Basic Needs Coordinator (SSP III)

Job Description:

Basic Needs Coordinator (SSP III)

Description

• • Position Summary
  • Classified as: Student Services Professional III
    
    Full-time temporary position available on or after June 8, 2026 through June 8, 2027 for Basic Needs. Appointment will be made for one year from date of hire with the possibility of reappointment and/or becoming permanent based on budget, department needs, and job performance.
    
    Under general supervision from the Basic Needs Director, the Basic Needs Coordinator, classified under the Student Services Professional III classification, performs complex Student Services professional work characterized by independent student advisement and guidance in individual and group settings. The Basic Needs Coordinator leads the development and implementation of food security initiatives and referral programs, as well as outreach and education activities to support students' holistic well-being. This position collaborates extensively with the Student Health Center to develop and implement outreach and referral strategies. As part of the Basic Needs program, this position provides support to the development and implementation of Basic Needs-related programs and services, including: CalFresh, Campus Cares, Warrior Food Pantry, Food Distribution, Pregnant and Parenting Student Initiatives, and Emergency Housing.
    
    Advisement at this level involves the application of foundational counseling techniques to support students with academic, career, and basic needs-related concerns. The incumbent is expected to exercise sound judgment and independence in assessing student needs, addressing complex and sensitive situations, and ensuring access to appropriate resources and services. This role contributes to the identification of service gaps and the development of responsive programs and initiatives that advance student success and wellbeing. It may also include providing lead coordination for program areas, supporting outreach and engagement efforts, and collaborating across campus to enhance service delivery.
    
    
  • Job Duties
  • Duties include but are not limited to:
    • Coordinate and administer programs, services, and initiatives that support student success, engagement, and basic needs security.
    • Plan, develop, and deliver workshops, outreach activities, and educational programming related to student success and resource navigation.
    • Develop and implement program approaches in areas where limited precedent exists, adapting to evolving student and institutional needs.
    • Provide lead direction to student assistants or program staff, including training, guidance, and oversight of daily operations.
    • Collaborate with campus departments and community partners to enhance service delivery and expand student access to resources.
    • Contribute to administrative planning and recommend improvements to programs, services, policies, and practices.
    • Support outreach and engagement efforts, including campus events, orientations, and communication strategies.
    • Provide comprehensive advisement and non-clinical case management to students, addressing academic, personal, and basic needs-related challenges through coordinated support and referrals.
    • Assist students in complex problem-solving and decision-making by assessing needs, identifying barriers, and developing appropriate courses of action.
    • Analyze individual and group concerns of considerable complexity and implement integrative solutions that may span multiple student services and campus resources.
    • Utilize advanced interpersonal, de-escalation, and trauma-informed approaches to effectively engage students, including those experiencing crisis, distress, or challenging behaviors.
    • Interpret and apply university policies and procedures, exercising sound professional judgment within delegated authority.
    • Advocate for the needs of individual students and student populations, elevating systemic concerns to campus partners and leadership.
    • Monitor student engagement and progress, using data to inform timely interventions that support persistence and success.
    • Participate in case consultation, review of complex situations, and development of effective support strategies.
    • Develop and implement methods to assess the effectiveness of programs, services, and student support efforts.
    • Collect, analyze, and interpret data to identify trends, service gaps, and opportunities for improvement.
    • Maintain accurate documentation, records, and reporting in compliance with university policies and applicable regulations.
    • Prepare reports and summaries to support program evaluation, planning, and institutional reporting.
    • Collaborate on departmental assessment activities and continuous improvement efforts.
    • May be required to obtain additional training and/or certification as part of professional development, based on department and/or campus needs, to stay current with industry standards.
    • At the direction of appropriate administrator, may provide support to other areas as needed.
    • The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, a logical assignment to this classification, or if it involves performing duties of a lower-level classification as required.
    • Other duties as assigned.
  • Minimum Qualifications
  • Education: Equivalent to graduation from a four-year college or university in a related field, including or supplemented by upper division or graduate course work in counseling techniques, interviewing, and conflict resolution where such are job-related.
    Experience: Three (3) years of progressively responsible professional student services work experience. One year in the program area to which assigned may be preferred but is not required. A master’s degree in Counseling, Clinical Psychology, Social Work, or a directly related field may be substituted for one year of experience. A doctorate degree and the appropriate internship or clinical training in counseling or guidance may be substituted for the three years of experience for positions with a major responsibility for professional career or personal counseling.
    
