Placement Coordinator/Advisor (SSP III)

Job Description:

Placement Coordinator/Advisor (SSP III)

Description

• • Position Summary
  • ~OPEN TO CURRENT CSU EMPLOYEES ONLY~
    
    (Classified as: Student Support Professional III (SSP III))
    
    Full-time position available on or after April 2, 2026 for Advanced Studies in Education.
    Under general direction, the Placement Coordinator plays a key role in overseeing clinical and field placements for students enrolled in the MA in Counseling, Professional Clinical Counseling (PCC), and Pupil Personnel Services (PPS) credential programs. This position acts as the primary liaison between the Counselor Education program and mental health agencies, K-12 schools, and other relevant organizations across a six-county area. The incumbent is responsible for coordinating student placements, ensuring that all placements align with program and accreditation requirements. Additionally, the role involves managing databases, conducting placement-related surveys, processing contracts with local education agencies, and maintaining documentation for accreditation purposes. This position is critical in facilitating successful partnerships and ensuring that students receive the necessary field experience to meet their academic and professional goals.
    
    
  • Job Duties
  • Duties include but are not limited to:
    • Provide guidance and support to students in navigating field placement requirements, processes, and expectations.
    • Advocate for student needs by addressing placement-related challenges and facilitating effective communication between students and site supervisors.
    • Assist students in identifying their problems, evaluating them realistically, dealing with their aptitudes and abilities as related to their particular needs and circumstances, and selecting suitable educational or vocational goals.
    • Utilize advanced human relations skills and abilities to interact with highly visible student groups to help them identify problems, evaluate past occurrences, and reach appropriate conclusions and decisions.
    • Provide support and assistance to students facing a variety of personal as well as institutional problems, questions, and challenges.
    • Utilize human relations skills to interact with persons exhibiting hostile reactions and bring such situations under control.
    • Analyze individual student or group problems of considerable complexity and formulate integrative solutions comprising appropriate elements of all appropriate Student Services instructional programs.
    • Coordinate the placement of students in field experience opportunities across a six-county service area each semester, ensuring alignment with program goals and site requirements.
    • Serve as a primary liaison between the Counselor Education program, K-12 schools, and mental health agencies to cultivate and maintain placement partnerships.
    • Manage the processing of contracts with school districts and mental health agencies, ensuring compliance with institutional policies and procedures.
    • Maintain and update databases, such as CalState S4, to track student placements, partner agencies, and relevant program data.
    • Develop and implement evaluation methods to assess the effectiveness of programs and services.
    • Engage in ongoing supervision, including case reviews, discussion of unique cases, and examination of alternate approaches and techniques.
    • Oversee the preparation and organization of accreditation documentation related to field experience placements, adhering to program and institutional standards.
    • May be required to obtain additional training and/or certification as part of professional development, based on department and/or campus needs, to stay current with industry standards.
    • The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to this classification.
    • At the direction of appropriate administrator, may provide support to other departments/areas withing functional area/department as needed.
    • Other duties as assigned.
  • Minimum Qualifications
  • Education: Equivalent to graduation from a four-year college or university in a related field, including or supplemented by upper division or graduate course work in counseling techniques, interviewing, and conflict resolution where such are job-related.
    Experience: Equivalent of three years of progressively responsible professional student services work experience. (A Master’s degree in Counseling, Clinical Psychology, Social Work, 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.
    
  • Preferred Qualifications
  • • Master’s degree in Counseling, Education, or a related field.
    • Minimum of three years experience with academic and career counseling.
    • Familiarity with California Commission on Teacher Credentialing and Board of Behavioral Sciences licensure requirements.
    • Experience conducting workshops and facilitating events.
    • Prior experience in a higher education or university setting.
    • Proficiency in software programs including Microsoft Office, SharePoint, PeopleSoft, Canvas, CalState S4, and FileMaker Pro.
  • Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
  • • General knowledge of the methods and problems of organizational and program management.
    • General knowledge of research and interview techniques
    • Ability to interpret and apply program rules and regulations.
    • Ability to use initiative and resourcefulness in planning work assignments and in implementing long-range program improvements.
    • Ability to obtain factual and interpretive information through interviews.
    • Ability to reason logically; ability to collect, compile, analyze and evaluate data and make verbal or written presentation based on these data.
    • Ability to recognize multicultural, multi-sexed and multi-aged value systems and work accordingly.
    • Demonstrated ability to make decisions and carry through actions having implications with regard to other program or service areas.
    • Thorough knowledge of the principles of individual and group behavior.
    • General knowledge of the principles, practices and trends of the Student Services field as well as general knowledge of the policies, procedures, activities and practices of the program area to which assigned.
    • General knowledge of individual counseling techniques.
    • General knowledge, or the ability to rapidly acquire such knowledge, of the overall operation, functions, programs, organizational procedures, and activities of the campus.
    • Working knowledge of student services programs outside the program to which immediately assigned.
    • Ability to analyze complex situations accurately and adopt effective courses of action.
    • Ability to advise students individually and in groups on complex student-related matters.
    • Ability to determine appropriate courses of action and proper techniques to utilize while engaged with individuals in personal interactions of an argumentative or sensitive nature.
    • Ability to interpret and evaluate descriptions and explanations of problems brought forward by individuals or student organizations, analyze and define the problem, draw valid conclusions and project consequences of various alternative courses of action.
    • Ability to carry out a variety of professionally complex assignments without detailed instructions.
    • Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with a variety of individuals to include faculty, CSU administrators, student organizations, and other private and public agencies and others in committee work, and student advising and community contacts.
  • Physical Requirements
  • The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Salary Range
  • Anticipated starting salary will be $5,540- $6,094 per month plus excellent paid benefits. Salary will depend on the qualifications of the successful finalist. (Full range: $5,540 - $7,893 per month.)
    
