Counsellor

Competition Details

Position Information Position Number S00460 Position Title Counsellor Division/Portfolio Student Services Department/Program Counselling Location Penticton Other Flexible Work Options Your Opportunity A counsellor should be qualified to provide personal, academic success, and career counselling. The professional roles and responsibilities of a non-instructional faculty member include an awareness of current scholarship and continuing mastery in one’s field, professional duties, professional development, and service. In addition, duties and responsibilities may include scholarly activity. Functions and Duties 1. Workload assignments may include clinical practice, teaching, scholarship and community service.

2. The professional duties of a counsellor may include all or any of the following: personal, career and academic success counselling services; response to student crises and emergencies; case consultation; testing and psycho-educational assessment; development, delivery and evaluation of student success courses and workshops; practicum and internship supervision; community and professional education; consultation for and liaison with Okanagan College departments, faculty and staff, as well as community representatives and groups; administrative duties; regional campus duties that are congruent with the counselling discipline; and other ancillary counselling and advisory functions.

3. Professional development is activity intended to promote teaching excellence, subject area competence and technical competence in an area of professional or instructional expertise.

4. Service may include all or any of the following: school visitations; active membership on appropriate college or union committees, councils or boards; participation in professional or academic organizations; application of the employee’s academic or professional competence or expertise in the community at large; attendance at articulation meetings; representing Okanagan College at other functions, administrative duties and other duties.

5. Scholarly activity includes scholarship, research and creative activities. Scholarship involves oral or written activities that reflect a thorough and critical collection of knowledge of one’s profession or discipline. Research involves contributing to the expansion of knowledge and the sharing of that knowledge through appropriate professional means. Research includes application of research findings for purposes of practical application. Creative activities involve creative practice, exhibition, performance, composition, multimedia presentations and other similar activities that reflect applied practice of one’s profession or discipline. Education and Experience The minimum qualification is a Master’s degree, or equivalent in a counselling or related discipline with supervised clinical experience at the graduate level.

Registration or eligibility for registration with degree-appropriate governing or legal body is required (e.g. BCACC, CCPA, BC College of Social Workers, BC College of Psychologists).

Clinical counselling experience in a post-secondary environment is preferred. Experience may also include independent, post-secondary or secondary school work directly related to the duty assignment. An active profile in scholarship, research and creative activity is preferred. Skills and Abilities Demonstrated competency in the following areas:
- individual and group counselling
- career, academic success, and personal counselling
- crisis intervention work
- student success programming and workshop delivery
- outreach and referral
- mediation
- student advocacy
- working in a computerized environment Preferred Qualifications Desired Start Date 08/01/2024 Position End Date (if temporary) 07/31/2025 Schedule Monday-Friday, 35 hours per week Annual Salary/Hourly Rate Salary range $71,846 to $115,129 with normal starting salary between $78,872 and $85,897 annually*, dependent on relevant education and experience. *Note: Part-time Term and summer appointments subject to adjustment factors as per the collective agreement Appointment Type Faculty - Full-time Term Special Instructions to Applicants Employee Group Faculty Posting Detail Information Competition Number C002779 Posting Open Date 04/17/2024 Posting Closing Date 05/05/2024 Open Until Filled No Inclusion Statement Okanagan College is committed to increasing the equitable and inclusive participation of marginalized people in all aspects of college life. We welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black People, members of racialized groups/visible minorities, people with disabilities and people with diverse gender identities or expressions. People with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations for any part of the application

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