UCJ: Position Description

Tenure Track - Psychologist/Multicultural Specialist

Indiana University of Pennsylvania,

Indiana University of Pennsylvania Counseling Center

Last Posted:

Tue, Jan 5th, '21

Deadline:

March 5, 2021

Start Date:

August 2021

Last Updated:

Wed, Jan 20th, '21

POSITION DESCRIPTION

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Full Time

The Counseling Center at Indiana University of Pennsylvania invites applications for a permanent, tenure-track faculty position beginning August, 2021. The Psychologist will provide a variety of counseling and/or psychological services to IUP undergraduate and graduate students, with a specific focus on work with underrepresented groups (Multicultural, Black, Indigenous, students of color). IUP encourages applications from individuals underrepresented in their field, and those that can potentially add new and valuable perspectives to the academic environment.

Duties:

Faculty provide intake, triage, individual and group counseling for undergraduate and graduate students.
Faculty provide outreach/consultation for the IUP community, and crisis intervention services for IUP students.
In addition, faculty members serve on departmental and university committees, maintain licensure, and engage in scholarly activities.
This position will serve as a liaison to the Social Equity Office and the Center for Multicultural Student Leadership and Engagement.
Faculty rotate daytime on-call responsibilities, as well.
Faculty members have the opportunity to supervise graduate trainees in IUP’s doctoral program in clinical psychology, as well as IUP’s master’s program in clinical mental health counseling.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:
Required: Doctorate in counseling/clinical psychology by August 2021. Currently licensed or license-eligible (within two years of appointment) in Pennsylvania. University/College counseling center internship. Work experience with people from diverse backgrounds, group work, crisis intervention, and outreach/consultation will strengthen the application. Candidates invited to campus must communicate effectively and perform well during the interview(s); candidates will be asked to respond to clinical vignettes as part of the interview process.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Academic faculty must have, and maintain the physical and mental abilities, communicative skills, and stamina necessary to carry out the essential functions of their positions in teaching, research, scholarship, and service. Work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve standing to a significant degree, walking for brief periods of time and may include driving requirements.

COMPENSATION

$59,000.00 - $65,000.00 Annually

APPLICATION MATERIALS

Please submit a letter of application addressing professional skills, a current curriculum vitae, unofficial copies of graduate transcripts, and the names and email addresses of three references addressing the applicant's expertise in college counseling/therapy via our online application system: https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/iupedu.

Automated reference requests and a confirmation email will be generated upon submission of your application. Candidates who fail to submit all of the aforementioned materials will not be considered.

If the degree listed as required for this position was earned at IUP - no official transcripts are required to be submitted as part of this employment application. IUP HR will verify IUP obtained degrees and only request official transcripts from candidates if needed. Official transcripts will be required prior to hire date for applicants who did not earn the required degrees at IUP.

Full consideration will be given to applications received by January 15, 2021 by 11:59 p.m. People of color and members of other underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply.

Committed to excellence through diversity, IUP is an equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V and is a proud member of the State System of Higher Education.

All offers of employment are contingent upon verification of earned degrees through the receipt of official transcripts, confirmation of work eligibility, and satisfactory completion of background checks.