    
  • Compensation & Benefits
  • Commensurate with qualifications and experience. As a member of the 23-campus CSU System, we offer an extremely competitive benefits package that includes, but is not limited to, outstanding vacation, health, dental, and vision plans; a fee waiver education program; membership in the California Public Employees Retirement System (PERS); and 15 paid holidays a year. Link to (Bargaining Unit: 4) Benefits Summary: CSU Employee Benefit Summary
    
    
  • How to Apply
  • ~OPEN TO CURRENT CSU EMPLOYEES ONLY~
    
    To be considered, qualified candidates must submit a completed Stanislaus State online employment application, cover letter, and resumé. Applications are accepted electronically only. Please note that failure to completely fill out each section of the online application may result in your application not receiving consideration. To apply online, please click the “Apply Now” button on this page.
  • Application Deadline
  • March 11, 2026
    
    
  • Criminal Background Clearance Notice
  • Satisfactory completion of a background check (which includes checks of employment records, education records, criminal records, civil records; and may include motor vehicle records, professional licenses, and sex offender registries, as position requires) is required for employment. CSU 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. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the continued employment of a current CSU employee who was conditionally offered the position.
    
    
  • Additional Information
  • Campus & Area
    California State University, Stanislaus serves the San Joaquin Valley and is a critical educational resource for a six-county region of approximately 1.5 million people. The University is fully committed to creating a culture of diversity and inclusion - one in which every person in the University community feels safe to express their views without fear of reprisal. Widely recognized for its quality academic programs, the University has 10 nationally accredited programs and 662 faculty members. 94 percent of full-time faculty holds doctorates or terminal degrees in their fields. The University offers 43 undergraduate majors, 16 master's programs, 7 post-graduate credentials, a doctorate in education and serves more than 10,000 students. New instructional facilities have been built for the unique pedagogy of professional programs, laboratory sciences and performing arts.
    
    Stanislaus State continues to receive national recognition with its ranking as one of the best 384 colleges in the nation by The Princeton Review. The University was one of 12 public universities in the nation to be recognized by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities for demonstrating exceptional performance in retention and graduation rates. In addition, U.S. News and World Report ranks Stanislaus State in its top 10 among public universities in the West, while Washington Monthly honored Stanislaus State as the West’s No. 1 university for the money. Stanislaus State also is recognized as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) by the U.S. Department of Education.
    
    Clery Act Disclosure
    
    Pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, the annual security report (ASR), is now available for viewing at https://www.csustan.edu/annual-campus-security-report . The ASR contains the current security and safety-related policy statements, emergency preparedness and evacuation information, crime prevention and sexual assault prevention information, and drug and alcohol prevention programming. The ASR also contains statistics of Clery Act crimes for Stanislaus State for the previous three years. A paper copy of the ASR is available upon request by contacting the office of the Clery Director located at One University Circle, Turlock, CA 95382.
    
    Equal Employment Opportunity
    
    The university is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against persons on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, medical condition, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, covered veteran status, or any other protected status. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. 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, revised 7/21/17, as a condition of employment.
    
    Applicants requiring necessary accommodations to the application process may contact the Human Resources Department at (209) 667-3351. California Relay Service is available at (800) 735-2922 voice and (800) 735-2929 TDD. As a federal contractor, we are committed to attracting a diverse applicant pool. Please consider completing the Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability form (your response will not be shared with the search committee) at: Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability PDF Form .
    
    CSU Stanislaus hires only individuals lawfully authorized to work in the United States. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.
    
    The CSU is a state entity whose business operations reside within the State of California. The CSU prohibits hiring employees to perform CSU-related work outside California.
    
  • The individuals who appear to be the best qualified for this position will be contacted by telephone or email for an interview.
    
    INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE
    
    

Advertised: Feb 25 2026 Pacific Standard Time
Applications close: Mar 11 2026 Pacific Daylight Time