Housing and Financial Security Navigator SSP IV

Fulltime temporary position available on or after April 7 2025 and ending on or before April 6 2026 in Basic Needs. Appointment will be made for one year from date of hire with the possibility of reappointment and/or becoming permanent based on budget department needs and job performance.

Under the general supervision of the Director for Basic Needs the Housing and Financial Security Navigator leads initiatives to support student housing and financial security as part of a broader effort to address basic needs. This role involves addressing complex challenges at individual group and organizational levels by implementing solutions facilitating nonclinical case management support and fostering partnerships on campus and in the community. The Navigator provides guidance to students accessing housing and financial security resources using basic counseling techniques to promote wellbeing and academic success. Additionally the position supports program development implementation evaluation and budget planning while mentoring members of the Basic Needs team including graduatelevel staff. Key responsibilities include coordinating collaborative efforts with campus departments communitybased organizations and agencies. The Navigator also contributes to programs such as CalFresh food security initiatives and Basic Needs education and outreach ensuring holistic support for student success.

Incumbents in this classification typically utilize a combination of highlevel analytical skills and highlevel interpersonal skills in working on complex problems from the investigation and analysis stage through the solution and implementation stage. This is the first level where assignments regularly impact other Student Services areas and where the scope of assignments is programwide. May serve as working supervisors or lead persons.

Student Services Professionals provide a broad range of services and activities designed to support students from preadmission through postgraduation. These services aim to help students progress toward their degree objectives enhance their learning experiences beyond the classroom and effectively apply the knowledge and skills gained during their university journey. Responsibilities include offering information and guidance helping students evaluate problems and determine solutions assessing needs and authorizing services and coordinating programs events and projects. Additionally they facilitate student engagement in campus life advocate for student needs with university stakeholders and provide support to students navigating personal and institutional challenges.

• Provide advisement information and guidance to students.
• Assist students in problemsolving and decisionmaking.
• Advocate for the needs of individual students and groups of students to university administrators faculty and staff.
• Provide support and assistance to students facing a variety of personal as well as institutional problems questions and challenges.
• Interact with students in the most sensitive and complex group problem situations.
• Coordinate and administer programs events and projects.
• Facilitate student involvement in campus life.
• Plan and organize work requirements and tasks within assigned areas of responsibility.
• Determine work priorities and selecting desired methodology from alternative approaches.
• Handle unusual situations without advice or instruction solving problems and making decisions which have impact on the work of others and the department to which assigned.
• Perform major program analysis responsibilities for an entire division.
• Assist with budget tracking and planning.
• Provide work lead direction as working supervisor or lead person.
• Support ongoing training and development of student positions.
• Collaborate with community organizations government agencies campus partners CSU campuses the Chancellors Office and faculty supporting program needs and initiatives.
• Coordinate and participate in departmental outreach efforts including but not limited to social media campus events orientation etc.
• Review existing and proposed policies practices and organizational structure and propose changes or develop full revisions as appropriate.
• Conduct studies and surveys and preparing reports with recommendations based on results.
• Provide analysis and guidance in major installations (officewide) of new procedures and systems.
• Develop thorough and extensive written materials for the purpose of developing knowledge and skills of students.
• Make recommendations involving broad areas of policy formulation and complex administrative action and for implementation of such recommendations when adopted.
• Develop and implement evaluation methods to assess the effectiveness of programs and services.
• Assist with report and proposal writing.
• Maintain required documentation webbased resources reports and student records in accordance with university policies government regulations and accreditation standards.
• May be required to obtain additional training and/or certification as part of professional development based on department and/or campus needs to stay current with industry standards.
• The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar related or a logical assignment to this classification.
• At the direction of appropriate administrator may provide support to other departments/areas within functional area/department as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Experience: Equivalent to four years of progressively responsible professional student services work experience which includes experience in advising students individually and in groups and in analysis and resolution of complex student services problems. (A masters degree in Counseling Clinical Psychology Social Work or a jobrelated field may be substituted for one year of professional experience. A doctorate degree and the appropriate internship or clinical training in counseling guidance or a jobrelated field may be substituted for two years of the required professional experience for positions with a major responsibility for professional personal or career or counseling.

