Student Life Counselor - Graveyard

Student Life Counselor - Graveyard

Full-Time/Permanent

Vancouver, WA

Note - This position is expected to start in August 2026. This is a school year-based position and is not scheduled to work during annual 

school closures.

This recruitment will tentatively close on June 15, 2025. We reserve the right to make a hiring decision at any time.  It is in your best interest to submit materials as soon as possible. Applicant materials are reviewed weekly.  

Our Agency: The Washington Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth (CDHY) is an educational community and statewide resource committed to ensuring all deaf and hard of hearing students in Washington reach their full potential. Our agency offers a variety of services including academic, residential, outreach services, and professional development. CDHY celebrates all language experiences and deaf culture. We are committed to providing the best individualized learning experience for all students we serve.  Washington School for the Deaf is the campus school for the Center and offers educational programming for preschool through age 21 in Vancouver, WA. 

Our Staff: Our employees are more than just workers. They are part of a community, network, and family. Each staff member serves as a role model to students. We're looking for people that can contribute, grow, think, and dream. We thrive in a culture that embraces diversity and rewards imagination. CDHY is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion! Our agency strives to create an inclusive and diverse learning community with emphasis on access, success, and equity by recruiting, retaining, and ensuring the success of diverse students, faculty, and staff. CDHY aims to build a community that values and respects one another by providing the best learning environment for faculty, staff, and student success.

Our Students:

Our diverse student body is made up of many faces, backgrounds, and personalities. Our goal is to help students who are deaf and hard of hearing learn, grow, and succeed. WSD is an ASL English bilingual educational environment.  We support the attainment of literacy in both languages.   

WSD Students are: 

Bilingual · Empowered · Successful for Today and Tomorrow = the BEST!  

About the position: 

CDHY is seeking to fill a graveyard shift Student Life Counselor (SLC) position. The SLC-Graveyard shift position is responsible for student supervision, engagement, and education as it relates to independence, safety and self-advocacy. This position is responsible for student monitoring and engagement during the Residential and After School Programs.

Position schedule: 

This is a full-time, school year-based position and the work schedule is 12:00am-8:00am Monday-Friday.  This position is not scheduled to work during school closures and breaks (i.e. winter, spring and summer breaks). 

NOTE: This position is eligible for shift premium pay at an additional $2.50 per hour when the regular or temporary scheduled work includes hours after 6:00 pm and before 6:00 am where no overtime schedule change pay, or callback compensation is received. Graveyard positions received full shift premium pay for all hours worked. The Student Life Counselor position also receives a 5% assignment pay in addition to base salary and shift premium pay.