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For assistance, please contact the recruitment team at 970-378-3720.
Minimum Hiring Annual Salary:
$91,502.00
Maximum Hiring Annual Salary:
$98,823.00
To attain the maximum annual salary, employee must meet all minimum qualifications plus:
- 5 (five) years of additional applicable work experience and/or degrees higher than minimum qualification degree. Degrees higher than the minimum qualification degree can be used in combination with additional work experience.
- A combination of related education, on-the-job work experience, certifications and/or licenses that results in a candidate successfully meeting the minimum qualifications of the position, may be considered.
The stated salary amounts are not guaranteed in the event employment ends with Aims during any fiscal year.
Included with Aims Full-time Employment is a generous package of Benefits, most are listed below:
- Benefits are effective immediately
- 100% employer provided medical & dental coverage employees (employee only option)
- 85% employer provided medical & dental coverage for employee's spouse and/or family
- Voluntary vision insurance
- Staff Annual Leave (minimum accrual of 15 days) & Sick (minimum accrual of 12 days)
- 17 paid holidays and 3 personal days each year
- Summer schedule: 4-day work week - Fridays Off
- Employer paid long-term disability and life insurance premiums
- Tuition waiver & reimbursement for employees
- Tuition waiver for dependents
- PERA employer (see www.copera.org for comprehensive benefits)
- Additional supplemental benefits & retirement programs available
- Access to the PERC (Aims gym) for employee & one guest
- Free parking on all campuses
Job Description:
Aims Community College actively supports an environment that embraces the College's Mission, Vision, Values and a culture of innovation and care. The College embraces and seeks to hire individuals who want to be a part of this environment and have the skill sets necessary to be successful in this position.
Reporting to the Executive Director, Student Accessibility & Well-Being (EDSAWB), the Director, Counseling Services provides strategic leadership, oversight, and direction for the Counseling department and its team. The position also develops prevention/wellness programming and psycho-educational support groups for students, and training/workshops for staff and faculty. This position is required to develop community connections and partnerships with non-profit agencies to maximize outside referrals. In addition, the position supervises counseling interns who provide personal counseling services to students on campus; oversees crisis response services and serves as lead crisis response person based on institutional policy.
The Director provides leadership, supervision, and professional development for Counselors while supporting the Executive Director in strategic planning, program development, training, and assessment. This role is also responsible for ensuring compliance with counseling best practices and maintaining operational excellence in student support services as well as overseeing and monitoring the Counseling budget.
Clinical Mental Health Services
- Conducts individual counseling sessions in areas of academic problems, personal, interpersonal relationships, family, social, and psychological issues.
- Establishes support groups on campus to assist students with coping strategies related to common issues (e.g. grief/loss, single-parent, self-harm, suicidal/homicidal ideation, abuse, etc.)
- Supports development of departmental procedures for crisis response manual based on crisis response policy.
- Serves as the lead crisis response point person for Counseling Services.
- Meets with referred students and help them to gain emotional stability. Assists the student in the problem-solving process to make well-informed decisions regarding alternative choices.
- Leads psycho-educational support groups specifically focused on the needs of students and academic cohorts.
- Coordinates relevant training on crisis response for staff.
- Provides outside referral resources when needed.
- Maintains currency in best practices and emerging theories in the field.
- Maintains annual professional development and continuing education credits for licensure.
Leadership and Supervision
- Supervises support staff overseeing and directing daily operations, providing guidance and performance management, and ensuring efficient team productivity, providing direct supervision to at least 3 counselors and occasional interns.
- Offers leadership, guidance, and support in counseling practices and professional development.
- Assists in the training and onboarding of new counselors, ensuring adherence and compliance to best practices and institutional policies.
- Collaborates with the EDSWAB and Director, CARE Case Management to develop and implement strategies for program improvement and effectiveness.
