Job Details

Position Type: Full-time

Location: Troy, New York, United States

Application closes: 2026-07-19

Since 1966, the Capital District Educational Opportunity Center (EOC), a division of Hudson Valley Community College and part of the State University of New York, has offered tuition-free academic and workforce development opportunities to disadvantaged and educationally under-prepared individuals.

Qualifications for Employment:

Education (Minimum Requirements): Bachelor’s degree in Counseling, Social Work or a related field.

Employment Experience Preferred: Experience in goal setting, educational and program support counseling with adults, preferably in a postsecondary school setting.

Pertinent Other: Demonstrated organizational skills. Demonstrated ability to work with a diverse and multicultural population. Basic computer competency. Knowledge and familiarity of local community services.

Nature and Scope of Duties:

The basic responsibilities of the Counselor are to retain students in adult education through counseling, rapport building, connecting students with community services; help students to balance family, jobs, and school; respond to and work with students in crisis and teach students appropriate behaviors and responses to difficult situations through modeling and practicing skills with the students.

The Counselor reports to the Coordinator of Instructional Services and performs the following duties:

• Monitor student progress, following up on attendance problems, helping the student to cope with barriers that may prevent program completion, and discontinuance from a program;
• Enforce policies and procedures outlined in the Student Handbook;
• Collaborate with faculty and administrators to provide effective services to students;
• Provide individual and or group counseling to assigned students;
• Conduct Orientation for new students, and provide course schedules and Student Handbooks;
• Refer students to appropriate community services and or programs for services unavailable at the EOC;
• Maintain records of student counseling sessions;
• Submit all reports in a timely fashion;
• Provide support for other counselors' students, in the event of a counselor absence;
• Participate in weekly Counselor and Instructional Department meetings;
• Conduct on-going academic counseling sessions with each student to determine his/her needs and goals;
• Maintain open communications with community agencies / resources;
• Establish and implement a professional development plan;
• Assist in the development and implementation of Center wide activities;
• Perform other related tasks as assigned.

The salary for Counselor is $49,000.00.

Hudson Valley offers a full benefit package including Health Insurance, Dental and Eye Insurance, Retirement, employee and employee’s spouse and children free tuition waivers. HVCC also has a generous leave policy. If you’re employed by a government or not-for-profit organization, you might be eligible for the PSLF Program. The PSLF Program forgives the remaining balance on your Direct Loans.

To apply, please visit www.hvcc.edu/jobs and complete the online application before the close date of July 19, 2026.