Disabled Student Programs and Services (DSPS) Counselor (Full-time/Tenure Track)

We are looking for counselors who share a strong commitment to social and racial justice and who use or are inspired to use anti-racist approaches that close equity gaps by recognizing, understanding, and respecting the perspectives of all students.

We strongly encourage those with historically marginalized and/or underrepresented identities to apply, including people of color, non-binary and transgender individuals, women, and Indigenous people.

This position requires on-campus counseling.

Description of Position

The Counseling Department at Contra Costa Community College (on behalf of DSPS) is accepting applications for a Tenure-Track Faculty (full-time). This assignment begins Fall 2026.

The DSPS Counselor hired to this position will provide specialized academic, career, personal, and disability management counseling to students with disabilities. We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated counselor who has a strong commitment to working with and advocating for historically underserved and underrepresented communities, exhibits knowledge of ADA and Title V compliance and expertise, and is collaborative and engaged in departmental and institutional initiatives.

Contra Costa College (CCC) student population reflects the diversity of its surrounding Contra Costa County neighborhoods. CCC is located in a socioeconomically diverse, resilient, and culturally vibrant community. CCC is proud to be a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI); Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI), and Black-Serving Institution (BSI). CCC predominately serves students from communities that are historically underserved, 1st generation, and English learners from populations that include African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Latinx, and a growing Middle Eastern community.

We seek candidates who operate with a growth mindset, a strength-based approach centered on students, and a commitment to eliminating barriers that prevent college access and academic achievement. The ideal candidate will be solution oriented creating a campus culture that improves instructional and student service effectiveness.

We seek candidates who embrace our mission and vision of strengthening our students for academic, career and personal success.

Our Vision for Social Justice

We are seeking people who recognize the critical role community colleges play in social justice, who have ability in this space, enthusiasm for this work, ideas and vision to improve our approaches, and a commitment to achieving equitable academic success for the 50,000+ students attending our five beautiful colleges and centers. Our social justice work calls for employees who have a sense of social responsibility, interest in our community and world in which we live.

The intention of social justice work is to strengthen humanity by understanding that every person deserves the benefits of fully participating in our society and institutions.

Academic researchers have illustrated that crucial social justice principles are a compilation of equality, equity, diversity, inclusion, engagement, environmental sustainability and human rights. These complex principles are challenging to operationalize in higher education; yet, we are steadfast in our diligence to forge ahead to advance this vital mission.

Community colleges are uniquely positioned to lead higher education in the work of social justice. Many of our students come from historically underserved and underrepresented backgrounds; students of color, students with recent immigrant histories, students from cycles of low income if not poverty, students from indigenous communities, and students from first-generation families.

The idea of promoting social mobility through education is unconditionally and uncompromisingly embraced by community colleges. This is an exciting role, and it comes with a heavy responsibility. Simply put, we need to create environments where our students achieve greater academic success, so much so that we close our persistent equity/opportunity gaps.

If you are committed to social and racial justice and if you are interested in joining a community dedicated to solving these inequities through education, please apply.

Inquiries

Bianca Snowden

Sr. Administrative Assistant to VP of Equity and Student Services

bsnowden@contracosta.edu

Recruitment Type: Faculty

Location: Contra Costa College

Posting Number: F01296

# of Openings: 1

Salary: Salary range from $68,136 to $112,848 per year. Initiate salary placement is based on academic degree(s), upper/graduate level units earned, teaching experience and/or qualifying related professional occupation experience.

Position Status: Tenure- Track

EEO Job Category: Faculty & Other Instructional Staff

Employee Group: Full-Time Faculty

Department: C1070-DSPS

Discipline: Counseling: Disabled Students Programs and Services

Duties and Responsibilities

In addition to contractual duties for this position which will include counseling and program coordination, all faculty are expected to participate actively in their disciplines, in their departmental activities and in the general intellectual life and governance of the college. Part of the counseling assignment may be in the evening program. Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

