Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Counseling

The College of Education and Social Services at the University of Vermont seeks applicants for 2 full-time 9-month, lecturer/senior lecturer positions beginning in Fall, 2025. The occupants of these positions will teach in the Colleges Counseling Programs. Successful candidates will have a School Counseling or Clinical Mental Health Counseling background and be equity-centered, with teaching and supervision experience rooted in a cultural humility framework.

Once hired, the candidates will be expected to teach and provide clinical supervision within a variety of CACREP informed courses and seminars. We invite applications at the rank of lecturer or senior lecturer. Consistent with the Colleges Inclusion Excellence Action Plan, we are seeking to recruit and cultivate faculty who have been historically marginalized in higher education and who will join our college in working diligently towards increased development of knowledge, understanding, and skills on issues of ethnicity, race, inequity, justice, collaboration, and respect, with the intent to encompass the broadest definition of diversity.

The University
Established in 1791, the University of Vermont is consistently ranked as one of the top public universities in the United States. Our academic programs combine faculty-student relationships most commonly found in a small liberal arts college with the resources of a major research institution. UVMs tradition of equity and social justice extends not only to faculty, staff, and students, but also is reflected in a commitment to environmentally sound and sustainable practices.

The College
The Department of Counseling, Human Development and Family Science is situated within the College of Education and Social Services. The Colleges mission is to educate and prepare outstanding professionals in education, human services and social work; engage in scholarship of high quality; and provide exemplary professional service to Vermont, the nation, and the world. We do this to contribute to a more humane and just society, free from oppression, that maximizes human potential and the quality of life for all individuals, families and communities.

The Department of Counseling, Human Development and Family Science
The Counseling Program is housed within the Department of Counseling, Human Development and Family Science (CHDF). The CHDF Department strives to advance the science and professional practice of critically conscious human services and counseling professionals. To this end, we offer undergraduate and graduate programs that focus on the examination of the dynamics of intimate and other close interpersonal relationships, as well as the promotion of healthy development of individuals, relationships, families and communities. Our pedagogy and curriculum are grounded in culturally responsive social justice principles of expanding access to services; promoting diversity, equity and inclusion; and examining pathways to interrupting systemic barriers to positive development and healthy relationships. At the undergraduate level, we offer a program in Human Development and Family Science, and our CACREP Accredited masters degree programs include School Counseling and Clinical Mental Health Counseling Programs, including a dual option. A new Ph.D. program in Counselor Education and Supervision was launched in Fall, 2024.

The Community
UV Mis located in Burlington, Vermont, which is rated as one of the best small cities in the country. The greater Burlington area has an increasingly diverse population of about 125,000 and enjoys a panoramic setting on the shore of Lake Champlain, between the Green Mountains of Vermont and the Adirondack Mountains of New York State. The surrounding area provides an environment rich in cultural, civic and recreational activities. Vermont has a deep history of social activism and political participation. It offers many opportunities for collaborative partnerships in community and state-wide human service and social change organizations in multiple fields of practice, including state agencies.

Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will assume a range of responsibilities that may include:

• Teaching primarily courses at the masters level focused on both school counseling and clinical mental health counseling;
• Providing clinical supervision at the masters level;
• Advising masters and doctoral students in the Counseling Programs;
• Sharing rotating coordination roles and activities within the Counseling programs, including oversight of curriculum; student recruitment, admissions, and advising.
• Collaborating with Department faculty and staff in departmental governance, program development, and service;
• Serving as an active member of relevant professional associations and/or scholarly societies; and
• Engaging in service and outreach activities at the college and university levels.

Qualifications:

• Doctoral degree in Counselor Education and Supervision from aCACRE Paccredited program;
• Licensed or licensed eligible in either school counseling or clinical mental health counseling
• Evidence of equity oriented, social justice work within the counseling profession;
• Evidence of effective teaching at the graduate level;
• Evidence of effective clinical supervision of counseling students;
• Strong collegial, communication, and collaborative teamwork skills;
• Hold appropriate professional counseling certifications and be eligible for licensure in Vermont; and
• Evidence of counselor educator identity and affiliation with related professional Counseling and counselor education organizations.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Experience coordinating/managing an inhouse clinic as well as field placement sites

Application Process:
Review of applications will begin October 31, 2024 and continue until the positions are filled. For more detailed information about us, visit our web pages at the Department of Counseling, Human Development and Family Science,https://www.uvm.edu/cess/chdf; the College of Education and Social Services website,www.uvm.edu/cess; and the University of Vermonts website,www.uvm.edu.

The University of Vermont is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and inclusive excellence of the academic community through their teaching, service, research, scholarship or creative arts. We are an educationally purposeful community seeking to prepare students to be accountable leaders in a diverse and changing world. Members of the University of Vermont community embrace and advance the values of Our Common Ground: Respect, Integrity, Innovation, Openness, Justice and Responsibility. The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong commitment to the ideals of accessibility, inclusiveness, and academic excellence as reflected in the tenets of Our Common Ground.

Anticipated starting date is August 18, 2025. Please apply online at www.uvmjobs.com. Include 1) a cover letter with a brief description of your interest in and qualifications for this position(s); 2) a current curriculum vitae; 3) a statement on how, as a Faculty member in the department of Counseling, Human Development and Family Science, you would enhance the impact of Our Common Ground Values and advance diversity and inclusive excellence at UVM and among the populations we serve; 4) a teaching philosophy statement; 5) a statement of your approach to clinical supervision; and 6) the names and email addresses of three references who can be contacted for letters of support before a candidate is advanced in the search process. For all applicants, employment is subject to a successful background check.For more information about the position, please contact the Search Committee Chair, Dr. Lance Smith, by email at lance.smith@uvm.edu.

The University of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category legally protected by federal or state law.

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