  • Preferred Qualifications
  • • 2-year experience with basic needs programs, food and/or housing insecurity programs, or CalFresh.
    • Prior experience in a CSU or higher education setting.
    • Experience conducting workshops and facilitating events.
    • Experience working with students from various ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, including underserved students.
    • Master's degree in social work, Counseling, Public Health, Student Affairs, or related field.
    • Experience working with or awareness of college students who have experienced financial difficulties/hardships and/or emergency situations.
    • Experience with local, state, or federal grants.
    • Experience in marketing programs (web, social media, flyers, and e-mail campaigns).
  • Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
  • • General knowledge of the methods and problems of organizational and program management.
    • General knowledge of research and interview techniques
    • Ability to interpret and apply program rules and regulations.
    • Ability to use initiative and resourcefulness in planning work assignments and in implementing long-range program improvements.
    • Ability to obtain factual and interpretive information through interviews.
    • Ability to reason logically; ability to collect, compile, analyze and evaluate data and make verbal or written presentation based on these data.
    • Ability to recognize multicultural, multi-sexed and multi-aged value systems and work accordingly.
    • Demonstrated ability to make decisions and carry through actions having implications with regard to other program or service areas.
    • Thorough knowledge of the principles of individual and group behavior.
    • General knowledge of the principles, practices and trends of the Student Services field as well as general knowledge of the policies, procedures, activities and practices of the program area to which assigned.
    • General knowledge of individual counseling techniques.
    • General knowledge, or the ability to rapidly acquire such knowledge, of the overall operation, functions, programs, organizational procedures, and activities of the campus.
    • Working knowledge of student services programs outside the program to which immediately assigned.
    • Ability to analyze complex situations accurately and adopt effective courses of action. • Ability to advise students individually and in groups on complex student-related matters.
    • Ability to determine appropriate courses of action and proper techniques to utilize while engaged with individuals in personal interactions of an argumentative or sensitive nature.
    • Ability to interpret and evaluate descriptions and explanations of problems brought forward by individuals or student organizations, analyze and define the problem, draw valid conclusions and project consequences of various alternative courses of action.
    • Ability to carry out a variety of professionally complex assignments without detailed instructions.
    • Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with a variety of individuals to include faculty, CSU administrators, student organizations, and other private and public agencies and others in committee work, and student advising and community contacts.
  • Special Conditions
  • • Position may be required to travel.
  • License or Certifications
  • • Valid California Driver’s License.
  • Physical Requirements
  • The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Salary Range
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    Anticipated starting salary will be $5,540 - $6,094 per month plus excellent paid benefits. Salary will depend on the qualifications of the successful finalist. (Full range: $5,540 - $7,893 per month.)
    
    
  • Compensation & Benefits
  • Commensurate with qualifications and experience. As a member of the 23-campus CSU System, we offer an extremely competitive benefits package that includes, but is not limited to, outstanding vacation, health, dental, and vision plans; a fee waiver education program; membership in the California Public Employees Retirement System (PERS); and 15 paid holidays a year. Link to (Bargaining Unit: 4) Benefits Summary: CSU Employee Benefit Summary
    
    
  • How to Apply
  • To be considered, qualified candidates must submit a completed Stanislaus State online employment application, cover letter, and resumé. Applications are accepted electronically only. Please note that failure to completely fill out each section of the online application may result in your application not receiving consideration. To apply online, please click the “Apply Now” button on this page.
  • Application Deadline
  • April 29, 2026
    
    
  • Background Clearance Notice
  • Satisfactory completion of a background check (which includes checks of employment records, education records, criminal records, civil records; and may include motor vehicle records, professional licenses, and sex offender registries, as position requires) is required for employment. CSU will make a conditional offer of employment, which may be rescinded if the background check reveals disqualifying information, and/or it is discovered that the candidate knowingly withheld or falsified information. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the continued employment of a current CSU employee who was conditionally offered the position.
    
    Education Code 89521 Requirements: Applicants will be required to disclose whether they have received a final administrative decision or final judicial decision determining that they have committed sexual harassment within the last 7 years only after a determination is made that they meet the minimum qualifications for the position, and before an offer of employment is extended. Applicants who reach the final stages of the application process must also sign a release form that authorizes the release of information by the applicant’s current and/or former employers to the CSU concerning any substantiated allegations of misconduct.
    
    
  • Additional Information
  • Campus & Area
    California State University, Stanislaus serves the San Joaquin Valley and is a critical educational resource for a six-county region of approximately 1.5 million people. The University is fully committed to creating a culture of diversity and inclusion - one in which every person in the University community feels safe to express their views without fear of reprisal. Widely recognized for its quality academic programs, the University has 10 nationally accredited programs and 662 faculty members. 94 percent of full-time faculty holds doctorates or terminal degrees in their fields. The University offers 43 undergraduate majors, 16 master's programs, 7 post-graduate credentials, a doctorate in education and serves more than 10,000 students. New instructional facilities have been built for the unique pedagogy of professional programs, laboratory sciences and performing arts.
    
    Stanislaus State continues to receive national recognition with its ranking as one of the best 384 colleges in the nation by The Princeton Review. The University was one of 12 public universities in the nation to be recognized by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities for demonstrating exceptional performance in retention and graduation rates. In addition, U.S. News and World Report ranks Stanislaus State in its top 10 among public universities in the West, while Washington Monthly honored Stanislaus State as the West’s No. 1 university for the money. Stanislaus State also is recognized as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) by the U.S. Department of Education.
    
    Clery Act Disclosure
    
    Pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, the annual security report (ASR), is now available for viewing at https://www.csustan.edu/annual-campus-security-report . The ASR contains the current security and safety-related policy statements, emergency preparedness and evacuation information, crime prevention and sexual assault prevention information, and drug and alcohol prevention programming. The ASR also contains statistics of Clery Act crimes for Stanislaus State for the previous three years. A paper copy of the ASR is available upon request by contacting the office of the Clery Director located at One University Circle, Turlock, CA 95382.
    
    Equal Employment Opportunity
    
    The university is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against persons on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, medical condition, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, covered veteran status, or any other protected status. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. The person holding this position is considered a ‘mandated reporter’ under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083, revised 7/21/17, as a condition of employment.
    
    Applicants requiring necessary accommodations to the application process may contact the Human Resources Department at (209) 667-3351. California Relay Service is available at (800) 735-2922 voice and (800) 735-2929 TDD. As a federal contractor, we are committed to attracting a diverse applicant pool. Please consider completing the Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability form (your response will not be shared with the search committee) at: Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability PDF Form .
    
    CSU Stanislaus hires only individuals lawfully authorized to work in the United States. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.
    
    The CSU is a state entity whose business operations reside within the State of California. The CSU prohibits hiring employees to perform CSU-related work outside California.
    
  • The individuals who appear to be the best qualified for this position will be contacted by telephone or email for an interview.
    
    INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE
    
    

Advertised: Apr 14 2026 Pacific Daylight Time
Applications close: Apr 29 2026 Pacific Daylight Time