Dean of counseling and Student Success

AgUpdate; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 178,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Sick Leave

Retirement

Summer Work Hours

Job summary

El Camino College seeks a Dean of Counseling and Student Success to lead the Counseling and Student Success Division, oversee services, and ensure alignment with the college's strategic goals. You will supervise faculty and staff, foster collaboration, and drive initiatives to improve student planning, equity, enrollment, and completion.

The role emphasizes a student-centered environment, technology-enabled processes, and adherence to Title 5 and Education Codes while coordinating with other

Qualifications

• Master's degree required.
• One year of leadership experience related to the administrator's assignment.
• Master's degree in a student-focused discipline such as counseling, psychology, educational or career counseling preferred.
• Experience managing complex projects/programs in higher education.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, coordinate, and direct the Counseling and Student Success Division's operations and activities.
• Provide leadership for program evaluation, continuous improvement, and services to assure student completion and retention.
• Collaborate with campus leadership, staff and faculty to meet goals including student equity onboarding enrollment retention and completion.
• Ensure a student-centered, customer-service oriented environment across department functions; promote effective use of technology.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of developments in counseling and student services in community colleges and higher education.
• Participate in strategic planning for the college and division; set priorities for short-term and long-range plans.
• Oversee program reviews and Service Area Outcomes to advance institutional effectiveness.

Skills

Strategic planning

Leadership

Collaboration

Education

Masters degree

Job description

Dean of counseling and Student Success

El Camino College

Job Title: Dean of counseling and Student Success

Req: A2627-018

Location: ECC Campus

Division: Counseling & Student Success

Position Type: Academic Administrator

JOB DESCRIPTION

Under direction of the Vice President of Equity and Student Services, exercise overall leadership of the Counseling and Student Success division providing functional supervision over assigned positions including faculty and classified professionals. Provide vision and leadership to develop, organize, and implement the Division's goals and objectives; plan, develop, organize, schedule, direct, improve and evaluate the department's programs, services, and activities; and provide oversight, development, and coordination of assigned student support functions, programs, services, and initiatives, including those related to counseling, educational planning, career and transfer support, student success, and other related areas.

Foster a culture of collaboration, mutual respect, innovation, and continuous improvement throughout the departments and Division; lead by example; actively participate in and support College-wide shared governance components and activities and other collaborative processes; encourage professional excellence among assigned faculty and staff; and promote, foster, and facilitate an organizational culture of customer service, teamwork, and innovation.

FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Plan, organize, coordinate, and direct the operations and activities of the Counseling and Student Success Division, including meeting compliance requirements, filing reports, managing budgets, monitoring timelines, and ensuring quality outcomes. Coordinate assigned activities with other College departments, divisions, and outside agencies.

Provide leadership for the development, evaluation and continuous improvement of necessary programs services and processes designed to assure student completion of abbreviated and comprehensive educational plans; intervention for at-risk students; retention, persistence, and success of students as identified in the College's Strategic Plan.

Coordinate programs and strategies, in collaboration with campus leadership, staff, and faculty, to meet the College's goals and strategic initiatives inclusive of, but not limited to student equity, onboarding, enrollment, retention, and completion.

Assure the provision of a student-centered, customer-service oriented environment for the delivery of all department functions and promote such an environment across campus. Provide leadership in the use of technology to assure the effectiveness and efficiency of Counseling and Student Success operations.

Maintain knowledge of new developments and innovative counseling and student services practices in community colleges and higher education; recommend changes to maintain relevance of programs and services to meet student needs.

Participate actively in strategic planning for the college, the Student Services area, and the Counseling and Student Success Division. Collaborate with faculty and staff in setting priorities for assigned areas, both short-term and long-range.

Oversee the development, implementation, maintenance, and evaluation of Counseling and Student Success Program Reviews and Services Area Outcomes to advance institutional effectiveness.

Ensure that state and federal regulations are implemented in policies, and anticipate legal ramifications, including but not limited to, security, privacy, identity theft, and fraud.

ORGANIZATION MANAGEMENT

Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the regulations, policies, requirements, and eligibility criteria for assigned programs and ensure compliance with the College's policies, procedures, and practices.

Strengthen processes, programs, and services through the effective and efficient use of assessment, program review, planning, and resource allocation. Establish priorities in conjunction with the College's comprehensive planning and budgeting guidelines. Develop and implement an organizational structure that maximizes utilization of resources and ensures effective and efficient delivery of services.

Search, onboard, train, supervise, motivate, and evaluate the performance of managerial, professional, operational, technical, and support personnel as assigned; recommend transfers, reassignment, termination, and disciplinary actions as needed; delegate and review assignments and projects; evaluate work products and results, develop appropriate procedures to accommodate need for information and assistance; establish and monitor timelines and prioritize work. Monitor employee performance on a regular basis and provide coaching for performance improvement and/or development as needed. Anticipate, prevent, and resolve conflicts under areas of supervision.