1. Assist students with decision-making and the exploration of their educational, career, and personal goals;
2. Work with students to develop educational plans;
3. Review disability documentation to determine a students eligibility for disability services and accommodations; support the DSPS manager with MIS reporting as needed;
4. Work with DSPS (Disability Students Programs and Services) students and their instructors to determine reasonable academic accommodations;
5. Consult with faculty and staff regarding best practices for working with students with disabilities;
6. Provide professional development training for the college community regarding the needs of students with disabilities;
7. Provide disability counseling to DSPS students regarding learning strategies, self-advocacy skills, campus and community support services, and recommended accommodations;
8. Connect students to on and off-campus services appropriate for student needs;
9. Adhere to the schedule that has been developed with the Department Chairpersons, which may include individual student appointments, drop-in assignments, workshops, and weekend and/or evening assignments;
10. Collaborate with instructional faculty in support of the goals of the institution;
11. Promote a philosophy that integrates counseling and mentoring to support student learning;
12. Participate in Counseling Department meetings and required training and activities such as conferences, regional meetings, outreach, orientations for students, community activities and social/cultural events, field trips, mentorship, advisory groups, etc.;
13. Participate in professional development activities, both departmental and college-wide;
14. Create a positive environment that provides students with the support/motivation likely to enable them to transfer;
15. Maintain current knowledge of counseling techniques and other effective student support intervention strategies;
16. Engage in outreach targeting feeder high schools and community groups;
17. Serve as a member of the campus CARE (Behavioral Intervention) Team;
18. Maintain appropriate standards of professional conduct and ethics;
19. Demonstrate an understanding of and sensitivity to the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, sexual orientation and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, staff and faculty;
20. Perform other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualification-Education/Experience

Understanding of and sensitivity to the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, sexual orientation and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, staff and faculty.

The applicant must possess one of the following qualifications for DSPS Counseling (earned degrees must be from an accredited college/university): The minimum qualifications for service as a community college counselor of students with disabilities shall be satisfied by meeting one of the following requirements;

(1) Masters degree in rehabilitation counseling, or

(2) Masters degree in counseling, guidance counseling, student personnel, clinical or counseling psychology, education counseling, social work, career development, marriage and family therapy, marriage, family and child counseling, or (3) a Bachelors degree in marriage and family therapy or in marriage, family and child counseling and possession of a license as a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT); and either fifteen or more semester units in upper division or graduate level course work specifically related to people with disabilities, or completion of six semester units, or the equivalent of a graduate-level counseling practicum or counseling field work courses, in a postsecondary Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSPS) Program or in a program dealing (predominantly or exclusively) with people with disabilities, or two years of fulltime experience, or the equivalent, in one or more of the following;

(A) Counseling for students with disabilities; or

(B) Counseling in industry, government, public agencies, military or private social welfare organizations in which the responsibilities of the position were (predominantly or exclusively) for persons with disabilities, or the equivalent.

EQUIVALENCY: If you do not possess the EXACT minimum qualifications (i.e., you do not possess the EXACT degree title listed) and believe that you meet the minimum qualifications, fill out the Masters Degree Equivalency Form in the document section of the online application. If you are unsure that you meet the minimum qualifications, please fill out the equivalency petition. The equivalency form can be downloaded here.

Desirable Qualifications

1. Demonstrated commitment to equity and inclusion as well as sensitivity to and understanding of the socioeconomic, academic, cultural, sexual/gender identity, linguistic, and ethnic diversity within the community college population, including students with physical and/or learning disabilities
2. Demonstrated commitment to professional growth and development, innovation and improvement of counseling and teaching, and to assuming faculty responsibilities beyond the counseling department in a shared governance environment
3. Demonstrated experience providing academic counseling to college students with disabilities
4. Demonstrated experience using counseling and student planning tools such as Insite, Colleague, SARS, and websites such as assist.org
5. Demonstrated experience assisting students in developing a plan to achieve an educational and/or career goal (e.g., career/technical education, transfer, associate degree etc.)
6. Demonstrated experience teaching career planning, college orientation, college success, or other courses and workshops
7. Demonstrated knowledge of effective assistive technologies for college students with disabilities
8. Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with staff, faculty, and management.

Job Open Date: 12/15/2025

Job Close Date: 02/06/2026

Open Until Filled: No

Employment Begins: Fall 2026

# of Months: 10

Employee Benefits

Membership in State Teachers Retirement System (STRS)

District-paid benefits (employee contributes 6%) for employee and dependents/domestic partners include:

- Medical (Anthem Blue Cross or Kaiser) insurance including chiropractic services

- Dental and vision

- Flexible spending (125) plan

- Life and long-term disability insurance

- Employee Assistance Program

- Deferred compensation (403b and 457)

- Sabbatical Leave

Additional Benefits: The District also offers eligible faculty employees, travel assistance plan, retiree benefits, and employee discounts on health memberships.

