Project Rebound Coordinator - Dean of Students

California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo; San Luis Obispo (CA); On-site; USD 69,804 - 77,951; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits program including health insurance

Retirement participation options

Job summary

California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo is seeking a Project Rebound Coordinator to lead the Project Rebound program, focusing on formerly incarcerated and justice-impacted students. This role involves managing program operations, facilitating outreach, and ensuring student access to vital resources for educational success.

The coordinator will work collaboratively with various departments and organizations to provide comprehensive advising and support for student enrollment, retention, and success. Applications are encouraged from qualified individuals committed to inclusivity and equity in education.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of issues faced by formerly incarcerated students.
• Ability to provide comprehensive advising and case management.
• Experience with outreach and enrollment efforts.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage the Project Rebound program.
• Support recruitment, retention, and success of justice-impacted students.
• Collaborate with campus departments and community organizations.

Skills

Individual and group behavior knowledge

Counseling techniques knowledge

Advising skills

Analytical skills

Tact and diplomacy

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Three years of professional student services experience

Job description

Job Summary

Under the general direction of the Sr. Associate Dean of Students, the Project Rebound Coordinator is responsible for the coordination, implementation, and ongoing operation of the Project Rebound program. The position serves as the primary resource for supporting the recruitment, enrollment, retention, and success of formerly incarcerated and justice‑impacted students through comprehensive advising, case management, and program services. The coordinator collaborates with campus departments, community‑based organizations, partner institutions, and correctional and reentry programs to establish and maintain a continuum of support for students. The position is responsible for managing program operations, facilitating outreach and enrollment efforts, and ensuring students are connected to appropriate academic, financial, and basic needs resources to support persistence and degree completion.

Key Qualifications

• Thorough knowledge of the principles of individual and group behavior, and general knowledge of individual counseling techniques and non‑clinical case management practices as applied in a higher education setting.
• Knowledge of the issues, barriers, and systemic challenges facing formerly incarcerated and justice‑impacted populations, and the ability to apply that knowledge to support student access, transition, and success in a university environment.
• Ability to advise students individually and in groups on varied and complex matters, including those involving sensitive personal, academic, financial, and reentry‑related issues.
• Ability to analyze complex situations accurately, interpret and evaluate descriptions of student concerns, define problems, and develop and implement appropriate courses of action or intervention.
• Ability to determine appropriate techniques and approaches when engaged in personal interactions of a sensitive, emotionally charged, or potentially adversarial nature, utilizing tact, diplomacy, and sound professional judgment.

Education and Experience

• Equivalent to graduation from a four‑year college or university in a related field, including or supplemented by upper division or graduate coursework in counseling techniques, interviewing, and conflict resolution where such are job‑related.
• Possession of these knowledge and abilities is typically demonstrated through the equivalent of three years of progressively responsible professional student services work experience. One year in the program area to which assigned may be preferred but is not required.
• A master’s degree in Counseling, Clinical Psychology, Social Work, Higher Education, or a directly related field may be substituted for one year of experience.
• A doctorate degree and the appropriate internship or clinical training in counseling or guidance may be substituted for the three years of experience for positions with a major responsibility for professional career or personal counseling.

Salary and Benefits

Anticipated Hiring Range: $69,804 – $77,951 per year. Classification Range: $66,480 – $94,716 per year. Cash compensation may be adjusted based on experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. Cal Poly offers a comprehensive benefits program including health, dental and vision insurance, retirement participation in the Public Employees' Retirement System, and educational benefits for eligible employees.

Equal Opportunity and Excellence in Education and Employment

This position is open and available to all regardless of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin. Consistent with California law and federal civil rights laws, Cal Poly provides equal opportunity in education and employment without unlawful discrimination or preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin. Our commitment to equal opportunity means ensuring that every student and employee has access to the resources and support they need to thrive and succeed in a university environment and in their communities. Cal Poly complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the California Equity in Higher Education Act, California’s Proposition 209 (Art. I, Section 31 of the California Constitution), other applicable state and federal anti‑discrimination laws, and CSU’s Nondiscrimination Policy. We prohibit discriminatory preferential treatment, segregation based on race or any other protected status, and all forms of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in all university programs, policies, and practices.

Supplemental Information

Satisfactory completion of a background check (including a criminal records check) is required for employment. Cal Poly will make a conditional offer of employment, which may be rescinded if the background check reveals disqualifying information and/or it is discovered that the candidate knowingly withheld or falsified information. Current employees who are offered positions on campus will be required to undergo a background check for any position where a background check is required by law or that Cal Poly has designated as sensitive. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the continued employment of a current CSU employee who was conditionally offered the position. The person holding this position is considered a 'mandated reporter' under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment.

Cal Poly is not a sponsoring agency for staff or management positions. Applicants for staff and management positions must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Education Code 89521 Requirements: Applicants will be required to disclose whether they have received a final administrative decision or final judicial decision determining that they have committed sexual harassment within the last 7 years only after a determination is made that they meet the minimum qualifications for the position, and before an offer of employment is extended. Applicants who reach the final stages of the application process must also sign a release form that authorizes the release of information by the applicant’s current and/or former employers to the CSU concerning any substantiated allegations of misconduct.