American River College

Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) Counselor

Job Posting Number: REQ01231

Salary: $59,370.06 - $112,045.42 Annually

Closing Date: 11/2/2025 11:59 PM Pacific

Complete job description and application available online at: http://50.73.55.13/counter.php?id=309777

The faculty member shall be responsible for the following: counseling services and/or teaching assigned classes under the supervision of the administrator; helping students fulfill their maximum potential in mastering course content; assessing student learning outcomes; maintaining a thorough and up-to-date knowledge in their regular teaching field; continuing professional development; utilizing current technology in the performance of job duties; maintaining standards of professional conduct and ethics appropriate to the professional position; assisting with articulation and curriculum development and review; serving on college committees and participating in faculty governance including accreditation and student co-curricular activities; assuming other responsibilities as assigned by the administrator; fulfilling other duties and responsibilities of a full-time faculty member as outlined in the college faculty handbook.

The assignment may include instructing classes, which could result in a Counselor/Instructional split assignment.

The department maintains a focus on:

• Counseling academically and/or economically disadvantaged students

• Crisis intervention counseling

• Career exploration and decision making

• Outreach activities

• Case management service delivery

• Trends and challenges facing community college students

• Counseling designed to support student retention and success

• Program development and coordination

• Mentoring/coaching

• Empathetic and active listening counseling

Position Salary Information:

Initial maximum salary placement is based on academic degree, upper/graduate level units earned, and/or related professional occupational experience per the Los Rios College Federation of Teachers Contract (Download PDF reader) (the initial maximum placement is Class V, Step 1). For more information on the step placement process, please click here.

Typical Duties

The assignment may include instructing classes, which could result in a Counselor/Instructional split assignment. The assignment may include, but is not limited to:

Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) Counseling

• Working with a high risk student population that possibly have had no or minimal experience in higher education.

• Assisting students and potential students in clarifying or establishing appropriate educational and vocational goals.

• Maintaining current knowledge of counseling practices, methods, and techniques.

• Participating in the planning and implementation of the counseling and advising program as directed.

• Developing individual and group counseling processes to assist students in making decisions regarding their vocational goals and academic programs.

• Aiding students in resolving personal and social problems that adversely affect their achievement.

• Monitoring and counseling students regarding academic progress and probation status.

• Analyzing periodically the achievement records of counselees; discussing with them their academic progress in terms of both short- and long-range educational and vocational goals.

• Studying the needs, interest, abilities, achievements, and aptitudes of students; making recommendations to assist the college in fulfilling its obligation to students.

• Developing and maintaining close working relationships with instructional areas, outreach centers, feeder high schools, neighboring colleges, and community resource agencies.

• Articulating programs with feeder high schools.

• Fostering good high school/college relations.

• Preparing and maintaining a cumulative counseling record for each counselee.

• Relaying pertinent information to college personnel as needed and respecting the confidentiality of such records as required by law.

• Performing other duties as assigned.

If instructional duties are assigned, they may include, but are not limited to, the following Human Career Development (HCD) courses:

• HCD 115 – Orientation to College

• HCD 122 – Study Skills

• HCD 122 – Applied Life and Success Skills

• HCD 330 – Life and Career Planning

To view a complete list of courses for this discipline, please visit the Programs and Majors webpage for the specific campus:

• ARC Programs and Majors

• CRC Programs and Majors

• FLC Programs and Majors

• SCC Programs and Majors

Minimum Qualifications

Applicants are required to meet the following minimum qualifications. All degrees must be from an accredited institution completed by January 15, 2026.

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

AND

• Have completed a minimum of:

***** Nine (9) semester units of college course work predominantly relating to ethnic minorities or persons handicapped by language, social or economic disadvantages; or

***** Six (6) 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.

AND

• Have two years of occupational experience in work relating to ethnic minorities or persons handicapped by language, social or economic disadvantages.

• Have an equity-minded focus, responsiveness, and sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, including those with physical or learning disabilities as it relates to differences in learning styles; and successfully foster and support an inclusive educational and employment environment.

*NOTES:

Any applicant who fails to provide evidence to support completion of minimum qualifications or of equivalency, may be eliminated from the applicant pool.

Degree titles must match the stated minimum qualifications exactly (word-for-word). Titles with added, missing, or rearranged words will not be accepted. If your degree title does not match the minimum qualifications exactly, you must submit documentation for “equivalency” to be considered for this position (see next bullet). E.g. minimum qualification states Chemistry degree needed, and your degree title states Organic Chemistry. You will need to apply for “equivalency”. If you fail to submit this documentation and your degree title does not match, you will be disqualified.

Applicants applying under the “equivalent” provision must include the equivalency review request form detailing and explaining how their academic preparation and/or professional experience is the equivalent of the degree(s) listed in the minimum qualifications. Please visit our website for the form and information on the equivalency determination process.

If you have already been granted equivalency for this discipline, you must attach a copy of your determination form or letter. If you do not attach a copy of your determination form or letter you will be disqualified. If you have misplaced your copy please contact Human Resources for assistance.

Application Instructions

Applicants applying to this position are REQUIRED to complete and submit:

A Los Rios Community College District Application

Letter of Interest

Resume or Curriculum Vitae

Unofficial Transcripts from College/University and/or Foreign Transcript Evaluation (see additional instructions)

Supplemental Questionnaire Document

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS:

Applications submitted without all required documents listed above will be disqualified.

Applications submitted with additional materials NOT requested will be disqualified.

Only information (education, experience, etc.) listed on the application will be considered for minimum qualifications.

Applicants indicating “see resume” on the application will not have that referenced experience considered for minimum qualifications, which may lead to the application being disqualified.

Individuals who have completed college/university course work at an institution in a country other than the United States must obtain a complete evaluation of foreign transcripts, degrees, and other relevant documents, even if the foreign document has been accepted by another college/university in the United States.

Foreign transcript evaluations are ONLY accepted from AICE (Association of International Credential Evaluations, Inc.) or NACES (The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services) agencies or evaluators. For additional information on foreign transcript evaluations click here (Download PDF reader).

ONLY copies of transcripts from a US College/University or Foreign Transcript Evaluation will be accepted. DO NOT include any foreign transcripts.

Graduate advising documents, certificate of degrees, diplomas, and grade reports will not be accepted as transcripts.

Do not submit additional materials that are not requested.

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Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) Counselor

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