Counselor, Early College Tenure-Track Fresno City College

Posting Details Announcement Information Posting Number AA Title Counselor, Early College (Full-Time, Tenure-Track) Fresno City College Campus Location Fresno City College Start Date 07/01/2026

At Fresno City College we value the ability to serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities, and orientations. We prioritize applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits a diverse student population brings to a community college. The successful candidate will be an equity‑minded leader committed to student success achieved through collaboration with faculty, classified staff, administration, students, and community partners who are also dedicated to closing equity gaps.

An equity‑minded individual is a person who:

• Understands the importance of holding ourselves accountable as educators for closing equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices;
• Reframes inequities as a problem of practice and views the elimination of inequities as an individual and collective responsibility;
• Encourages positive race‑consciousness and embraces human difference;
• Supports institutional practices that both develop and sustain culturally responsive teaching and learning environments; and
• Strategically builds support for and participation in equity‑related initiatives across both our internal and external communities.

Fresno City College seeks leaders who value placing the student at the center of everything we do, mentorship, and working in a collegial, collaborative environment. Leaders should be open and willing to participate in culturally relevant professional development that will help them prepare for the population of students who attend Fresno City College.

The ideal candidate will share Fresno City College’s commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse student population. For the 2024‑2025 academic year, we enrolled over 45,000 students in which 68% identify as Latinx, 11% as Asian/Pacific Islander, 4% as Black/African American, 14% as White, 1% as American Indian/Alaska Native, and 2% as multiracial. Fresno City College is a Hispanic‑Serving Institution, reflecting the great responsibility that the College has to the educational attainment and economic well‑being of the surrounding community.

The successful candidate will join a department dedicated to the use of a curriculum responsive to the students it serves.

This position reports to the Dean of Student Services, Counseling, and will be responsible for a full range of counseling services with individuals and groups. The Counselor, Early College will:

• Provide the total range of community college counseling services, including career and educational planning, orientation, assessment interpretation, transfer, student outreach and personal counseling;
• Assist students in the development of a student education plan (SEP);
• Plan and conduct multi‑media classroom presentations and large presentations;
• Implement retention strategies;
• Integrate technology into counseling functions;
• Work collaboratively with faculty members, counselors, staff, and administration;
• Assist in the building of collaborative relationships with college faculty and high schools;
• Provide information on the college and promote academic pathways on behalf of the college;
• Plan, organize, and coordinate a variety of services, projects, and pathway maps for K‑12 partner districts;
• Provide leadership in program plans directed towards college degrees earned and transfer‑readiness;
• Maintain strong communication and procedural channels throughout the campus and K‑12 partner districts congruent with the goals and objectives of the Early College Office;
• Provide counseling assistance and referrals for college resources and student support services including Admissions & Records, EOPS, CalWORKs, Career/Transfer & Employment Center, DSP&S, Financial Aid, Starfish‑Early Alert, Academic Success Centers, STEM, TRiO, and off‑campus community‑based resources;
• Provide recommendation for early college courses, assist with the coordination and scheduling of courses along with related services in alignment with Dual…