Plan for efficient and appropriate use and security of assigned facilities; assure compliance with health and safety regulations.

Work with Information Technology personnel on a continual basis to enhance and improve relevant computer systems. Learn and apply emerging technologies to perform duties and provide services in an efficient, organized, and timely manner. Work to infrastructure and technological resources to facilitate a positive learning and working environment and promote student success.

Perform other duties as assigned.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Master's degree

Experience: One (1) year of formal training, internship, or leadership experience reasonably related to the administrator's administrative assignment.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Desirable Education: Master's degree in a student focused discipline such as counseling, psychology, educational or career counseling, or the equivalent.

Desirable Education: Three (3) years administrative experience in student counseling, educational or career planning programs, plus at least one (1) year in program administration and coordination. Direct experience in grant-funded project/program management at the federal and/or state level in a similar community college setting.

Knowledge/Areas of Expertise:

Experience managing complex projects/programs and/or federal contracts (including budgets and reporting) in a higher education setting.

Effective principles, practices, procedures, and techniques involved in development, implementation, and evaluation of Counseling and Student Success programs, services, plans, strategies, processes, systems, projects, goals, and objectives.

Title 5, Education Codes, and other regulations dealing with Student Success and Support Programs, Student Equity implementation strategies, and related matters.

Abilities/Skills:

Effectively plan, organize, coordinate, and direct the activities and operations of the Counseling and Student Success Division.

Develop appropriate metrics to evaluate department programs and functions; participate in program review and Service Area Outcome assessments and make recommendations for continuous quality improvement.

Effectively provide a safe and secure working and learning environment for students to achieve their full potential.

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Work Environment

Standard office setting. Duties are performed primarily in an office environment while sitting at a desk or computer workstation. Incumbents are subject to extensive contact with students, faculty, and staff with frequent interruptions, noise, and demanding timelines. At least minimal environmental controls to assure health and comfort. May involve working non-standard, evening, and weekend hours.

Physical Demands

Incumbents regularly sit or stand for long periods, travel short distances on campus on a regular basis, travel to various locations to attend meetings and conduct work, use hands and fingers to operate an electronic keyboard or other office machines, reach with hands and arms, speak clearly and distinctly to answer telephones and to provide information; see to read fine print and operate computer; hear and understand voices over telephone and in person; and lift, carry, and/or move objects weighing up to 25 pounds.

* Previous employment performed in a different public retirement system may allow eligibility to continue in the same retirement system.

CLOSING DATE: Thursday, December 10, 2026 at 3:00 p.m.

SALARY

The starting salary range $177,502.32 (Annually)

Generally, new employees start at the first step on the salary schedule. Advanced salary placement may be considered on a case-by-case basis. Salary increases are granted on the first day of the month following each year of service, until Step F is reached ($205,795.20 annually).

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

This position is designated as a full-time administrative position. Educational Administrators are employed on an initial one-year contract stating terms and conditions of employment. Contracts are subject to renewal and board approval to confirm continued employment. The standard work week is 40 hours of scheduled duty per week of not more than five consecutive workdays. Work schedule may include weekends, evenings, and/or holidays based on business needs.

Administrators may work all or a portion of the work days that fall between December 25 and January 1. Administrators may also use their accrued vacation days to cover all or a portion of the work days that fall between December 25 and January 1.

Offer and acceptance of employment is subject to verification of all information provided on the employment application, credential(s), and transcripts. Candidates selected for employment must agree to be fingerprinted, submit a Certificate of the Tuberculosis Risk Assessment and/or Examination, provide proof of eligibility for employment in the United States, and present a valid Social Security card upon hire.

ADA ACCOMMODATIONS

Applicants with disabilities requiring special accommodations must contact the ADA Compliance Officer at least five (5) working days prior to the final filing date: ADA Job Applicant Accommodation Request (maxient.com)

BENEFIT HIGHLIGHTS

• Health, Life, Dental and Vision Insurance
• The College provides a diversified insured benefit program for all full-time employees, including medical, dental, vision and life insurance. Dependent medical, dental, and vision insurance is available, toward which both the College and the employee contribute.
• Sick Leave and Disability
• Paid sick leave is granted equal to one day for each month of service. Sick leave days may be accumulated indefinitely. Rather than State Disability Insurance.
• Retirement
• Full-time employees contribute a percentage of their regular salary to the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) and Social Security. Previous employment performed in a different public retirement system may allow eligibility to continue in the same retirement system.
• Summer Work Hours
• During the summer, employees work eight 32-hour work weeks with full pay.

EL CAMINO COLLEGE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

El Camino Community College District is committed to providing an educational and employment environment in which no person is subjected to discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, creed, age (over 40), disability (mental or physical), sex, gender (including pregnancy and childbirth), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military and veteran status, or retaliation; or on any other basis as required by state and federal law.