Educational Opportunity Program Advisor & Transition Specialist (SSP III)

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Educational Opportunity Program Advisor & Transition Specialist (SSP III)

Description

• • Position Summary
  • Educational Opportunity Program Advisor & Transition Specialist (SSP III)
    (Classified as: Student Services Professional III)
    
    Full-time temporary position available on or after May 5, 2025 and ending on or before May 4, 2026 in the Educational Opportunity Program. Appointment will be made for one year from date of hire with the possibility of reappointment.
    
    Under general direction of the Director of EOP and Promise Scholars, the EOP Advisor and Transition Specialist supports historically underserved students, guiding them through their transition into and progression through college, while promoting academic, personal, and professional success throughout their undergraduate journey at Stan State. This role encompasses comprehensive academic advising, event coordination, and resource delivery to foster student success. Core responsibilities include holistic advising and support through program development, event and workshop coordination, academic and career guidance, and referrals to campus and community resources. The advisor also contributes to program planning, evaluation, and resource allocation, utilizing high-level interpersonal skills and independent judgement to analyze challenges and implement creative solutions. Specific duties include assisting in problem-solving, evaluating student and program needs, and identifying suitable solutions or courses of action. This may involve coordinating programs, facilitating student engagement, and advocating for student needs with university administrators, faculty, and staff. Additionally, the position supports students facing personal or institutional challenges, providing guidance, support, and assistance as necessary. The EOP Advisor and Transition Specialist may serve in a “working supervisor” or lead capacity, overseeing student assistants and/or graduate interns.
  • Job Duties
  • Duties include but are not limited to:
    • Independently provide comprehensive advisement to students who have problems in choosing, pursuing, and adjusting themselves to suitable educational and vocational goals.
    • Assist students in identifying their problems, evaluating them realistically, dealing with their aptitudes and abilities as related to their particular needs and circumstances, and selecting suitable educational or vocational goals.
    • Advocate for the needs of individual students and groups of students to university administrators, faculty, and staff.
    • Provide support and assistance to students facing a variety of personal as well as institutional problems, questions, and challenges.
    • Interact with students in the most sensitive and complex group problem situations.
    • Conduct analysis of student skills, abilities, and previous academic performance for comprehensive advising and support for foster youth.
    • Provide academic advising, including transfer evaluation, course selection, and registration assistance to new and continuing Educational Opportunity Program participants in both individual and group settings.
    • Maintain records on each advisee including program of study, general education evaluation, academic progress, advising contacts and referrals.
    • Utilize advanced human relations skills and abilities to interact with highly visible student groups to help them identify problems, evaluate past occurrences, and reach appropriate conclusions and decisions.
    • Analyze individual student or group problems of considerable complexity and formulate integrative solutions comprising appropriate elements of all appropriate Student Services instructional programs.
    • Stay current on CSU & CCC policies and procedures and relevant county and state policies and laws affecting undergraduate students.
    • Coordinate and administer programs, events, and projects within EOP.
    • Facilitate student involvement in campus life.
    • Develop plans and approaches to situations where few precedents or guidelines exist and adjust approaches and techniques in the face of unpredictable responses and rapidly changing circumstances.
    • Recruit, train, and lead graduate intern(s) and student assistant(s).
    • Recommend changes on varied matters both within and outside EOP and contribute to program analysis.
    • Engage in considerable administrative planning to develop creative solutions that integrate approaches across organizational lines.
    • Work collaboratively with faculty who are interested in acting as additional support persons/mentors for EOP students and/or conducting research related to this population.
    • Assist with developing, conducting, and implementing program assessment(s)
    • Conduct in-depth analysis of individual student or group problems of considerable complexity.
    • Analyze situations thoroughly in search of sound solutions rather than quickly conceived ones.
    • Assist in the development and implementation of evaluation methods to assess the effectiveness of programs and services.
    • Make recommendations involving broad areas of policy formulation and complex administrative action and for implementation of such recommendations when adopted.
    • Maintain required documentation, web-based resources, reports, and student records in accordance with university policies, government regulations, and accreditation standards.
    • 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.
    • The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to this classification.
    • At the direction of appropriate administrator, may provide support to other departments/areas within functional area/department as needed.
    • 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: Equivalent of three years of progressively responsible professional student services work experience. (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
  • • Equivalent to three years of progressively responsible professional student services work experience which includes experience in advising students individually and in groups, and in analysis and resolution of complex student services problems.
    • A master’s degree in Higher Education Administration, Student Affairs, Counseling, Clinical Psychology, Social Work, or a job-related field may be substituted for one year of professional experience.
    • 2 years experience in the program area to which assigned.
    • Experience conducting workshops and facilitating events.
    • Experience working with students from various ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, including underserved students.
    • Prior experience in a higher education or university setting.
  • 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
  • • May be required to work after-hours, evenings, or weekends.
    • May be required to stay overnight in on campus housing in support of the annual EOP Summer Bridge Program.
    • May be required to travel between Turlock and Stockton Campuses.
  • 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
  • Anticipated salary will be $5,540 - $6,094 per month plus excellent paid benefits. Salary will depend on the qualifications of the successful finalist. (Full Student Services Professional III) 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 9, 2025
    
    
  • Criminal 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.
    
    
  • 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: Mar 26 2025 Pacific Daylight Time
Applications close: Apr 09 2025 Pacific Daylight Time