Counseling Department Leadership
- This position is responsible for overseeing and directing all counseling related services, programs, and staff. This role is the leader within the Counseling department and serves as the direct contact for escalated complex situations.
- Participates and directs assessment efforts related to counseling effectiveness.
- Supports the EDSAWB in strategic planning, program evaluation and assessment, and reporting.
- Collaborates with the EDSAWB to develop and implement strategies for program improvement and effectiveness
- Maintains knowledge of community and campus resources by ongoing engagement with Aims faculty and staff, public health, private services, and community stakeholders.
- Evaluates and enhances the quality of counseling services through consistent assessment, detailed documentation, comprehensive reporting, and the proactive revision of policies and procedures.
- Directs, oversees, and supports counseling staff in achieving and maintaining relevant professional development certifications and engaging in continuous training.
- Designs, develops, and implements educational programs to advance case management practices and knowledge both at the department level and college-wide level.
- Leads weekly counseling meetings, ensuring continuity and effective team collaboration.
- Provides budget development recommendations to Executive Director.
- Adheres to internal compliance standards and ensure support staff is also in compliance with case management practices.
Prevention and Well-Being Programming
- Directs the development and implementation of educational materials, support groups, and wellness programming tailored to mental health needs.
- Creates and directs marketing and awareness campaigns promoting counseling services.
- Conducts training sessions for faculty and staff on effectively supporting students with mental health counseling.
- Collaborates with the EDSAWB to develop an on-going counseling program training series for counselors.
- Develops and directs the annual counseling services training series for faculty and staff.
- Directs surveys and focus groups to assess students’ mental health needs and concerns.
- Directs and provides workshops and seminars on stress management, mindfulness, and resilience building.
- Collaborates with experts to provide educational sessions on mental health disorders and available resources.
Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications
Required Documents
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in case management or coordinating services within a higher education setting.
- Familiarity with student information systems (e.g., Workday) and case management databases (e.g., Maxient).
- Experience making professional presentations to groups of up to 50 people.
- Experience working with a diverse student population, including post-traditional students, students of color, Veterans, first-generation college students, and others from underserved or underrepresented backgrounds.
- Working knowledge of mental health, student development, BIT best practices, higher education law, FERPA, and electronic record-keeping systems.
- Bilingual with proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking Spanish.
All Applicants:
- Compare your previous work experience to the job duties listed on the job positing under job description. Enter the job duties you have performed under the "Work Experience" section on your job application. We evaluate your experience based on this information.
- Please make sure you state whether work experience (aka work history) is part time or full time employment by listing the average number of hours worked per week. This information is used to determine your new annual salary.
- Be sure to upload all the required documents listed at the above in "Additional Job Description" section. This can be uploaded as part of your application materials in the "My Experience" section. If there are missing documents, your incomplete application will not be considered. Per the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, you may redact information that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.
For information on our hiring practices, please visit our resource page: https://www.aims.edu/departments/human-resources/hiring-process.
Aims Community College is an equal opportunity employer. Selection will be based solely on merit and will be without discrimination based on age, ancestry, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, race, religion, or veteran's status. All application materials must be submitted by the closing date posted and become the property of Aims Community College. The screening committee will select finalists for interviews. The goal of Aims Community College is to enhance the diversity present in the district we serve. To comply with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, if hired, you will be required to provide documents within three (3) business days of hire date to show your identity and your authorization to work. This law applies to all persons hired.
Screening/Selection:
To be considered, please provide a thorough and complete application. Initial screening will be conducted by a committee based on completed application materials.
Employees in these positions may be asked to participate in temporary assignments lasting less than nine (9) months (such as curriculum development, short term projects, meetings and substitute duties) which could amount to additional temporary pay.
Upon hire, all positions at Aims Community College require a criminal background check and may require industry specific screenings such as an MVR, physical and/or drug screen. Keep in mind, a conviction does not automatically preclude candidates from being employed. The nature of a conviction will be considered relative to the duties of the position.