Campus: Skyline College

FLSA Status: Exempt

Salary Schedule: 20

Bargaining Unit: Non-Represented

Months Per Year: 12

Hours Per Week: 37.5

Mandated Reporter: Yes

Campus Security Authority: No

The Role

Reporting to the Vice President of Student Services, the Dean of Counseling/Advising & Matriculation provides strategic and operational leadership for a broad portfolio of student services. This includes oversight of:

• Counseling Services
• Promise Scholars Program
• Transfer Center
• Career Center
• Personal Counseling
• Health and Wellness Services
• Undocu Community Center
• Student Life and Leadership

In addition, the Dean oversees related areas such as EOPS/CARE, Educational Access Center, Learning Communities, Matriculation, Assessment, Articulation, New Student Orientation, Student Employment, and co-manages the One-Stop Student Services Center alongside the Dean of Enrollment Services.

The Dean will guide the division in planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating student success initiatives while ensuring alignment with accreditation standards, California Education Code, Title 5, and district policies. This role manages budgets, personnel, and grants, while fostering collaboration between Student Services and instructional divisions to create a student-centered educational environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, management, and development for day, evening, and weekend counseling programs and related student support services.
• Plan and conduct needs assessments and implement services to support student retention, transfer, and success.
• Oversee curriculum development, class scheduling, and program articulation agreements.
• Hire, supervise, and evaluate faculty and staff; promote professional development.
• Lead annual planning and budgeting processes for the division, including grant-funded initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable regulations and accreditation requirements.
• Collaborate with faculty, staff, and administration to integrate student services with academic programs.
Serve as an active member of the College's administrative team, contributing to institution-wide planning and problem-solving.

Job Requirements:

• Master's degree or higher from an accredited institution OR the equivalent
• One year of formal training, internship, or leadership experience reasonably related to the administrative assignment
• Demonstrated cultural competence, sensitivity to, and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, ethnic, neurodivergent, and LGBTQIA+ backgrounds of community college students, faculty, and staff

Preferred

• Experience as a community college counselor, instructor, or student services supervisor.
• Knowledge of counseling, curriculum, assessment, retention, articulation, transfer, and graduation processes.
• Proven ability in budget and grant management, strategic planning, and program development.
Familiarity with accreditation standards, California Education Code, Title 5, and collective bargaining agreements.

Additional Information:
Safety: to promote a safe working and learning environment employees must report any unsafe working conditions or practices, as well as any near-miss incident to their supervisor.

• Position is designated as a Mandated Reporter under the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act
• Position is a Responsible Employee under the Equity in Education Act and Title IX

Work Demands

The environmental, physical, and mental demands described here are representative of those that an employee must meet to successfully perform the essential functions of this class. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

Environmental: typical on-site office environment; in-person work expected with potential to participate in the District's telework program, as available.

• Frequent hearing and speaking to exchange information in person and online
• Comprehend speech at normal levels
• Upper limb dexterity to operate computers and peripheral equipment
• Vision sufficient for daily and frequent use of computers, databases, and written materials
• Sitting for extended periods of time
• Frequent bending at the waist
• Frequent travel on and off-sites of the District and San Mateo County
• Physical presence at on-site locations
• Driving to, in, and around San Mateo County
• Lifting and carrying objects up to 20 pounds
• Communicate and interact with others; compose oral and written communications and reports
• Observe and interpret people and situations
• Learn and apply new information or skills
• Perform highly detailed work on multiple concurrent tasks
• Use math/mathematical reasoning
• Perform highly detailed work under changing priorities and deadlines on multiple concurrent tasks
• Work with frequent interruptions
• Self-regulate emotion and behavior

Benefits: Benefits include paid holidays, vacation and sick leave. The District pays all or a portion of monthly medical plan premiums (depending on the coverage) and pays all of the monthly dental and vision plan premiums for employees and eligible dependents. Additional paid benefits include life insurance, salary continuance insurance, and an Employee Assistance Program. Academic employees participate in the State Teachers' Retirement System, a defined-benefit retirement plan through the State of California (no contributions to Social Security). Optional tax-deferred 403(b) and 457 retirement plans are also available.