Job Number 1607037


Counselor - Hourly



Position Information
Location Highland Campus
Hours 19 hours/week, generally Monday - Friday (8am-5pm) with some weekends
Salary $21.00/hr
FLSA Status Non-Exempt
Reports To Dean, Student Services, HLC
Criminal Background Check
General Statement of Job

Responsible for leading efforts for student access and success by providing counseling services consistent with the Austin Community College (ACC) mission and goals.

Description of Duties and Tasks
Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

  1. Provides enrollment and educational counseling services for current and prospective students to help them achieve their educational goals including graduation, transfer, and/or entering the workforce.
  2. Provides comprehensive educational counseling services with specialized success strategies for academically at-risk students, including, but not limited to, students who do not meet the Academic Standards of Progress, students who are mandated by the Texas Success Initiative to take developmental education courses, and students who are from underrepresented populations.
  3. Provides comprehensive career counseling services, with specialized strategies to help students select a career and/or a major.
  4. Provides short-term counseling services to students in crisis and utilize community referrals when necessary.
  5. Provides campus leadership in resolving student issues and initiating programs and practices that contribute to student success.
  6. Provides leadership and consultation for faculty and staff regarding college policies and programs including Systems of Success, student discipline, academic integrity, adult development theories, career development theories and processes, learning theory, classroom management, and multicultural research and theory.
  7. Provides leadership in the design and development of student success programs incorporating data analysis and current research.
  8. Remains current in community referrals, counseling theories and applications, career planning, academic advising information at ACC, and at the institutions to which ACC students transfer, state-mandated educational requirements, learning theory, classroom management theory, and research on working with students from underrepresented populations.

Knowledge
Must possess required knowledge and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

Skills
Must possess required skills and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

Technology Skills

Required Work Experience

Preferred Work Experience

Required Education

Other Preferred Qualifications

Physical Requirements

Safety

ACC Benefits Overview

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC as its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Austin Community College provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.

As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under the Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting.