Job Details
Title: Counselor
Department: SE Student Activities
Campus Location: Southeast Campus
Employee Classification: APT - Administrative
Position Type: PT - Regular
Grant Funded: No
Pay Frequency: Monthly
Compensation Details: Starting Pay - $33.85
Work Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00am – 5:00pm; Flexibility is required, as occasional evening and weekend hours may be necessary based on department needs
Remote Eligible: This position is not eligible for remote work
Special Instructions to Applicant: This is a part-time position, with a maximum of 19.5 hrs. per week.
Job Summary
This role is responsible for providing counseling and individual and group educational and vocational guidance services.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Essential Performance Requirements
- Assists individuals to understanding and overcoming social, emotional, and developmental issues
- Coordinates with campus police, faculty, administrators, and staff to provide crisis intervention, counseling, and referral
- Develops and presents relevant wellness and/or student success seminars on campus
- Refers students to relevant community resources as needed
- Engages in research and follow-up activities to evaluate counseling techniques
- Assists with the academic advising process
- Visits area high schools to conduct seminars and presentations, or disperse college information as necessary
- Communicates, collaborates, and provides consultation with faculty to increase student success
- Collects, organizes, and analyzes information about individuals through records, tests, interviews, and professional sources to appraise their interests, aptitudes, abilities, and personality characteristics, for vocational and educational planning
- Compiles and studies occupational, educational, and economic information to aid counselees in making and carrying out vocational and educational objectives
Required Minimum Qualifications
- Master's degree in Counseling, Psychology, or Social Work, or related field
- Three (3) years' working experience providing counseling
- Currently a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), a Licensed Clinical Psychologist (LCP), a National Certified Counselor (NCC), or a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
- Must hold an unrestricted mental health license in Texas
Preferred Qualifications
- At least one (1) year’s professional working experience providing counseling in a higher education environment