Kentucky Community & Technical College System
Career Services Counselor III
🇺🇸 Elizabethtown, KY
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $42K
💻 Academic Advising
🗓️ July 22nd, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Develop relationships with school systems, economic development offices, and industries in multiple counties.
- Participate in advisory committees with representatives from schools, employers, and community leaders.
- Promote internship, externship, apprenticeship, and hands-on student experiences.
- Guide students through admissions and financial aid processes.
- Organize job fairs, career exploration, and skills workshops.
- Collaborate with Adult Education Centers, Career Centers, and employers to build partnerships.
- Input student data and support regional programming efforts with grant staff.
- Requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related field with two years experience or equivalent; Master’s degree preferred.
- Strong teamwork, interpersonal skills, and flexibility for evening/weekend events required.
- Salary starts at $41,880 with a 12-month contract and comprehensive benefits including health coverage, tuition reimbursement, and retirement plan.
Career Services Counselor III Full Description
Elizabethtown Community & Technical College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity including:
- Exceptional health care, vision, dental coverage for you and your family
- Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
- 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
- Vacation/Sick Time
- Work-Life Balance
- 9.5 Paid Holidays
- 2 Weeks Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
- Employee Assistance Program
Job Summary
ECTC is seeking a Career Services Counselor III for the Advanced Manufacturing Accelerator Project (AMAP) grant to assist students with identifying their pathways, advising them with dual credit offerings and postsecondary schedules, career counseling, and all college admissions procedures. This position will also work with the technical advanced manufacturing faculty with the redesign of the advanced manufacturing programs. This position is funded by a Department of Education grant through December of 2027.
Job Duties:
Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
• Develop relationships in rural areas school systems, economic development offices, and industries in Breckinridge, Grayson, LaRue, Marion, Meade, Nelson, and Washington counties.
• Participate in advisory committees comprising representatives from ECTC, school districts, employers, community leaders, and economic development leaders from across the service region.
• Work with ECTC departments to promote assistance opportunities and to develop internships, externships, apprenticeship programs, and hands-on experiences for students.
• Assist and guide students and adult learners through the pre-college admissions and financial aid application processes.
• Establish relationships and partnerships with Adult Education Centers, Area Technology Centers, Career Centers, employers, school districts, and community leaders.
• Conduct job fairs, career exploration activities, and essential skills development workshops.
• Work as an active team member of the AMAP staff and input student data into student files.
• Support regional programming efforts by collaborating with other grant staff and coordinators. Regional travel to various ECTC campuses and school districts will be required.
•Other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Minimum Qualifications:
Position Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree (related field) and two years related experience, or equivalent (i.e. Master’s degree). Education or experience in guidance counseling, social work, technical education, or related field preferred.
Preferred Qualifications:
Additional Skills Requested:Successful candidates should demonstrate:
• Ability to work effectively on a team.
• Strong interpersonal communication and relationship-building skills.
• Due to the nature of working with community partners, participation in evening/weekend events may be required.
Position is open until filled, review begins on August 4, 2025To apply please visit: https://careers.kctcs.edu/ElizabethtownBand 9 (Min: $41,880.00)Position # 10016992
Employee Rights - Employee Polygraph Protection ActEqual Opportunity Employer - The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is an equal educational and employment opportunity institution.
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