Assistant Professor - Masters of Clinical Mental Health Counseling

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The Department of Counseling at University of the Cumberlands seeks a counselor educator to join our faculty as an assistant or associate professor. Primary responsibilities will include teaching three counseling courses each semester (fall, spring and summer) in the areas of clinical mental health, addiction treatment and counselor education and supervision. This position serves both masters and doctoral students. Faculty members are expected to participate in shared faculty governance, curriculum development, recruitment, student advisement, dissertation committees, scholarly research, and professional service activities. The Department of Counseling hires and respects a diverse faculty. The University of the Cumberlands is a faith-based institution that welcomes students from all backgrounds. Its mission is to offer high quality academic programs that empower its graduates to ‘seek a life-more-abundant’.

Required Qualifications:

• Earned doctorate in Counselor Education and Supervision from a CACREP accredited program.
• Licensed as a Professional Counselor, or eligible
• Record of professional engagement and scholarly productivity within the counseling profession.
• Experience teaching online and using a variety of instructional technology and delivery methods
• Demonstrated experience working in clinical mental health and/or addiction treatment
• Effective oral and written communication skills

Desired Qualifications:

• Knowledgeable of CACREP-accredited counseling programs
• Experience in clinical supervision
• Experience chairing dissertation committees
• Experience teaching doctoral level classes

Compensation: Commensurate with expertise and experience

Benefits: Yes

Job Type: Faculty

Job Location: On-line

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About Us

Located in the heart of Appalachia, University of the Cumberlands (UC) is an institution of regional distinction that offers undergraduate degrees in more than 40 major fields of study, along with several pre-professional, graduate and doctoral programs. With a total enrollment of more than 20,000 students, UC is one of the largest and fastest growing private universities in Kentucky and is devoted to preparing students for the future through hands-on, experiential learning and research.

The University of the Cumberlands does not illegally discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, disability, age, religion, genetic information, veteran status, because a person is a smoker or nonsmoker, or any other basis on which the University is prohibited from discrimination under local, state, or federal law, in its employment or in the provision of its services, including but not limited to its programs and activities, admissions, educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other University -administered programs. In order to fulfill its purpose, the University may legally discriminate on the basis of religion in employment, and the University has sought and been granted exemption from certain regulations promulgated under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 which conflict with the University's religious tenets.