"Assistant Professor, Clinical Counseling Programs"

About Salve Regina University:

Salve Regina University, ranked as one of the most transformative colleges in the United States by Money Magazine, is a comprehensive Catholic University located in the scenic coastal community of Newport, Rhode Island. The University's commitment to academic success and personal discovery extends beyond its historic campus into a dynamic world where the application of higher thinking and skill are most valued. Salve Regina offers bachelor's and master's degree programs, graduate certificates, and doctoral programs in humanities, international relations and nursing. Enrollment includes more than 2,600 undergraduate and graduate students from across the U.S. and around the world.

Job Description:

BASIC FUNCTION:

The Salve Regina University Counseling Education and Expressive Arts Department seeks applications for a new full-time, tenure-track faculty position in Counselor Education. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a strong counseling identity and a commitment to teaching professional counseling classes both online and in-person.

Salve Regina's 60-credit Counseling Program offers two accredited counseling tracks:

• An in-person Clinical Mental Health Counseling track with a focus on holistic and systemic perspectives.
• An online Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling track, with a focus on disability justice.

Our department's collaborative and collegial faculty share a commitment to holistic counselor education, evidence-based practice, and systemic perspectives that integrate justice, equity, and multiculturalism. Our curriculum also foregrounds the Mercy Sisters' Critical Concerns: anti-racism, the earth, non-violence, women's issues, and immigration. We seek a tenure-track colleague who shares these commitments and values thus contributing to a supportive academic community.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintain a full-time teaching load (3/4 course load) during the 9-month academic year, with opportunities for summer teaching if desired.
• Teach across the CACREP core areas, based on departmental needs and candidate expertise.
• Develop and maintain engaging course content through the university learning management system (LMS).
• Academic advising and mentoring of counseling students in course trajectory, professional formation, disposition, and career development.
• Maintain an active program of scholarship and professional activity consistent with tenure-track responsibilities in Counselor Education.
• Participate in continual professional development and engagement with the ACA, ACES, and related professional organizations.
• Collaborate with the Program Counseling Director, Clinical Coordinator, and Evaluation Coordinator.
• Attend departmental, program, and university committee meetings, contributing to governance and strategic initiatives.
• Perform additional professional duties as requested by the Graduate Program Director.

Requirements:

Required Qualifications

• Earned doctorate (by start date) in Counselor Education from a CACREP-accredited program.
• A strong counseling identity with evidence of counselor education teaching experience.
• A teaching and mentoring philosophy grounded in student-centered learning and equity.
• Pedagogy and scholarship that integrate the University's Five Critical Concerns (immigration, anti-racism, women and gender, non-violence, and the earth), and/or other systemic, and holistic perspectives.
• Ability to teach effectively in-person and online.
• Eligibility to work in the United States at the time of appointment and throughout the term of employment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Evidence of counseling, supervision, and advising experience in Counselor Education.
• Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) or CRC-eligible, with experience supporting rehabilitation counseling students.
• Record of (or potential for) scholarly contributions to the field of Counselor Education and supervision.
• Holding, or being license eligible, as a mental health counselor in Rhode Island (or ability to transfer license to RI within one year).
• Experience counseling and/or conducting research with underserved populations.
• Background working in not-for-profit, grassroots, or community-based organizations, especially those engaged in disability justice and racial equity.

Additional Information:

Salve Regina University offers generous benefits to eligible employees including (waiting periods apply):

• health, dental and vision coverage available on the first of the month following date of hire
• 403(b) retirement plan through TIAA with employee and employer contributions as well as access to advising services
• long-term disability coverage
• employer-paid life and AD&D insurance
• up to 100% free tuition at Salve for eligible employees and qualified dependents
• robust wellness program and free access to the on-campus Fitness Center

Other available benefits include:

• supplemental life insurance for employees and dependents
• supplemental insurance coverage through Aflac
• Tuition Exchange scholarship program. Application available for qualified dependents of eligible employees working full-time
• discounted pet insurance through ASPCA
• student loan forgiveness assistance program (SAVI)
• employee Assistance Program through Coastline EAP
• flexible spending health and dependent care accounts
• health savings accounts
• 529 collegebound saver program
• paid parental leave and adoption assistance

For more detailed information on Salve's benefits, visit https://salve.edu/human-resources/benefits.

Salve Regina University strives to cultivate belonging values through diversity, equity inclusion in order to foster a welcoming culture for our staff, faculty and students, as well as the wider community. Salve Regina University embraces all people with grace. No matter the path traveled to get here, the University acknowledges that many identities will intersect. Salve Regina belongs to all in its community.

Application Instructions:

Please submit the following materials:

• Cover Letter
• Curriculum Vitae
• Transcripts
• Teaching Philosophy (1-2 pages)
• Justice and Equity Philosophy (1-2 pages)

Additionally, please provide three professional references (1 current/former supervisor, 2 colleagues). If you are selected as one of our finalists applicants for the position, we will request the referee's you listed in your application to complete a reference screening form. By adding your referee's contact information below, you consent to allow Salve Regina University to contact your referee's for written references.

Pre-employment background checks and reference checks are required of successful candidates. Salve Regina University participates in E-verify.

URL: www.salve.edu