Counselor (3 positions)
Butte College Oroville, California, United States
- Location: Oroville, California, United States
- Categories: Human and Social Services, Legal Services
- Job Type: Full Time
- Posted: Feb 12, 2026
Job Description:
Counselor (3 positions)
Description
Full-time, Tenure Track (199 Day 11 Month)$78,044.31- $119,78.31 per year
Probationary (Contract I) Member of Academic Faculty
Projected Timeline:
Anticipated Application Screening Period: Week of March 23, 2026
Tentative First Interview Dates: April 9-10, 2026 (Zoom)
Tentative Second Interview Date: April 20-21, 2026 (In Person)
Tentative Start Date: July 1, 2026
DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW:
This counselor will be a member of the General Counseling department, which employs full-time and associate faculty. Under the direction of the Dean of Students, the counselor will work with students in the development and updating of individual educational plans, identifying educational majors and providing guidance and personal counseling as needed. Counselors work with the general population and with targeted student groups, transfer, and special student populations (international, Puente, Umoja, ESL, under-represented, veterans, student-athletes, career, etc.).
POSITION DUTIES:
In addition to the responsibilities of the representative duties below, the specific position is also responsible for:
- Developing abbreviated and comprehensive Student Educational Plans.
- Assisting in the planning and implementation of the college-wide enrollment process.
- Keeping current with developments and changes in the field of academic, career, personal, and crisis counseling.
- Creating appropriate multimedia resources, handouts, and written materials for all educational related activities.
- Working with targeted student groups, transfer, and special student populations (international, under-represented, veterans, student-athletes, etc.).
- Maintaining current knowledge of transfer-specific requirements as well as local college programs and requirements.
- Delivering presentations related to group workshops, classroom-settings, and community events.
- Maintaining digital literacy and proficiency relevant to advising and counseling students.
- Supporting and enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion across the campus community.
- Assisting students in finding appropriate college and community resources to resolve problems and crises, which supports student success and retention.
All Counselors responsibilities represent a forty-hour week (199 days). The responsibilities of all Counselors include but are not limited to the following:
A. Job Specific
- Provide academic, vocational, and personal counseling to students on an individual basis.
- Provide group counseling for the accomplishment of specific objectives.
- Assist in the planning and implementation of registration, including new student orientation.
- Assist students with forms, petitions, and appeals.
- Assist in connecting students to resources, agencies, and services.
- Begin appointments promptly and be well-prepared for sessions.
- Provide clear and concise information regarding academic requirements.
- Maintain currency with developments and changes in the counseling field.
- Communicate with the various instructional divisions, the administration, and the staff of the College.
- Communicate and conduct outreach with the high schools served by the College.
- Develop and assess student learning outcomes.
- Assist other full-time, part-time, and/or new counselors, including training.
- Attend assigned meetings.
- Maintain knowledge of College, Area, and Department policies and procedures.
- Other related duties as assigned.
- Serve on College committees, workgroups, and project teams.
- Serve as a sponsor to student clubs and organizations.
- Participate in faculty/college governance.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Master’s in counseling, rehabilitation counseling, clinical psychology, counseling psychology, guidance counseling, educational counseling, social work, career development, marriage and family therapy or marriage, family and child counseling; OR
- The equivalent (Applicants wishing to be considered for employment under District equivalency standards must submit a detailed statement explaining how you possess the equivalent to the minimum qualifications.)
DIVERSITY AND EQUITY QUALIFICATIONS:
- Demonstrated understanding of and responsiveness to the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds that characterize community college students in a manner specific to the position.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Licensed Counselor, Clinical Social Worker, Marriage and Family Therapist or Psychologist or currently seeking licensure.
- Experience working in a college or educational setting.
- Completion of Masters' level counseling coursework and practicums (Individual, Group and Family).
- Knowledge and use of technology in counseling.
- Experience counseling and supporting students/clients regarding academic and personal issues that may be barriers to their academic success and continued enrollment.
- Experience with presenting workshops and presentations in the classroom and to the local community.
- Experience counseling students/clients in support of their career exploration, goal-setting, and decision-making.
- Experience and commitment to working with diverse and underrepresented student and community populations.
- Experience providing crisis counseling and services.
- Experience with program development.
REQUIRED ATTACHMENTS:
All applicants, including current Butte College employees, must submit all required documents with the online application in order to move forward in the recruitment process.
COVER LETTER
In addition to any information you included with your application materials, please provide an account of how you meet the desired qualifications.
RESUME OR VITA
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION STATEMENT
In addition to any information you included with your application materials, please provide a detailed account of how your skills, life experiences, work experience, education, and/or training have prepared you to effectively meet the needs of students from diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds. Please include examples of:
Teaching or training practices and/or life experiences that have enabled or would enable you to more effectively engage with and support success for diverse populations.
How you have engaged in on-going self-reflection to ensure equity in the workplace and/or classroom. Please include examples of workshops, trainings, and/or life experiences.
TRANSCRIPTS
You are required to provide transcripts for coursework and/or degrees listed on the application materials you have submitted. The transcripts must include the date the institution granted the degree. Legible unofficial copies of transcripts are acceptable at this point in the process.
Degree in progress: In order to qualify under this process you must be currently working toward the degree requirement. In order to complete your application, you are required to submit (1) current transcripts and (2) a letter from your Advisor confirming your academic standing in the program and forecasted completion date. The completion date must be no later than June 30 , 2026 .
Foreign Transcripts: Foreign transcripts must include a U.S. evaluation and translation. Please visit the Office of Human Resources website for a list of agencies providing this service. Website linked here .
All offers of employment are contingent upon the submission of official transcripts showing completion of the degree.
PRE-EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS:
Education Code § 87408.6 states that no person shall be initially employed by a community college district in an academic or classified position unless the person has submitted to an examination within the past sixty (60) days to determine that he or she is free of active tuberculosis.
As a condition of employment, the District requires that you provide fingerprints prior to beginning work. You may be fingerprinted at Butte College Human Resources by appointment, or you may be fingerprinted at another agency. Should you be fingerprinted at another agency, the rolling fee charged by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for the fingerprint report is the employee's responsibility at the time of printing.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR APPLICANTS:
Application Tips for Success
For helpful tips and guidance on navigating our application submission and recruitment process, please refer to the document below.
- Application Tips for Success
Travel and Relocation Accommodations
For candidates traveling more than 80 miles to attend an onsite interview at Butte College, you may be eligible for travel reimbursement. And if hired, consider our relocation incentives below.
- Travel Reimbursement for Interviews
- Relocation Incentive
- Housing Resources
Butte Glenn Community College District (BGCCD) IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER: To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Butte Glenn Community College District is committed to creating a diverse workforce focused on equity, inclusion, and accessibility for all faculty, staff, administrators, managers, and students. The District is dedicated to building an environment that supports our diverse student populations providing opportunities to mentor, encourage, and prepare our students to be successful in the world and expose them to global perspectives. Our District community of professionals is devoted to enriching our students' lives by bringing to light a variety of ways to engage and discover their individual and collective paths through education.
BGCCD is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity. It is the District’s policy to ensure that all qualified applicants for employment and employees have full and equal access to employment opportunities and are not subject to discrimination in any program or activity of the District on the basis of ethnic group identification, race, gender, color, language, accent, citizenship status, ancestry national origin, age, sex, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, parental status, marital status, veteran status, physical or mental disability or medical condition, or on the basis of these perceived characteristics.
The District reserves the right to modify , rescind or re-advertise this announcement without notification or to delay indefinitely the employment of a person for the position.
Closing Date/Time: Tue, 24 Mar 2026