Newly hired employees may notify the respective union (Local 1 or United Faculty) if they opt to join and/or authorize payment to the union. If the newly hired employee authorizes payment to the union then the following fees apply: Local 1 has a one-time initiation fee of $45.00 and monthly contribution of 1% of gross pay +$1. United Faculty has an agency fee of .55% of gross pay plus $2.50.

How to Apply

1. Interested applicants must submit all of the application materials online to be considered for this position. We do not accept hand-delivered, e-mailed, faxed or postal mailed application packets.
2. It is your responsibility to ensure that all application materials are received on or before the closing date. Our application deadline time is 11:59pm on the specified closing date.
3. You should submit an unofficial transcript for screening purposes. If you do not have electronic version of the transcript required for the position, you can have it scanned by a Staples, Office Max or Office Depot, etc. All applicants will have an opportunity to upload transcripts when completing our online application process. You should be prepared to provide an official transcripts prior to employment start date should the position be offered.
4. If you do not possess the required educational degrees and are applying under the equivalency process, you bear the responsibility of submitting the Districts Equivalency Application. Equivalency applications with supporting documentation should be submitted when 1) degrees are not in exact discipline required; 2) degree is in progress; 3) degrees were earned at a college or university outside of the United States. All applicants will have an opportunity to upload an equivalency form for evaluation by a college equivalency committee when completing our online application process.
5. Applicants with foreign degrees must provide official certification of equivalency to United States degrees. An approved National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) agency must evaluate your course work. All applicants will have an opportunity to upload a foreign degree evaluation for review of by a college equivalency committee when completing our online application process. Please read more details in the Foreign Degree and Credit Statement section of the job announcement.
6. Documents uploaded online must be the actual documents to be considered for review. Do not upload a “placeholder” document. Applications with placeholder documents are considered incomplete and will be rejected. Only upload the required documents, other materials can be presented if you are selected for an interview.
7. All application materials become the property of the district and will not be returned or duplicated.

Selection Process

Applications will be screened to ensure the applicant meets the minimum qualifications as stated in the job announcement.

1. The applications, cover letters, answers to required supplemental questions, resumes, unofficial college transcripts, and other supporting materials submitted by all qualified applicants will be reviewed by a screening committee. Those who are deemed to possess the highest degree of desirable qualifications will be invited to an interview at the college at their own expense. Initial interviews will be conducted on campus. We estimate these interviews will be scheduled for late March of 2026.

2. During the campus visit, each applicant will be interviewed and may be asked to conduct a demonstration appropriate to the discipline. Responses to the interview questions and demonstration will be rated by the interview committee.

3. Based upon the overall rating, a small number of applicants will be invited at their own expense to the campus for an interview with the college president and vice president of equity and student services. These interviews may take place on campus. We estimate these interviews will be scheduled for late April.

4. After consultation with the interview committee, the college president will make the final recommendation for employment to the chancellor and the governing board of the Contra Costa Community College District.

5. Upon hire, the successful candidate must meet the conditions of employment. Finalists must provide verification of transcripts. TB test, physical examination, fingerprinting/conviction clearance and proof of identity and eligibility to work in the United States.

Foreign Degree and Credit Statement

In accordance with the United Faculty Contract, Article 20.3.1.3.2, all foreign degrees and credits used to meet the minimum qualifications must be evaluated by an approved National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) agency www.naces.org prior to the implementation of the equivalency process. Please upload your evaluation with your application when you apply for this position. We cannot accept foreign degree evaluations after the closing date. The candidate bears all responsibility and costs associated with obtaining the evaluation.

ADA Accommodations:

Request For Reasonable Accommodation

Medical Verification

Candidates with legally defined disabilities may request reasonable accommodations by notifying the Human Resources Department by the deadline date. Candidates will be required to supply documentation supporting the need for the accommodation when the request is made. Please complete the forms provided in the links above and email to slever@4cd.edu

Quick Link: https://www.4cdcareers.net/postings/11794

Diversity Statement

It is the Districts policy to ensure that all qualified applicants for employment and employees have full and equal access to employment opportunity, and are not subjected to discrimination in any program or activity of the District on the basis of ethnic group identity, race, color, ancestry, religion, marital status, sex, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, parental status, citizenship or because an individual is perceived to have one or more of these characteristics or based on association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.

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