Salary: $37.91 - $75.87 Hourly
Location: Oregon City, OR
Job Type: Part-Time, Union
Division: Academic Foundations and Connections
Job Number: 2324-00081
Closing: 4/2/2024 11:59 PM Pacific

Description

Clackamas Community College (CCC) at the Oregon City, Oregon campus seek to hire a part-time faculty Counselor. We are interested in finding the best candidate for the job, and candidates that may be from a less traditional background. We welcome applicants who bring a diversity of identity, culture, experience, perspective, and thought. If you are an experienced technician and have an interest in sharing your unique skills to help train the next generation of technicians, we encourage you to apply.

CCC is committed to continuous improvement and innovation in support of student-centered teaching and learning. We are committed to understanding and dismantling systems of oppression and to co-creating a more equitable educational system that in turn fosters a more equitable society. We strive to be a student-ready institution that supports and partners with students to promote discovery and growth. We work to mobilize community-wide awareness and action related to College strategic priorities and seeks to build relationships in support of community well-being. At CCC, individuals are celebrated for their experience and expertise, validated for their unique perspectives, and engaged in ways that reflect their needs and interests. To learn more about CCC visit Leadership, Vision and Initiatives.

Counselor/Instructor will be responsible for retention counseling, retention cohort management, meeting classes, instructing, assessing students, and performing other tasks related to counseling and instruction as assigned. The role of the counselor in the institution is both responsive and active. As the needs of the students, faculty, administration, and the public vary, so does the orientation of the activities of counseling vary in response to these needs. The services provided by the department may be categorized as: direct services to individuals and groups, instructional services, program development and support, and liaison with individuals and groups on and off campus. The position may be divided into strictly counseling and strictly instruction, or retain the combination of both depending on the qualifications of the applicant pool.

Essential Job Functions:

This position will either serve in the Counseling or Instructional role.

Counseling Role:
Assignments include, but are not limited to:
Provide retention counseling using cohort based support and instruction.

Provide successful educational and career planning to all students.

Provide personal counseling/coaching.

Inspire and support general retention and enrollment efforts throughout the college.

Act as liaison to different divisions of the college.

Instructional Role:
Teach college level human development and college success courses.

Auxiliary Functions:
May provide assistance to other department personnel as workload and staffing levels dictate. Maintain work areas in a clean and orderly manner.

Qualifications

Minimum/Mandatory Education and Experience:
Master's degree in Counseling, Psychology or Social Work, or a Master's degree in a related field with 27 quarter credits (18 semester hours) of graduate level counseling courses. Teaching experience at a college level. Evidence of ability to present, collaborate and work with diverse audiences, specifically racially, ethnically, and socioeconomically diverse communities. Demonstrated ability to provide and develop retention counseling strategies. Demonstrated ability to provide personal and career counseling and guidance. Demonstrated ability to document case progress and clinical case notes.

Desirable Qualifications:
Evidence of a teaching practice that is grounded in current theories and human development. Evidence of commitment to teaching as a profession and to ongoing professional development. Demonstrate enthusiasm, creativity, and energy in the classroom. Evidence of a respectful and positive attitude towards students and of the ability to motivate them to succeed. Ability to speak a second language. Bi-cultural background. Experience working in a community college environment. Clinical counseling experience.

Other Job Elements

The physical demands listed below represent those that must be met by an incumbent to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with qualified disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands of the Position:

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is frequently required to sit, stand, bend, kneel, stoop, communicate, reach and manipulate objects. The position requires mobility. Duties involve moving materials weighing up to 5 pounds on a regular basis such as files, books, office equipment, etc., and may infrequently require moving materials/objects weighing 25 to 60 pounds. Manual dexterity and coordination are required over 50% of the work period while operating equipment such as computer keyboard, calculator, and standard office equipment.

Working Conditions:

Work environment includes classroom, lab, or other setting as appropriate.

Supervisory Responsibilities:
Supervision of other personnel is not a typical function assigned to this position. May provide training and orientation to newly assigned personnel, and may assign work to student workers

Supervision Received:
Works under the general directions of the Department Chair.

Additional Information

Application Instructions:

When applying for this position, you will be required to complete the NeoGov application and attach the following electronic documents.

• Curriculum Vitae
• Cover Letter
• Unofficial Transcripts
• Certificates
• If applicable: Veteran's Preference documents

Any applications which do not have the required documents attached will be considered incomplete. Incomplete applications will not be considered. CCC makes employment decisions based solely on the candidate's demonstrated competencies as related to successful performance in the position.

Veterans' Preference:



Applicants are eligible to use Veterans' Preference when applying with CCC in accordance with ORS 408.225, 408.230 and 408.235; and OAR 105-040-0010 and 105-040-0015. Preference will be given only if the applicant meets the minimum criteria of the position and electronically attach the required documentation at the time of application. For information regarding Veterans' Preference qualifications, visit http://www.oregonjobs.org/DAS/STJOBS/vetpoints.shtmlq

Documents Required for Veterans' Preference

• One of the following:
  • MEMBER COPY 4 of the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214 or 215)
    
    -OR-
  • Letter from the US Dept. of Veterans Affairs indicating receipt of a non-service connected pension
    
    -OR-
  • Certification that discharge or release from active duty under honorable conditions will take place not later than 120 days after the submission of the certificate
• In addition to one of the above documents, Disabled Veterans must also submit one of the following:
  • A copy of their Veterans disability preference letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs
    
    -OR-
  • Certification that medical separation from active duty under honorable conditions will take place not later than 120 days after the submission of the certificate.

You can request copies of your military service record through the National Archives website at http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/

Equal Opportunity Employer:

CCC is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or any other protected class.

Annual Security Report:

Pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), you may view CCC's most recent Annual Security Report (ASR) at Clackamas Community College. The ASR contains current security and safety-related policy disclosure statements, emergency preparedness and evacuation information, crime prevention and sexual assault prevention information and resources, and drug and alcohol prevention programming. The ASR also contains crime statistics for Clery Act crimes which occurred on PCC properties for the last three calendar years.