Program Director Open Rank Faculty (AssistantAssociateFull Professor) Position, Community and Trauma Counseling (CTC) Program, Thomas Jefferson University

Job Details

The Program Director provides strategic academic and administrative oversight and leadership for the Community and Trauma Counseling (CTC) program. The Program Director collaborates closely with the Department Chair to advance the programs mission ensure academic excellence support student success and promote continuous improvement in teaching scholarship clinical training and service.

The Program Director is responsible for the overall administration quality and growth of the program including curriculum oversight faculty leadership and development student enrollment retention and success initiatives clinical educator coordination assessment accreditation activities strategic planning and resource management. The Director ensures ongoing alignment of program policies curriculum and outcomes with professional counseling standards and accreditation requirements.

The Program Director serves as the primary leader and advocate for the program fostering a collaborative inclusive student-centered culture that supports innovation academic excellence and engagement among faculty staff students alumni and community partners. The Director reports directly to the Department Chair and works collaboratively with departmental college and university leadership to achieve institutional goals and strategic priorities.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Provide overall leadership and administrative oversight of the Community and
Trauma Counseling Program.

Collaborate with the Department Chair on strategic planning program
development budgeting personnel management and resource allocation.

Lead programmatic accreditation efforts and ensure ongoing compliance with
accreditation standards state regulations and university college and program
policies.

Oversee curriculum planning implementation assessment and continuous
improvement to ensure program quality and relevance to the counseling
profession.

Develop and implement strategies to support program growth enrollment
management recruitment and community partnerships.

Promote the visibility and reputation of the program through professional
engagement outreach scholarship and service activities.

Oversee development of new courses certificates concentrations and
academic initiatives.

Lead faculty recruitment onboarding orientation workload planning and
professional development initiatives.
Supervise mentor develop and evaluate full-time and adjunct faculty and
staff including classroom observations review of promotion progress and
annual evaluations.

Monitor program outcomes including student learning retention graduation
licensure and employment data utilizing assessment results to guide
decision-making.

Foster a culture of collaboration innovation scholarly engagement and
commitment to diversity equity inclusion and belonging.

Partner with clinical placement personnel community agencies and other
stakeholders to support practicum and internship experiences.

Serve as a visible and accessible resource for students supporting student
engagement advising retention and professional development.

Prepare reports accreditation materials assessment documentation and
other administrative communications as required.

Teach graduate courses and maintain an active record of scholarship and
service consistent with faculty rank and university expectations.

Meet all faculty responsibilities outlined in the faculty contract.

Complete other/additional administrative/program coordination duties as
assigned.

Job Description

QUALIFICATIONS:
Required:

• Core faculty must meet one of the following qualifications: Earned doctoral degree in Counseling or Counselor Education and Supervision preferably from a CACREP-accredited program or a related doctoral degree and full-time faculty employment in a counselor education program for a minimum of one full academic year before July 1 2013; or Full-time doctoral-level faculty employment in a CORE-accredited masters program prior to July 1 2017; or Graduation from a rehabilitation doctoral program prior to January 1 2018.
• Must hold professional counseling credentials (i.e. LPC LMHC LCPC or equivalent licensure). LPC is preferred.
• Minimum of three years of academic leadership program coordination or administrative experience in higher education.
• Must have a minimum of 3-5 years clinical experience in trauma-informed and related mental health service delivery.
• Must have a minimum of 3 years of graduate level teaching experience in counseling or a related discipline.
• Experience with outcomes assessment accreditation curriculum development and online/hybrid education.
• Demonstrated commitment to student success inclusive excellence and collaborative leadership.
  
  Preferred:
  
• Experience leading CACREP accreditation or accreditation review processes.
• Experience supervising counselor trainees and clinical education activities.
• Candidate expertise in addictions and recovery is a plus as is expertise in play therapy or art therapy in the treatment of trauma impacted clients
• Demonstrated success in program growth enrollment management and development of innovative academic initiatives.
  

  A review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Candidates should submit a 1) letter of interest 2) curriculum vitae 3) a statement of teaching philosophy and the candidates approach to scholarship and/or contributions to the counseling profession and 4) the contact information of 3 professional references in a single PDF addressed to Nicole Mckinney Interim Department Chair of the Counseling and Behavioral Health Department and Julianna Despinos Associate Dean of Administration and Student Affairs. Electronic submissions accepted as a single pdf submitted by email to
  

  As part of the application process interested candidates mustalso submit an on-line application/CV at: enter REQ-in the search box

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Philadelphia University

Primary Location Address

3243 School House Lane Philadelphia Pennsylvania United States of America

Nationally ranked Jefferson which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65000 people strong dedicated to providing the highest-quality compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrows professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College Jefferson College of Nursing and the Kanbar College of Design Engineering and Commerce dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8300 students. Jefferson Health nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age race color religion creed sexual orientation gender gender identity marital status pregnancy national origin ancestry citizenship military status veteran status handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues including medical (including prescription) supplemental insurance dental vision life and AD&D insurance short- and long-term disability flexible spending accounts retirement plans tuition assistance as well as voluntary benefits which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues including those who work less than part-time(including per diemcolleagues adjunct faculty and Jeff Temps) have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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