Assistant Professor of Counseling

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Position Information

Division:
Academic Affairs

Department:
Counseling

Working Title:

Assistant Professor of Counseling - 552

FTE: 1

Recruitment Range:
Commensurate with Education and Experience

Anticipated Hiring Range:
Commensurate with Education and Experience

Position #: 552

FLSA Status:
Exempt

Months per Year: 9

Is this a grant funded position? No

Primary Purpose of Position:
This is a tenure‑track position with the primary purpose of teaching master’s‑level counselor education courses, as well as engaging in service and scholarship.

Job Description

The University of North Carolina at Pembroke was established in 1887 as a school for the education of Native Americans. Located in the heart of Pembroke, NC, UNCP offers a personalized learning environment where faculty and staff are dedicated to engaged scholarship, high academic standards, creative activity, and public service. Spread over 281 acres, the campus offers a sense of community and belonging—a place where faculty and staff feel supported, take pride in the university’s mission, and are devoted to excellence in teaching, learning and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference in their communities.

The School of Education seeks a qualified candidate for a tenure‑track professional school counseling faculty position in the Department of Counseling. The successful candidate will teach core and specialty graduate‑level counseling courses in the Department of Counseling. Classes are held in the evenings and offered in hybrid and online formats. Additional responsibilities include student advising and mentoring, serving on program, department, and university committees, service to the community, service to the profession, and scholarly activity.

The Department offers two CACREP‑accredited graduate degrees in counseling:
Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Professional School Counseling. The Department includes an active, dynamic faculty and serves an engaged student population from varied backgrounds.

Required Qualifications:

• An earned doctorate in Counselor Education and Supervision from a CACREP‑Accredited program at the time of graduation is required.
• Licensure as a professional counselor in North Carolina or licensure eligible at time of employment is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior teaching experience in higher education.
• Strong research interest in professional counseling.
• Professional counseling experience.
• Dual licensure as Clinical Mental Health Counselor and Professional School Counselor preferred.

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