Project Rebound Coordinator - Dean of Students
About the role
The Project Rebound Coordinator is responsible for the coordination, implementation, and ongoing operation of the Project Rebound program. The position serves as the primary resource for supporting the recruitment, enrollment, retention, and success of formerly incarcerated and justice-impacted students through comprehensive advising, case management, and program services.
Responsibilities
- Serves as the primary resource for supporting the recruitment, enrollment, retention, and success of formerly incarcerated and justice-impacted students through comprehensive advising, case management, and program services.
- Collaborates with campus departments, community-based organizations, partner institutions, and correctional and reentry programs to establish and maintain a continuum of support for students.
- Manages program operations, facilitates outreach and enrollment efforts, and ensures students are connected to appropriate academic, financial, and basic needs resources to support persistence and degree completion.
Requirements
Thorough knowledge of the principles of individual and group behavior, and general knowledge of individual counseling techniques and non-clinical case management practices as applied in a higher education setting.
Knowledge of the issues, barriers, and systemic challenges facing formerly incarcerated and justice-impacted populations, and the ability to apply that knowledge to support student access, transition, and success in a university environment.
Ability to advise students individually and in groups on varied and complex matters, including those involving sensitive personal, academic, financial, and reentry-related issues.
Ability to analyze complex situations accurately, interpret and evaluate descriptions of student concerns, define problems, and develop and implement appropriate courses of action or intervention.
Ability to determine appropriate techniques and approaches when engaged in personal interactions of a sensitive, emotionally charged, or potentially adversarial nature, utilizing tact, diplomacy, and sound professional judgment.
Qualifications
- Equivalent to graduation from a four-year college or university in a related field, including or supplemented by upper division or graduate coursework in counseling techniques, interviewing, and conflict resolution where such are job-related.
- One year in the program area to which assigned may be preferred but is not required.
- A master’s degree in Counseling, Clinical Psychology, Social Work, Higher Education, or a directly related field may be substituted for one year of experience.
- A doctorate degree and the appropriate internship or clinical training in counseling or guidance may be substituted for the three years of experience for positions with a major responsibility for professional career or personal counseling.
Skills
Thorough knowledge of the principles of individual and group behavior, and general knowledge of individual counseling techniques and non-clinical case management practices as applied in a higher education setting.
Knowledge of the issues, barriers, and systemic challenges facing formerly incarcerated and justice-impacted populations, and the ability to apply that knowledge to support student access, transition, and success in a university environment.
Ability to advise students individually and in groups on varied and complex matters, including those involving sensitive personal, academic, financial, and reentry-related issues.
Ability to analyze complex situations accurately, interpret and evaluate descriptions of student concerns, define problems, and develop and implement appropriate courses of action or intervention.
Ability to determine appropriate techniques and approaches when engaged in personal interactions of a sensitive, emotionally charged, or potentially adversarial nature, utilizing tact, diplomacy, and sound professional judgment.
Benefits
Cal Poly offers a best-in-class benefits program, including health, dental and vision insurance, retirement participation in the Public Employees' Retirement System, and educational benefits for eligible employees.
Pay
Anticipated Hiring Range: $69,804 - $77,951 Per Year
Classification Range: $66,480 - $94,716 Per Year
Schedule
Not specified