Retention Specialist (Rising Scholars/Youth Justice)

RETENTION SPECIALIST

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MSC Range 4 ; Full-time/Exempt; 40 hours per week; 11 months per year with July off

Position is contingent on grant funding. Grant for Rising Scholars is funded through June 2028, and the Youth Justice grant runs through December 2028.

Projected Recruitment Timeline

Anticipated Application Screening Period: March 4-10, 2026

Tentative First Interviews: Week of March 23, 2026 (Zoom)

Tentative Second Interview Date: Week of March 30, 2026 (In Person)

Anticipated Start Date: May 1, 2026

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS

The Retention Specialist for Rising Scholars and the Youth Justice Programs (50% each) works directly with justice-impacted, system-impacted, and formerly incarcerated students, helping them stay enrolled, persist, and achieve their educational goals. Ideal candidates will be passionate about student success, equity, and re-entry support and enjoy direct interaction with students and collaborative, service-driven work. This position will:

• Provide hands-on student support through individualized coaching, proactive outreach, and connection to on-campus and community resources.
  
  
• Track student engagement and retention data.
  
  
• Serve as a consistent, welcoming presence in the Rising Scholars Center and collaborates with the Youth Justice team to strengthen reentry and retention services.
  
  
• The successful candidates must be able to be cleared to work in the Butte County Juvenile Hall and Butte County Jail as part of outreach and student support responsibilities.
  
  

Work Schedule

The work schedule is Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Over the summer the schedule changes to Monday through Thursday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with Friday off. As an exempt position, hours may vary based on departmental needs, for example occasional evening hours for outreach or events.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in management, social or behavioral science, special education, counseling, school counseling, occupational therapy or a related field; AND
  
  
• One (1) year of experience providing guidance and support to students or participants promoting retention and/or completion of a program in a non-educational or educational program offered at or through a non-educational organization.
  
  

Desired Qualifications:

• Two (2) years of experience working at a community college.
  
  
• Experience in disabled student services, academic coaching, retention and transfer strategies.
  
  
• Experience working with social services agencies and collaborating with educational partners.
  
  
• Experience assisting students in accessing academic and non-academic resources.
  
  
• Experience working with students from underrepresented groups.
  
  
• Bilingual proficiency.
  
  

Diversity Qualifications

Sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity and sexual orientation and ethnic backgrounds of community college students and staff.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

All applicants, including current Butte College employees, must complete and submit an online application with all required attachments to move forward. All fields within the application should be completely and thoroughly filled out. Do not skip application fields by inputting "see resume. "

Required Attachments

• Resume or Vita: Attach a resume that aligns with the information provided in your application.
  
  
• Diversity Essay: The Butte-Glenn Community College District has a very diverse staff and student population with respect to academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation and ethnic backgrounds. In your Diversity Essay , please describe your skills, education, professional development, community involvement, and professional experience working with these diverse groups.
  
  

REQUIRED UPON HIRE

Transcripts of academic work are not a required attachment with the application but may be required upon hire.

• Offers of employment are contingent upon the submission of official transcripts showing completion of the degree, and proof of other requirements of the position, that minimally qualifiedthe applicant.
  
  
• If the position has an education equivalency component within the minimum qualifications and the applicant qualified under equivalency, transcripts may not be required upon hire.
  
  
• Foreign transcripts must include a U.S. evaluation and translation. For list of agencies that provide this service, click here .
  
  

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.
  
  
• As a condition of employment, the District requires that you provide fingerprints prior to beginning work. You may be fingerprinted at Butte College Human Resources by appointment, or you may be fingerprinted at another agency. Should you be fingerprinted at another agency, the rolling fee charged by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for the fingerprint report is the employee's responsibility at the time of printing.
  
  

AD DITIONAL RESOURCES FOR APPLICANTS

Application Tips for Success

For helpful tips and guidance on navigating our application submission and recruitment process, please refer to the document below.

• Application Tips for Success
  
  

Travel and Relocation Accommodations

For candidates traveling more than 80 miles to attend an onsite interview at Butte College, you may be eligible for travel reimbursement. And if hired, consider our relocation incentives below.

• Travel Reimbursement for Interviews
  
  

• Relocation Incentive
  
  

• Housing Resources
  
  

Butte Glenn Community College District (BGCCD) IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER: To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Butte Glenn Community College District is committed to creating a diverse workforce focused on equity, inclusion, and accessibility for all faculty, staff, administrators, managers, and students. The District is dedicated to building an environment that supports our diverse student populations providing opportunities to mentor, encourage, and prepare our students to be successful in the world and expose them to global perspectives. Our District community of professionals is devoted to enriching our students' lives by bringing to light a variety of ways to engage and discover their individual and collective paths through education.

BGCCD is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity. It is the District’s policy to ensure that all qualified applicants for employment and employees have full and equal access to employment opportunities and are not subject to discrimination in any program or activity of the District on the basis of ethnic group identification, race, gender, color, language, accent, citizenship status, ancestry national origin, age, sex, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, parental status, marital status, veteran status, physical or mental disability or medical condition, or on the basis of these perceived characteristics.

The eligible list established from this recruitment will be used to fill the current vacancy and possibly future vacancies for positions with the same class specification.

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.

Closing Date/Time: Mon, 02 Mar 2026

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