Assistant Professor of Counseling

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Position Title: Assistant Professor of Counseling

Job Category: Faculty

Employment Type: Regular

Job Profile: Assistant Professor

Job

Duties

• The Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) program in the Department of Professional Health Sciences is expanding. We are inviting applications for a full-time (9-month), tenure-track, assistant professor position. The fully online position is scheduled to begin in August of 2027. Tenure-track positions include teaching (24 credits or 6 courses per year), research, and service responsibilities. Opportunities to teach additional courses in the summer semesters may be available in the CMHC program for additional compensation depending upon the needs of the Program. The successful candidate will have an earned or anticipated doctorate in counseling or counselor education by the time of appointment in August of 2027, experience teaching across the curriculum in CMHC, experience supervising clinical mental health students, and demonstrated experience in online education. The fully online position will provide clinical supervision and advisement to students in the CMHC program, contribute service to UW-Parkside, the Academic College, the Department, the profession, and the community, along with other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Tenure Track

60% Teaching:

• Teaching courses in the graduate program in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. 20% Scholarly Research:

• Publications, presentations, and or grant activity in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. 20% Service:

• Service to the Program and Department, the College, UW-Parkside, profession and community including advising students in the graduate program.

• Essential Knowledge and Abilities

• Knowledge and ability to teach core courses in clinical mental health counseling at the graduate level online.

• Knowledge and ability to conduct research and scholarly activities within a chosen specialty of clinical mental health counseling.

• Knowledge and ability to conduct clinical supervision of students in graduate clinical mental health counseling program.

• The position is not responsible for money or university funds or accounts which hold financial information.

• Ergonomic requirements: sufficient mobility and dexterity to move around office, campus and community. Ability to work with keyboard, mouse and monitor. Ability to attend meetings, workshops, seminars and conferences.

• Equipment to be used on the job: laptop or desktop computer, printer, copier, projector, telephone including voice mail and FAX.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Department: Professional Health Sciences

• Compensation: 68,000 annually

Required Qualifications:

• Doctorate or anticipated doctorate in counseling or counselor education with completion by August of 2027.
• Experience teaching asynchronous online, synchronous online, and pre-designed/developed courses.
• Experience providing clinical supervision to clinical mental health counseling students.
• Research and scholarly activity in clinical mental health counseling.
• Experience working with students and staff from culturally diverse backgrounds.
• Licensed as a professional counselor; training license will be considered with a requirement to be independently licensed within 2 years of hire.