Job Description:

KUSD is seeking a dynamic school career counselor to join our high school community. The school career counselor reports directly to the site principal in collaboration with the CTE coordinator and is responsible for working directly with District staff (counselors, CTE Department, teachers), WAVE, and Mohave Community College to help students prepare for their future and increase the number of students accessing and succeeding in a variety of career pathways.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:

1. Respond to all internal and external customers, as it relates to job, in a prompt, efficient, friendly, and patient manner.
2. Inform, coordinate, recruit, support, enroll and monitor students participating in the various instructional programs offered by the District – Instructional Time Model, WAVE, Dual Enrollment – with Mohave Community College.
3. In coordination with the guidance office, provide individual/group counseling/coaching to students to support their post-secondary education and career goals. Be aware of multiple measures necessary for admittance to post-secondary programs and guide students to meet these measures.
4. Stay current on trends, opportunities and resources related to post-secondary education and careers in order to develop and implement career development programs, workshops and events to help students, teachers and families plan for the future.
5. Collaborate with teachers, administrators, and community organizations to provide students with a variety of opportunities to gain real-world experience and exposure to different careers.
6. Enter, maintain, manage, monitor and report District/school data pertaining to established goals.
7. Participate in professional development opportunities to enhance skills and knowledge related to career counseling/coaching and post-secondary education. Implement professional development for faculty focused on college and career readiness to create a culture of success in multiple pathways. Teach career-based lessons to students.
8. Prepare, promote and participate in marketing/recruitment activities for the District.
9. Interact with middle/high school students and families to provide guidance and resources on: college and career options, academic planning/preparation, career exploration, college visits/applications, financial aid planning/FAFSA completion/scholarship searches, transition activities/work-based learning, enrichment activities, and events.
10. Support District initiatives aimed at maintaining enrollment, increasing student performance and reducing learning loss.
11. In partnership with KUSD, act as a liaison between students, parents, partners, community college, business/industry and WAVE.
12. Assist with Major Clarity objectives at all grade levels, using the data to inform decision making.
13. Maintain knowledge of and adhere to all policies, regulations and rules.
14. Perform related duties as assigned in a safe and prudent manner.

Other Duties

This job description is not a comprehensive listing of duties, responsibilities, or activities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Competencies

1. Ability to talk with others to convey information effectively.
2. Ability to actively listen, taking time to understand the points being made and asking questions as appropriate.
3. Ability to develop constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintain them over time. 
4. Ability to effectively communicate in writing, as appropriate.
5. Ability to use logic and reasoning – and knowledge of education and business/industry – to counsel students.
6. Ability to exercise attention to detail and work under pressure to meet deadlines.
7. Proficient in using Microsoft Office Suite software programs and other programs as it relates to position and in creating electronic communications and published materials.
8. Ability to operate most standard office equipment.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment

This job primarily operates within the school environment. Some traveling is required.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

1. Regularly required to communicate, detect, converse with, discern, convey, express oneself, and exchange information with staff, students, community partners and visitors.
2. Regularly required to detect, determine, perceive, identify, recognize, judge, observe, inspect, estimate, and assess details as needed to complete job functions.
3. Regularly required to remain stationary.
4. Regularly required to move around office and locations as needed.
5. Ability to position self as needed in line with safety guidelines to complete tasks.
6. Ability to move, transport, position, put, install, and remove items up to 50 pounds as needed.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position, contracted for 162 days. Employee will typically work Monday through Thursday but may need to work flexible and/or extended hours.

Required Education, Experience and Certifications/Licenses

• Master’s or more advanced degree from an accredited institution to include completion of a graduate program in guidance and counseling
• Experience as a classroom teacher, administrator or program manager
• Standard School Counselor, PreK-12 Certificate issued by the Arizona Department of Education

Preferred Education and Experience

Experience providing career counseling and guidance.

Required Certifications/Licenses

Valid driver’s license

Work Authorization/Security Clearance

Must be able to pass a criminal background check and obtain an IVP Fingerprint Clearance Card through the Arizona Department of Public Safety.

Salary Range: $50,034-$60,034 per year; 162 contracted days between July 8, 2024 and June 12, 2025

Community/Other Information

Kingman Unified School District serves approximately 7,300 PreK-12th grade students and families across 12 campuses, offering online and in-person educational opportunities. What makes KUSD unique? The District is invested in supporting students in finding the pathway that is unique to them, whether it is a more traditional educational path with an eye toward college, or a pathway that focuses on the trades and leaving school career-ready. 

The town of Kingman, Arizona is located in northwestern Arizona in the Hualapai Valley between the Cerbat and Hualapai Mountain ranges. Kingman is known as “The Heart of Historic Route 66” and is ideally situated between Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix, the Grand Canyon, and Lake Havasu City. For those who enjoy a smaller community, but like a big city nearby, Las Vegas is approximately an hour and a half northwest of Kingman which is great for day or weekend trips! For those who love fishing or water activities, Bullhead City is a short 30 minute drive and located on the Colorado River. If you like nature, you have the opportunity to enjoy the spring flowers just outside Oatman, AZ approximately 30 minutes west of Kingman and also get to experience forestry and wildlife year-round - including snow in the winter - just 20 minutes away in the Hualapai Mountains. Also, Lake Havasu City, AZ is only one hour away from Kingman and is a hot spot for tourism and a popular location during Spring Break.