2025-2026 Coordinator IV - Counseling Services

Job Title: Coordinator IV - Counseling Services

Department: Counseling Services

Pay Grade: P170

FLSA Status: Exempt

Reports to: Director III - Counseling

GENERAL PURPOSE

This position is responsible for providing support to the educational process with specific responsibilities for providing leadership in the implementation of the Districts K-12 Missouri Comprehensive School Counseling Program; achieving defined objectives by planning evaluating developing implementing and maintaining services in compliance with established guidelines; providing leadership and serving as a resource to others.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Assist the Director III-Counseling with leadership and direction for school counseling services assuring full implementation of the components of the comprehensive school counseling program (academic social/emotional and career).
• Coordinates the evaluation of revision of the school counseling curriculum as necessary.
• Conducts program evaluations and needs assessments ensuring the counseling programs effectiveness in achieving overall objectives of the department.
• Assists with the mentoring and development of new counselors.
• Develop educational workshops for parents and the community to help support emotional regulation social skills and behavior management.
• Plans and coordinates professional development for the school counselors principals teachers and families.
• Consult with principals school counselors school psychologists teachers and administrators regarding the social and emotional needs of students.
• Assists school counselors and other staff regarding difficult or unusual counseling issues.
• Facilitates meetings workshops seminars etc. identifying issues developing recommendations supporting other staff and serving as a District representative.
• Maintains a variety of confidential and non-confidential files and records providing up to date and/or historical reference in accordance with established guidelines and legal requirements.
• Participates in meetings workshops and seminars conveying and/or gathering information required to perform job functions and serving as a department and/or District representative.
• Plans budget allocations and expenditures ensuring that allocations are accurate andexpenses are within budget limits.
• Prepares a wide variety of complex materials documenting activities and issues meetingcompliance requirements providing audit references making presentations and/orproviding supporting materials for requested actions.
• Presents information communicating information gaining feedback and ensuringadherence to established internal controls.
• Processes documents and materials updating and distributing information authorizingaction and/or complying with mandated requirements.
• Researches a variety of topics required to coordinate counseling program developing newprograms/services ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements securing generalinformation and/or responding to requests as directed.
• Responds to a variety of issues and inquires for the purpose of resolving problemsproviding information and/or referring to appropriate personnel.
• Serves as a liaison between many stakeholders facilitating communication betweenparticipants and fostering a positive relationship.
• Performs other related duties as required/assigned.

Education and Experience

• Masters Degree in School Counseling from an accredited college or university.

• Minimum of four (4) years of job related experience with increasing levels of responsibilityis required.

Certificates Licenses and Other Special Requirements

• Possession of a Missouri State Counselor Certification.
• Must pass a Criminal Background Clearance the results of which must be satisfactory tothe District required.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of basic math including calculations using fractions percentages and/orratios; read technical information compose a variety of documents and/or facilitategroup discussions; and analyze situations to define issues draw conclusions and createaction plans.
• Knowledge based competencies required to perform the functions of the job includepertinent laws codes policies and/or regulations; personnel processes; standardbusiness practices; program planning and development; concepts of grammar andpunctuation; instructional procedures and practices; age appropriate student activities;safety practices and procedures; conflict resolution; and stages of child development/behavior.
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• Skill to perform multiple technical tasks with a need to routinely upgrade skills in orderto meet changing job conditions.
• Skill based competencies required to satisfactorily perform the functions of the jobincluding: operating standard office equipment including using a variety of softwareapplications; planning and managing projects; and preparing and maintaining accuraterecords; analyzing data; conducting interviews; and facilitating meetings.
• Ability to read technical information compose a variety of documents and/or facilitategroup discussions.
• Ability to schedule a number of activities meetings and/or events; gather collate and/orclassify data; and use job-related equipment.
• Ability to work with others under a wide variety of circumstances; working with datautilizing defined but different processes; and operate equipment using defined methods.
• Ability to work with a significant diversity of individuals and/or groups; work with data ofwidely varied types and/or purposes; and utilize job-related equipment.
• Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with internal and externalstakeholders.
• Ability to apply critical thinking/problem solving to improve work processes.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality; set priorities; meet deadlines and schedules; work withdetailed information; and adapt to changing priorities.
• Ability to set high expectations for self and others; set and monitor progress toward goals;and utilize and offer effective feedback for continuous improvement.
• Ability to work as part of a team; adapt to changing priorities; and apply logical processesand analytical skills.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

• Work environment is primarily inside where the noise and temperature levels are moderate.
• The work is light work which requires exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds of force to move objects.
• Must possess the physical ability to work primarily with fingers perceive the nature of sounds make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes express or exchange ideas by the spoken word substantial movements (motions) with the hands wrists and/or fingers and discern letters or numbers at a given distance.
• Additionally the following physical abilities are required: grasping handling hearing kneeling manual dexterity mental acuity repetitive motion speaking standing talking visual acuity and walking.

Required Experience:

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