Associate DirectorTraining Director, Counseling Services

Job Description:

Berklee is seeking an experienced and compassionate mental health professional to join our Health and Wellness team as Associate Director/Training Director of Counseling Services. This position plays a vital leadership role in supporting the emotional well-being and creative potential of our diverse artistically driven student community.

Reporting to the Director of Counseling & Advocacy Services the Associate Director provides clinical and administrative leadership supervises professional and trainee staff and ensures that students receive timely culturally responsive and high-quality mental health care. This is a collaborative hands-on role for a clinician who thrives in a dynamic environment that values creativity innovation and student-centered care.

Key Responsibilities
The Associate Director will:

• Provide clinical supervision to staff and trainees ensuring excellence in care and alignment with ethical and professional standards.
• Lead triage and crisis response services coordinating care with hospitals community providers and internal teams.
• Support the Director in managing counseling operations data reporting budget preparation and quality assurance.
• Partner with campus stakeholders to promote mental health awareness and prevention through workshops consultation and outreach.
• Serve as a member of the CARES and behavioral intervention teams to respond to acute student needs.
• Recruit train and mentor staff and interns fostering a collaborative and inclusive team culture.
• Support the integration of technology and data systems to enhance service delivery and access.

What Berklee is Looking For
The ideal candidate brings clinical expertise strong leadership and a deep commitment to equity and inclusion. They have:

• Experience in higher education or college counseling is strongly preferred.
• LICSW (strongly preferred) PhD/PsyD psychologist LMFT or LMHC with current licensure in Massachusetts or upon hire.
• 35 years of experience providing clinical supervision to trainees or staff in a mental health setting.
• Strong crisis intervention and diagnostic skills particularly with college-aged populations.
• Demonstrated multicultural excellence in working with students of color first-generation LGBTQ and international students.
• Leadership experience and the ability to build collaborative partnerships across a campus community.
• Familiarity with electronic medical records mental health platforms and Boston-area care networks.

Why Berklee
Berklee is a global leader in contemporary music and performing arts education home to a vibrant inclusive community of artists educators and professionals. Working here means:

• Contributing to a mission-driven student-centered institution that values creativity equity and innovation.
• Helping students navigate challenges and reach their full artistic and personal potential.
• Collaborating with colleagues who are passionate about student success and holistic wellness.
• Enjoying a culture that supports flexibility professional growth and work-life balance.
• Access to comprehensive benefits including:Health dental and vision coverage generous time-off policies tuition benefits for employees and their families retirement planning resources wellness programs and family support and opportunities to attend concerts performances and creative programming on campus.

If youre a clinician and leader who believes in the power of creativity collaboration and compassionate care Berklee invites you to apply and make a meaningful impact on our students lives.

Hiring Range: $95000 to $115000; salary dependent on relevant experience and education.

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Some evenings weekends and holidays may be required. Counselors may be expected to serve on-call in various capacities generally within the business work day hours (9-5). As an exempt salaried employee availability is required for occasional evening and weekend hours for preplanned events (e.g. Orientation/Check-in Days Parent/Family Weekend Open House Accepted Students Opening Day etc.) and unplanned needs (e.g. community outreach staff availability during campus/student emergencies etc.).

While not prohibited applicants should carefully consider these expectations before beginning or maintaining a private practice; or accepting or maintaining other part-time employment before accepting an offer of employment at Berklee.

This document does not create an employment contract implied or otherwise other than an at will employment relationship.

Diversity Equity Inclusion & Equal Employment Opportunity at Berklee:

We support an inclusive workplace where everyone excels based on personal merit qualifications experience ability and job performance. Berklee affirms that inequality is detrimental to our faculty staff students and the communities we serve. Our goal is to make lasting change through our actions. Berklee is committed to providing fair and equitable consideration of all employees and applicants without regard to race color religion ancestry age national origin place of birth gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression disability genetic information or status as a member of the armed forces or veteran of the armed forces or any other category protected by federal state or local law.

As part of this commitment Berklee will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment please contact the Human Resources Team at or call .

*Currently enrolled Berklee students are not permitted to apply for staff or faculty positions.*

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