Instructor, CC (Counselor), Position #86891

Title:Instructor CC (Counselor)

Position Number:0086891

Hiring Unit:Student Services

Location:Honolulu Community College

Date Posted:May 9 2025

Closing Date:May 23 2025

Salary:Commensurate with Education and Experience

Monthly Type:11Month

Tenure Track:Tenure

Full Time/Part Time:Full Time

Temporary/Permanent:Permanent

Funding:General

Other conditions:Expected to begin approximately June 2025 or as mutually acceptable pending position clearance availability of funds satisfactory performance and program needs. Position may be converted from 11month to 9month or 9month to 11 month as operational needs are required.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Identifies plans develops implements evaluates and modifies comprehensive and systematic strategies to deliver academic advising and counseling to students under the direction of the Dean of Student Services.
• Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to outreach new student orientation and registration academic and educational planning career/life planning graduation and transcript evaluations general financial aid information assistance with registration activities and other related duties as assigned.
• Participation in admissions counseling recruitment/retention activities such as campus tours college fairs and work with both credit and noncredit programs is required.
• Provide individual and group career exploration personal development activities and personalized navigation to degree completion; serve as a resource to faculty and staff in the area of academic/career/life planning and integration of academic/career/life planning concepts into curriculum.
• Participate in development of a comprehensive academic counseling program and in the formation of college retention graduation and transfer plans. Will involve enrollment management strategies such as outreach to former students community networking and may include advisory board participation.
• Participate in the coordination of special programs such as dual credit dual credit CTE and transfer programs and work in collaboration with other campuses regarding CTE transfer.
• Serve as a resource to division faculty who participate in academic advising and mentoring participate in registration advising new student orientation and registration and other student support services offered by the college and other related duties as assigned.
• Provide liaison services to academic programs as assigned. Outreach evening and weekend responsibilities will be assigned as part of workload.
• New and changing responsibilities reflective of programmatic needs will be assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Masters degree in Counseling and Guidance Counseling Psychology College Student Personnel Services Human Resources (to include both CTAHR and Personnel) Communications or related field; OR
• Bachelors degree in Counseling and Guidance Counseling Psychology College Student Personnel Services Human Resources (to include both CTAHR and Personnel) Communications or related field and 3 years counseling and/or academic advising work experience.

Related fields include: Education (to include all degrees in this field) Family Resources Human Development Psychology (to include all degrees in this field) Public Health Rehabilitation Counseling Social Work Sociology or Student Services Personnel.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Knowledge of comprehensive community college mission and philosophy.
• Experience with military personnel (active duty National Guard military reserves) and veterans continuing their education and using educational benefits resulting from military service.
• Experience with nontraditional education (e.g. creditbyexam experiential equivalency transfer degrees) and military support organizations (e.g. Servicemembers Opportunity College (SOC) Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) Defense Activity for Nontraditional Education Support (DANTES)).
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to change and handle varied assignments.
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to technological changes in counseling student services or education.
• Ability to communicate and interact effectively with students faculty and staff.
• Ability to work effectively with a diverse student population. Understanding of liberal arts and career technical education.
• Ability to function autonomously and as a member of a team.
• Strong interpersonal skills.

To Apply:

Click on the Apply button on the top right corner of the screen to complete an application and attach required documents (please redact SSN & birthdate on all uploaded documents).

Required Documents include:1)Graduate and undergraduate transcript(s)showing degree and coursework to date appropriate to the position; an unofficial copy of the transcript (e.g. copy) must be submitted with the application and original official transcript(s) will be required at the time of hire. Copies of transcripts must be attached to your application as evidence of the required degree (or coursework); if transcript(s) are not provided the candidates degree(s) or coursework will not be considered. Transcripts issued outside the United States of America require a coursebycourse analysis with an equivalency statement from an agency having membership with the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services Inc. verifying the degree equivalency to that of an accredited institution within the USA; expense of the evaluation shall be borne by the applicant. Please redact confidential information such as social security number birth date etc.
2) Cover letterexplaining how you meet the minimum and desirable qualifications of the position;
3) Resume; and
4) Names and contact information (including email address) of at least 3 professional references.

Letters of recommendation are optional. Separate documents and application materials must be submitted for each position. All documents/information submitted become the property of Honolulu CC and will not be returned. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered. The application will be considered incomplete if materials are unreadable.

Applications lacking copies of official transcripts will be reviewed based on work experience equivalency to meet MQs.Minimum qualifications must be met by the closing date.

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Inquiries:
Honolulu Community College
Human Resources Office

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