"Assistant Professor - Counseling and Human Services"

Assistant Professor - Counseling and Human Services

Location: Syracuse, NY

Pay Range: $75,000 - $85,000

Pay Determination: Salary offers at Syracuse University will be based on education, experience, and relevant skills, as well as the academic or professional discipline of the position in the context of the home department, school, or college. Salary offers may also be influenced by prior relevant work or industry experience, where applicable. Faculty pay ranges are for 8.5 months’ salary unless otherwise specified.

FLSA Status: Exempt

Hours: As determined by the Dean. Office hours required.

Job Type: Full Time

Rank: Assistant

Campus:

Unionized Position Code: Not Applicable

Job Description:

The Counseling and Human Services (CHS) programs and the School of Education (SOE) at Syracuse University invites applications for a full-time, 8.5-month, tenure-track, Assistant Professor Position, with specialization in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, beginning August 24, 2026.

Qualifications:

• Earned doctorate in counselor education from a CACREP-accredited university program is required by the time of appointment.
• Evidence or potential of a strong scholarly agenda.
• Experience or strong potential in teaching and supervising counseling graduate students.
• Eligibility for licensure in mental health counseling in New York State.

Job Specific Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability or clear potential to secure external research funding.
• Demonstrated record or potential to teach across the CACREP master’s and doctoral curricula.
• Commitment to community engagement through scholarship, teaching, and service.
• Demonstrated experience or interest in mentoring students, particularly at the doctoral level.

Responsibilities:

We seek a motivated and collaborative colleague for a tenure-track faculty position in counseling. The successful candidate will:

• Build and maintain a national scholarly reputation through publications and funding records.
• Demonstrate a record of, or strong potential for, high-quality research that advances the counseling profession and fosters interdisciplinary collaboration within SOE and across the university.
• Demonstrated ability or clear potential to secure external funding is expected.
• Contribute to high-impact teaching, supervision, and student advisement across both the CHS master’s and doctoral programs and will work with a diverse student body, including students from across the globe.
• Broad teaching portfolio that includes both clinical and content-based coursework in clinical mental health counseling and counselor education more broadly.
• Provide service to CHS programs, SOE, the University, and the counseling profession.
• Demonstrate a commitment to community engagement through scholarship, teaching, and leadership and service activities.

Physical Requirements: Not Applicable

Tools/Equipment: Not Applicable

Application Instructions:

In addition to completing an online application, please attach a curriculum vitae and cover letter.

About Syracuse University: Syracuse University is a private, international research university with distinctive academics, diversely unique offerings, and an undeniable spirit. Located in the geographic heart of New York State, with a global footprint, and over 150 years of history, Syracuse University offers a quintessential college experience.

The scope of Syracuse University is a testament to its strengths: a pioneering history dating back to 1870; a choice of more than 200 majors, 100 minors, and 200 advanced degree programs offered across the University’s 13 schools and colleges; over 15,000 undergraduates and over 6,000 graduate students; more than a quarter of a million alumni in 160 countries; and a student population from all 50 U.S. states and 123 countries. For more information, please visit www.syracuse.edu.

About the Syracuse area: Syracuse is a medium-sized city situated in the geographic center of New York State approximately 250 miles northwest of New York City. The metro-area population totals approximately 500,000. The area offers a low cost of living and provides many social, cultural, and recreational options, including parks, museums, festivals, professional regional theater, and premier shopping venues. Syracuse and Central New York present a wide range of seasonal recreation and attractions ranging from water skiing and snow skiing, hiking in the Adirondacks, touring the historic sites, visiting wineries along the Finger Lakes, and biking on trails along the Erie Canal.