Instructor, CC, Counselor (0086385)

Tenure Track:Tenure

Full Time/Part Time:Full Time

Temporary/Permanent:Permanent

Funding:General

Introduction:

This position is part of the Health Sciences Department and provides counseling and other student personnel services for students in Health Sciences and Emergency Medical Services programs.

Duties and Responsibilities:

To provide a full range of counseling and other student personnel services for students in Health Sciences and Emergency Medical Services programs including:

1. Financial aid advising admissions counseling academic advisement career and personal counseling;

2. Participate in recruitment activities statewide assist in program orientation and registration activities assist in transcript review for graduation qualification assist in resolving registration problems;

3. Plan design implement and evaluate such student support services to health sciences programs as program orientation course advising and registration transfer advising and career services that transition students to the workplace;

4. Identify needs of health sciences majors and pre-majors and collaborate with faculty and staff from other units to create partnerships for seamless delivery of specialized counseling activities;

5. Coordinate needs assessment and retention studies for continuous improvement of student learning outcomes

6. Use internet-based and other distributive learning (DE) techniques and strategies to plan and deliver Health Sciences student services

7. Ability to travel independently in a timely manner to various locations including the neighbor islands.

8. Non-counseling duties include:

   1. working collegially to provide service to the department and college

   2. engaging in professional development and professional or scholarly activities related to counseling and

   3. engaging in public service related to ones professional status and/or expertise.

9. Other duties as assigned (Note: evening weekend and offcampus duties may be assigned as part of the workload.)

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*;AND3 years related work experience.

Note:

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

• If qualified applicants are not available others will be considered on an Acting Instructor basis.

Desirable Qualifications

• Functional knowledge of college student services (academic career admissions orientation) programs

• Demonstrated ability to handle wide range of counseling functions independently and as part of a team;

• Demonstrated ability to be sensitive to needs of diverse student population including immigrant disadvantaged adult disabled and multicultural populations and influences that impact their access to and success in higher education

• Functional knowledge of career development programs

• Functional knowledge of academic advising programs including internet advising and distance education advising.

• Functional knowledge of recruitment programs.

• Demonstrated ability to assess students educational needs.

• Functional knowledge of retention strategies (e.g. learning communities First Year Experience)

• Demonstrated skill in communicating effectively with students faculty and staff and ability to maintain effective working relationships.

• Functional knowledge of and familiarity with selective admissions programs especially in health sciences or other career and technical education programs.

• Evidence of commitment to Kapiolani Community Colleges vision of positioning itself as a model indigenous serving institution whose graduates strengthen the social economic and sustainable advancement of Hawaii and the world.

INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOTBE CONSIDERED(Read the To Apply section carefully)

To Apply:

Click on the Apply button on the top right corner of the screen to complete an application and attach the required documents. In addition to the Application applicants must attach the following:

1. A Curriculum Vitaeor Resume
2. Aone- to two-page statementoutlining ways in which you meet the minimum and desirable qualifications;
3. Official graduate and undergraduate transcript(s) showing degree and coursework to date appropriate to the position (copies of official transcripts are acceptable; however original official transcripts will be required at the time of hire.) Transcripts issued outside the United States of America require a course-by-course 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. The expense of the evaluation shall be borne by the applicant.

• Academic record/grade summaries will NOTbe accepted.
• Diplomas and copies will NOTbe accepted.

1. Optionalletters of recommendation.

Incomplete applications willNOTbe considered.

NOTE:

• The application will be incomplete if materials are unreadable illegible password protected missing or corrupted; therefore late or incomplete applications will not be considered. All requested documents/information become the property of Kapiolani Community College and will not be returned.

• Please do not include any self-identifying photos and redact any references to confidential information on submitted documents (social security number date of birth etc.).

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Inquiries:KapCC Human Resources Department