Associate Disabilities Specialist (Part-Time)
Tentative Interviews: ASAP
Tentative Start Date: Fall 2026
Location: Oroville, CA
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Placement on the salary schedule is dependent upon education and/or experience.
Selected Candidates must reside in California.
POSITION HIGHLIGHTS:
As an Associate Faculty with Disabled Student Programs (DSPS), your responsibilities will include:
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Administering and interpreting both group and individual tests for the purposes of determining the existence, nature, and extend of students' learning limitations;
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Interviewing, screening and certifying students referred because of suspected learning disabilities;
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Determining eligibility for academic accommodations;
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Developing academic accommodation plans;
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Providing disability-related advising;
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Assisting with DSPS recruitment and outreach;
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Developing and conducting in-service training for faculty and staff; and
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Recruiting, hiring, training, assigning supervising and evaluating the work of student assistants.
Work Schedule
The tentative work schedule is a daytime schedule, up to three days per week, eight (8) hours per day, that will fall sometime between Monday and Thursday. The schedule varies depending on departmental need, and the current need is only on weekdays, so no weekends or evenings require coverage for this position at this time.
Butte College’s main campus is located on a 928-acre wildlife refuge, and we pride ourselves on being a national college leader in sustainability. Community partnerships matter to us. We work with our K-12 partners to create career pathways for students to seamlessly move from high school to Butte College coursework or credit to transfer to a four-year university. In fact, Butte College has the highest transfer rate of all California Community Colleges to California State University, Chico. Butte College contributes to economic development through the Training Plane and the Small Business Development Center.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
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Master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling; OR
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Master’s degree in counseling, guidance counseling, student personnel, clinical or counseling psychology, education counseling, social work, career development, marriage and family therapy, marriage, family and child counseling, or a Bachelor’s degree in marriage and family therapy or in marriage, family and child counseling and possession of a license as a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT); AND
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Either 15 or more semester units in upper division or graduate level course work related to people with disabilities, or completion of six semester units, or the equivalent of a graduate-level counseling practicum or counseling field work courses, in a post-secondary Disabled Students Programs and Services program or in a program dealing with people with disabilities; or
- Two years of full time experience, or the equivalent, in one or more of the following:
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(A) Counseling for students with disabilities; or
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(B) Counseling in industry, government, public agencies, military or private social welfare organizations in which the responsibilities are for persons with disabilities;
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Or the equivalent.
DIVERSITY AND EQUITY QUALIFICATIONS:
Demonstrated understanding of and responsiveness to the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds that characterize community college students in a manner specific to the position.
-APPICATION INSTRUCTIONS-
All applicants, including current butte college employees, must submit all required documents with the online application in order to move forward in the recruitment process.
Required Attachments
COVER LETTER: Please describe in your cover letter how your past experience and qualifications meet the needs of this position.
RESUME OR VITA: Please submit this as an attachment.
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION STATEMENT: In addition to any information you included with your application materials, please provide a detailed account of how your skills, life experiences, work experience, education, and/or training have prepared you to effectively meet the needs of students from diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds. Please include examples of:
Teaching or training practices and/or life experiences that have enabled or would enable you to more effectively engage with and support success for diverse populations.
How you have engaged in on-going self-reflection to ensure equity in the workplace and/or classroom. Please include examples of workshops, trainings, and/or life experiences.
TRANSCRIPTS OF ACADEMIC WORK: You are required to provide transcripts for coursework and/or degrees listed on the application materials you have submitted.
The transcripts must include the date the institution granted the degree.
Legible copies of transcripts are acceptable at this point in the process.
Official transcripts must be submitted prior to hire.
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PRE-EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS:
The successful applicant will be required to complete a medical history questionnaire and must agree to undergo and pass a pre-employment physical examination, based on the physical requirements of the position, prior to employment. The physician will be selected and paid for by the District. Disabilities not related to the essential physical job requirements will not preclude the applicant from being hired.
Education Code § 87408.6 states that no person shall be initially employed by a community college district in an academic or classified position unless the person has submitted to an examination within the past sixty (60) days to determine that they are free of active tuberculosis.
All offers of employment are contingent upon the submission of official transcripts showing completion of the degree.
The District reserves the right to modify, rescind or re-advertise this announcement without notification or to delay indefinitely the employment of a person for the position.
The Butte-Glenn Community College District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