• Four 4 years experience working with housing security programs basic needs providing crisis intervention and or trauma informed care related programs.
• Masters degree in social work.
• Two 2 years experience working in Human Services related programs post degree.
• Experience working with communitybased organizations and county agencies facilitating Human Services support.
• Working with higher education programs supporting college students navigating financial difficulties and or hardships.
• Experience conducting workshops and facilitating events.
• Experience working with students from various ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds including underserved students.
• Experience with local state or federal grants.

• Ability to interpret and apply program rules and regulations.
• Ability to use initiative and resourcefulness in planning work assignments and in implementing longrange program improvements.
• Ability to obtain factual and interpretive information through interviews.
• Ability to collect compile analyze and evaluate data and make verbal or written presentation based on these data.
• Ability to recognize multicultural multisexed and multiaged value systems and work accordingly.
• Demonstrated ability to make decisions and carry through actions having implications with regard to other program or service areas.
• Thorough knowledge of the principles of individual and group behavior.
• General knowledge of the principles practices and trends of the Student Services field.
• General knowledge or the ability to rapidly acquire such knowledge of the overall operation functions and organizational procedures of the campus.
• Ability to advise students individually and in groups on complex studentrelated matters.
• Ability to interpret and evaluate descriptions and explanations of problems brought forward by individuals or student organizations.
• Thorough knowledge of the policies procedures activities and practices of the program area to which assigned or the ability to quickly acquire such knowledge.
• General knowledge of the policies practices and activities of Student Services programs outside the program to which immediately assigned.
• General knowledge of the principles problems and methods of public administration including organizational personnel and fiscal management.
• General knowledge of interview techniques and advanced statistical and research methods.
• Ability to carry out very complex assignments without detailed instructions.
• Ability to advise students individually or in groups on varied and complex matters.
• Ability to determine the appropriate course of action and proper techniques to utilize while engaged with individuals and groups in personal interactions of a sensitive nature.
• Ability to reason logically and analyze and solve the organizational and operating problems of one or several program areas.
• Ability to plan coordinate initiate actions necessary to implement administrative or group decisions or recommendations and ability to evaluate programs services policies and procedures.
• Ability to analyze and define complex organizational policy or procedural problems or situations accurately collect and evaluate data draw valid conclusions and project consequences of various alternative courses of action.
• Ability to understand the roles and responsibilities of others and to gauge relationships accordingly by taking into account the variety of the interrelationships motivations and goals of the members of the organization served.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective cooperative and harmonious working relationships with a variety of individuals in circumstances which involve the denial of requests or the necessity to persuade others to accept a different point of view.

• May be required to work afterhours evenings or weekends.
• Position is considered essential to continuity of university operations and my need to work onsite during closures.
• Travel between Turlock and Stockton campuses or partner agencies

• Ability to move and/or carry 50 pounds; push 100 pound on cart.

Pursuant to theJeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Actthe annual security report (ASR) is now available for viewing at The ASR contains the current security and safetyrelated policy statements emergency preparedness and evacuation information crime prevention and sexual prevention information and drug and alcohol prevention programming. The ASR also contains statistics of Clery Act crimes for Stanislaus State for the previous three years. A paper copy of the ASR is available upon request by contacting the office of the Clery Director located at One University Circle Turlock CA 95382.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The university is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against persons on the basis of race religion color ancestry age disability genetic information gender gender identity gender expression marital status medical condition national origin sex sexual orientation covered veteran status or any other protected status. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. The person holding this position is considered a mandated reporter under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 revised 7/21/17 as a condition of employment.

Applicants requiring necessary accommodations to the application process may contact the Human Resources Department at. California Relay Service is available atvoice a federal contractor we are committed to attracting a diverse applicant pool. Please consider completing the Voluntary SelfIdentification of Disability form (your response will not be shared with the search committee) at:Voluntary SelfIdentification of Disability PDF Form.

CSU Stanislaus hires only individuals lawfully authorized to work in the United States. In compliance with federal law all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.

The CSU is a state entity whose business operations reside within the State of California. The CSU prohibits hiring employees to perform CSUrelated work outside California.

The individuals who appear to be the best qualified for this position will be contacted by telephone or email for an interview.

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