provide educational counseling and advisement, career counseling, and testing services to students on site and online.
• Assist in Career and Transfer advising activities.
• Maintain individual records on students.
• Develop and conduct workshops relevant to student success.
• Provide matriculation services for students and track potential graduates.
• Participate in retention and outreach efforts.
• Complete unofficial transcript evaluations.
• Identify special student needs.
• Participate in recruiting activities with local schools, other community colleges, four-year colleges, community agencies, and employers.
• Serve on college-wide committees.
• Serve as liaison to community agencies and local employers.
• Communicate effectively and work cooperatively with others in a team environment.
• Attend and actively contribute to meetings as required.
• Be familiar with and observe the Faculty Association Collective Bargaining Agreement, applicable IVC Board Policies, and Administrative Procedures.
• Demonstrate sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students.

Minimum Qualifications

Master's degree in counseling, rehabilitation counseling, clinical psychology, counseling psychology, guidance counseling, educational counseling, social work, or career development, or the equivalent.

For EOPS Counselors hired after October 24, 1987:

• Completed a minimum of nine semester units of college coursework 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 fieldwork 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.

An applicant may qualify for this position by having education and experience equivalent to the listed degrees. To be considered for equivalency, the candidate must submit college transcripts and a complete description of work experience with their application.

Benefits

• Employer/employee paid medical coverage options, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Earned annual sick leave.
• Earned annual vacation leave for classified and confidential classified employees.
• Enrollment in a California Retirement System.

Supplemental Questions

Applicants must respond to the following questions with at least one well-developed paragraph per question. Responses should be thoughtful, substantive, and carefully edited. If a response exceeds the 600-character limit, it may be continued in an attached document.

• Question D: Describe how you would promote multicultural awareness, understanding, and equity practices in the delivery of student services to a diverse student population.
• Question A: What in your background and experience make you particularly well suited for this position at Imperial Valley College?
• Question B: How do you define Diversity? Please share an example of how your personal and professional experience have informed your perspective on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA). How do you plan to integrate DEIA in your position?
• Question C: Discuss your experience working with diverse populations. How do you encourage and empower individuals from all backgrounds and abilities to overcome obstacles and achieve their goals? Please provide examples to help us better understand.