Faculty Counselor - Non Tenure-Track - Spokane Community College

Location: Spokane CC Main Campus Spokane

Department: SCC Counseling

Salary Information: This is a full-time, annualized (non-tenure track) position with an entry level base salary (for a 175-day academic year contract) of $71,096 - $108,630 annually. Future advancement in base salary, up to the current maximum of $108,630, is based upon a combination of years of service accrued at our college and professional development activity.

Annual salary is comprised of base salary plus any combination of academic year overload contracts, summer effort contracts, project stipends, student club advising stipends, and/or department chair program lead faculty stipends consistent with the provisions of the current collective bargaining agreement between Spokane Colleges and the Association for Higher Education (AHE).

About Us 

Spokane Community College, part of Spokane Colleges, serves 15,000 students with career technical, liberal arts, and adult education programs in Spokane and surrounding rural communities.

Applications will be accepted until 4:00 p.m. PST on 11/30/2025. The application process will not be available after this time. To ensure consideration make sure your application is completed and submitted as soon as possible. Applications will only be accepted prior to 4:00 p.m. on the closing date.

About the Counselor Faculty - Non Tenure-Track - Spokane Community College

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide mental health, personal, and career counseling services to individual students from a variety of social and cultural backgrounds who are enrolled at Spokane Community College.
• Supports student retention and success through short-term mental health, adjustment, and relational therapy.
• Supports student academic success through academic advising and career counseling for clarification of educational, career and life goals.
• Support student retention and success through relationship building, study skills, test- taking, problem solving, etc
• Develops and instructs courses in college orientation/success and career planning utilizing appropriate pedagogy and technology that facilitates student learning and success.
• Provides crisis intervention counseling when appropriate and/or refers to outside resources when needed. Provides short-term mental health and personal counseling.
• Serves as liaison between the counseling department and instructional faculty. Liaisons with program advisory committees when appropriate.
• Attends division, department, general faculty meetings district meetings, and in-service training; serves on district or college councils or committees, and performs other activities within the scope of the position.
• Models professional decorum and mutual respect in all personal interactions.
• Complies with district policy, procedures and directives, state and federal regulations, orders and statutes and collective bargaining agreements.
• Supports and advances the Spokane Colleges strategic plan, and performs other duties as assigned. In addition, counselors may:
  • Supervise graduate-level counseling interns
  • Direct the work of paraprofessional employees or assigned work-study students.
  • Advise student clubs or associations.
  • Complies with state and federal law applicable to professional duties and responsibilities.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• An earned master's degree in Counseling or related field from an accredited institution that includes a Counseling practicum and may have included appropriate coursework in assessment, career counseling, crisis intervention, legal and ethical issues in counseling, lifespan development, multicultural counseling, theories of counseling, and treatment planning.
• Currently holds full, unrestricted LMHC in Washington State.
• Minimum of two years experience providing mental health counseling.
• Demonstrated excellent communication and interpersonal skills with an ability to establish and maintain strong relationships and build trust.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience and training in crisis intervention.
• Experience with local social services resources for when on-site therapy is inappropriate.
• Knowledge of Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
• Experience in collaborating with outside agencies and organizational colleagues.
• Experience in supervising mental health interns.
• Experience in Higher Education providing serv