Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Counselor Educator job in Bellingham

Position Title Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Counselor Educator
About the University Western Washington University, with over 16,000 students, is located in Bellingham, Washington, a coastal community of 90,000 overlooking Bellingham Bay, the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades Mountain range. The city lies 90 miles north of Seattle and 60 miles south of Vancouver, British Columbia. Western is the highest-ranking public, master's-granting university in the Pacific Northwest, according to the 2022 U.S. News & World Report rankings. Western Washington University is committed to achieving excellence through advancing inclusive success, increasing our Washington impact, and focusing on transformational education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and based on innovative scholarship, research, and creative activity. Western supports an inclusive governance structure for all and provides a learning and working environment in which everyone can thrive. In pursuit of this excellence, individual employees are expected to establish and maintain productive and effective inclusive working relationships amongst diverse populations including staff, faculty, administration, student, and external constituents. Further, individual employees are expected to have the ability to operationalize sustainability concepts (economic, societal, environmental) into all aspects of performing their job duties.
About the Department
The Department of Psychology has 32 permanent full-time faculty. In addition to our graduate program in Counseling and undergraduate B.S. psychology major, the Psychology department offers an undergraduate degree in behavioral neuroscience and a master’s programs in experimental psychology. We are also home to the internationally recognized Center for Cross-Cultural Research.

The Counseling Program, with Clinical Mental Health Counseling and School Counseling specialty areas, has been accredited by CACREP since 1993. Both are full-time, 2-year cohort-based programs which enjoy considerable institutional support. The mission of the Counseling Programs is to prepare knowledgeable, skilled, culturally sensitive, and ethical professional counselors who meet the relevant licensing or credentialing standards for practice in mental health and public and private educational settings in the State of Washington. We believe this is best accomplished in small rigorous programs in which students have substantive opportunities to practice their developing counseling skills under the supervision of faculty who are active contributors to the profession through research and service.

The Psychology Department and Counseling Program support Western's mission, which states that together with our students, staff, and faculty, we are committed to making a positive impact in the state and the world with a shared focus on academic excellence and inclusive achievement. We encourage applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, veterans, and other candidates from underrepresented backgrounds and with diverse experiences interested in this opportunity.

About the Position
The Western Washington University Department of Psychology invites applications for appointment to a 9-month tenure-track position at the level of Assistant Professor in Counselor Education with a specialization in Clinical Mental Health Counseling.

The successful candidate will be expected to supervise practicum students in our community-serving onsite training clinic and internship students in the community; teach core counseling courses (e.g., counseling skills and interventions, group counseling, crisis/addictions, assessment); teach an undergraduate psychology course in an area of expertise; conduct qualitative or quantitative research, publish in peer-reviewed journals, and share findings; collaborate with colleagues and area agencies; and provide Counseling Program, Department, and University service.

Required Qualifications
Ph.D. or ABD in Counselor Education at the time of application. Candidates appointed ABD must complete all degree requirements by June 15th of their first year of employment.

Demonstrated ability to successfully teach master’s level classes in the Counseling Program.

Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion of students from historically underrepresented backgrounds, through teaching, research, and mentorship.

Experience supervising graduate students in Practicum and/or Internship.

Licensed or License-eligible in Washington State (e.g., LPC, LMHC, LMFT, LCSW).

Active program of research and publication record commensurate with experience.

Preferred Qualifications
Prior employment as a clinical mental health counselor.

Experience coordinating Practicum and/or Internship experiences.

Experience with CACREP accreditation processes.

Capacity to mentor and teach undergraduate students in the Department of Psychology.

Salary

The starting salary range for assistant professor appointment, tenure-track is generally between $69,000 – $71,500, with placement within the position’s salary range being based on qualifications and professional experience. The entire salary range for the assistant professor position is $69,000 - $80,500, with the upper end of the salary range typically being achieved through collectively bargained salary adjustments.

Relocation assistance may be available per University guidelines. Salary and start-up funds are to be determined upon being offered the position.