Who We Are

With three campuses along Colorado’s Front Range, FRCC is the state’s largest community college. We enroll close to 28,000 students annually from our diverse service area, which offers a variety of cultural and recreational activities.

Each year approximately 5,000 FRCC students transfer to four-year universities and FRCC offers more than 36 career training programs that prepare students for immediate employment and rewarding careers. Last year, more than 5,000 high school students took concurrent enrollment classes with us, earning college credit without having to pay college tuition. And we were recently ranked as one of the “Top Online Colleges” in the country by Newsweek.

One of FRCC’s main goals is to offer educational excellence for everyone. The college’s strong commitment to student success means we start by creating an inclusive and equitable environment—one where both students and employees feel they belong and are supported. FRCC’s focus on diversity, equity and inclusion is woven into the fabric of our college conversations and decision-making processes. We are actively seeking to hire a workforce that reflects the diversity of our student body.

The college is also an emerging Hispanic Serving Institution. For us, becoming an HSI is an intentional commitment to being a college where our Latinx (and other historically marginalized) students thrive.

FRCC employees and leaders work hard to create a culture of collaboration, innovation and pride. We’re looking to hire people who share these values—along with our commitment to student success, equity and excellence.

 Who You Are  

The Career Counselor supports the Career & Transfer Services team by engaging in values and mission driven work to enhance the overall career and transfer student experience. This position supports the career education and development services offered through this department to our diverse student population. This position will support our team in fostering a culture of skill development that empowers FRCC students by providing a mix of one-on-one career appointment services to support career path identification and skill development; providing assistance/support in transfer processes; engaging in collaboration with our team and other stakeholders; supervising and mentoring work-study student(s); and general administrative/collegewide duties as assigned. Our end goal as a department is to deliver equitable support to our diverse community and offer services to assist students in developing the lifelong skills, knowledge, and confidence to explore and pursue meaningful career and transfer opportunities.  

This position is based out of the Larimer Campus in Fort Collins and requires a strong on-campus presence. The position will have the opportunity to work remotely occasionally and will occasionally need to travel to all three FRCC campuses. 

Please note: You need to be a Colorado resident on your first day of employment.

SALARY: $54,366-$57,085/annually. 

BENEFITS: Please click here to find more information about APT & Faculty Benefits

SELECTION PROCESS: Position will remain open until filled with a priority deadline of November 29, 2024. This posting may be used to fill multiple or similar positions.

Preliminary screening will be made based on completed application package submitted by candidate. In your application, please include a resume and cover letter that specifically addresses how your background and experience align with requirements, qualification and responsibilities of the Career Counselor. 

(55% of Time)

Provides career education and career development support to diverse student populations and is committed to meeting each individual student where they are at in their unique career education/development experience. Provides one on one career counseling to diverse student populations in person and remotely, which include career exploration appointments, resume and cover letter support, LinkedIn support, and job/internship preparation appointments. Utilizes and oversees related technology, such as career assessments, career exploration and job search tools, etc. Prepare for career education and development services as appropriate through research, outreach, etc. Maintains and documents appointment notes for each individual student 

appointment. 

(10% of Time)  

Assists students in one-on-one appointments with transfer processes, which includes modeling the transfer research process and connecting students with appropriate college/university transfer representatives/other support resources based on the student transfer institution interests. Encourages students to participate in Colorado Application Days. Maintains connections with transfer admissions representatives at 4-year schools and supports programming partnerships with transfer admissions representatives for student referral and event collaborations. Supports on-campus transfer events for FRCC students. 

(15% of Time)  

Engages in collaboration opportunities within the Career & Transfer Services Department, with other FRCC Enrollment Management & Student Success Departments, and with FRCC faculty/instructors. Develops and facilitates presentations/workshops hosted as Career & Transfer Services events, or within classroom settings in collaboration with FRCC faculty/instructors. Creates and compiles resources to support the career education and/or career development of students as well as to provide resources to be shared with our other stakeholders (faculty/instructors, alumni, community members, etc.) 

(15% of Time)  

Supervises Career Education & Development Work-Study student(s). Develops and delegates responsibilities to work-study student(s), and creates a work experience opportunity focused on the development of core competencies for our department’s student employees. 

(5% of Time)  

Provides general administrative support as needed. Attends and participates in weekly 

department staff meetings and team collaboration days. Represents the department and/or the division for campus, college, and community events and committees as assigned. Performs other duties as assigned. 

Mission, Vision & Values: Embraces the mission, vision and values of the Career & Transfer Services Department as well as of FRCC. Understands the importance of the work that you do to support department and institutional goals. 

Student Centeredness: Places serving our student body at the center of your work. Adopts a philosophy that makes the ability to serve the student the cornerstone of the work that you do. Ready to work with students during designated work times. Takes responsibility for initiating conversations with students and following up on tasks. Performs daily work assignments with minimal supervision. 

Equity Mindedness: Learn to view department operations through an equity lens. Works with, supports, and advocates for individuals and groups with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Develops resources and supports for students to ensure they have a sense of belonging. Be willing to call attention to processes that lead to inequity in serving students. Understand the College's equity goals and how your role supports FRCC's ability to achieve those goals. 

Cultural Self-Awareness: Willing to examine own beliefs and acknowledge own biases and how they have impacted or may impact the ability to serve students. Willing and excited to engage in lifelong learning regarding identity, implicit bias training, etc. 

Leadership: Lead from your position by not only closely examining your responsibilities for the department, but by bringing forward ideas to your supervisor that college should consider to be more student centered. Takes initiative to engage and manage caseload using all available tools, prioritizes workload, ability to problem solve independently and as part of a team. 

Team Building: Participate in team-building exercises and strive to build positive and collaborative relationships with colleagues both within the department and in other departments within the college. 

Collaboration: Willingness to work with colleagues across departments to further student engagement. 

Communication (written, verbal, interpersonal): Communicates well across all channels to welcome, inform, guide, and engage in helpful and productive dialogue. Communication is informed by curiosity and desire to reach a shared understanding. Provides timely and exceptional customer service to a diverse group of students and staff by phone, video, email and in person 

Critical thinking: Confident in using professional judgement when dealing with complex student issues. Generates and implements new ideas and is solution oriented. 

Technology: Uses available technologies to proactively support students. Willing to learn and utilize technologies used at FRCC and within the Career & Transfer Services Department. 

Required Education/Training & Work Experience:

• Master's degree in Career Education, Counseling, Counselor Education, College Student Personnel Administration, Student Affairs, Higher Education Administration, or a related field. 

• Experience in counseling/advising or other student services fields working with students (orientation programs, multicultural affairs, academic advising, residence life). 

• Knowledge of career development and academic pathway models, counseling theory and practice, and career development. 

• Effective Communicate skills; verbal, written and interpersonal. 

•  Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others. 

• Commitment to diversity and ability to work with a diverse college community.