This is a full-time, 9 month academic year, tenure track, Assistant Professor level faculty position at the University of Scranton in the Department of Counseling and Human Services starting August, 2013. The department is home to two CACREP accredited master’s degree programs in Community and School Counseling, along with a CORE accredited master’s degree program in Rehabilitation Counseling and a CSHSE accredited undergraduate Counseling and Human Services program. The department aims to recruit candidates from diverse backgrounds who share with us a commitment to high quality teaching, scholarship, service, and dedication to students’ ongoing professional development.

This position is for a counselor educator with counseling and/or human service experience. Applicants with demonstrated interest in developing and delivering online content desired. Besides teaching in the CSHSE accredited undergraduate Counseling and Human Services program, the successful candidate will also have the ability to teach core courses at the graduate level, including supervision of counselors in training.

Responsibilities include a 21-credit workload, undergraduate teaching, and course support for the graduate program, research and publication, and student advisement/mentoring. Individuals who possess the experience to teach core undergraduate counseling and human services courses are particularly encouraged to apply. Professional, campus, and community service, as well as pursuit of an active research agenda are necessary for promotion and tenure.

Required: earned doctorate in Counselor Education or a closely related field (Note: ABD with completion by August 2013 will be considered); relevant experience as a counselor and/or human services provider; familiarity with the National Organization of Human Services, and previous teaching experience. Preferred: graduate of a CACREP-accredited program, and possession of, or eligibility for, additional credentials (including the HS-BCP as well as at least one of the following: NCC, CRC, LPC). The ideal applicant will also have a proven track record of human service advocacy work, accountability, and focus on closing gaps for underserved populations. Please direct position inquires to Dr. Paul Datti, Program Director of the Counseling and Human Services Undergraduate Program and Search Committee Chairperson, 570-941-4127 or paul.datti@scranton.edu.

Interested applicants should apply online directly to the University of Scranton’s online job site and submit a letter of interest, CV, and full contact information for three professional references who can directly address the applicant’s competencies and potential in the areas specified above. Applicants are further encouraged to submit undergraduate and graduate transcripts, reprints of representative publications, and sample course evaluations as these may be required with application advancement. Position is open until filled with preference given to candidates who submit application materials by December 14, 2012.

The University of Scranton is a regional institution of more than 6,000 undergraduate and graduate students located in northeast Pennsylvania near the Pocono Mountains. Recognized nationally for the quality of its education, Scranton is one of the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States. It is committed to providing liberal arts education and strong professional and pre-professional programs in the context of Ignatian educational principles, especially the care and development of the whole person. Drawing on the strengths that have made it a recognized leader in the Northeast (ranked 10th among the master’s level universities in the North by U.S. News &World Report), Scranton is committed to a culture of scholarship and excellent and is moving into the front ranks of American’s comprehensive universities.

The University of Scranton is, by tradition and choice, a Catholic and Jesuit university. The successful candidate will have an understanding of and commitment to the goals of Jesuit education. The University’s mission statement may be found at www.scranton.edu/mission. The University is committed to developing a diverse faculty, staff, and student body and to modeling an inclusive campus community which values the expression of differences in ways that promote excellence in teaching, learning, personal and professional development, and institutional success. In keeping with this commitment, the University encourages applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds.

The University of Scranton is an EOE/Affirmative Action Employer/educator. We invite women, persons with disabilities, veterans and others from underrepresented groups to apply.This position is for a counselor educator with counseling and/or human service experience. In addition to teaching in the CSHSE accredited undergraduate Counseling and Human Services program, the successful candidate will also have the ability to teach core courses at the graduate level, including supervision of counselors in training.  Individuals who possess the experience to teach core undergraduate counseling and human services courses are particularly encouraged to apply, as are those with demonstrated interest in developing and delivering online content.  Applicants will possess the earned doctorate in Counselor Education or a closely related field (Note: ABD with completion by August 2013 will be considered at the Lecturer rank); relevant experience as a counselor and/or human services provider; familiarity with the National Organization of Human Services, and previous teaching experience.

Preferred: graduate of a CACREP-accredited program, and possession of, or eligibility for, additional credentials (including the HS-BCP as well as at least one of the following: NCC, CRC, LPC).  The ideal applicant will also have a proven track record of human service advocacy work, accountability, and focus on closing gaps for underserved populations.  Applications accepted until the position is filled with preference given to candidates who submit application materials by December 14, 2012.

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