Clinical Professor (Open Rank)

About the Opportunity

About Northeastern

Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning. Our world-renowned experiential approach empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create impact far beyond the confines of discipline, degree, and campus.

Our locations—in Boston; Arlington, Charlotte, North Carolina; Miami; London; Portland, Maine; Oakland; San Francisco; Seattle; Silicon Valley; Toronto; Vancouver; and the Massachusetts communities of Burlington and Nahant—are nodes in our growing global university system. Through this network, we expand opportunities for flexible, student-centered learning and collaborative, solutions-focused research.

Northeastern’s comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate programs— in a variety of on-campus and online formats—lead to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools. Among these, we offer more than 195 multi-discipline majors and degrees designed to prepare students for purposeful lives and careers.

The Bouvé College of Health Sciences has over 250 faculty members, with approximately 2,000 undergraduate and 2,400 graduate students. It is the leading national model for education and research in the health, psychosocial and biomedical sciences and supports the University’s mission of educating students for a life of fulfillment and accomplishment and creating and translating knowledge to meet global and societal needs.

About the Opportunity

The Department of Applied Psychology is seeking a full-time, non-tenure track clinical professor (open rank) to be the new program director for our Master of Science in Counseling Psychology (MSCP), a Licensed Mental Health Counselor program. The MSCP program director will lead an MSCP that has grown in size and reputation over the past few years and is ready for its next leader. The program director has the opportunity to work closely with an interdisciplinary team of professionals throughout the College and University to support students within the MSCP, build new opportunities for them, and create new programs that  are deeply integrated into the Northeastern University Global Network.

The proposed faculty hire date is July 1, 2025 so that the new program director can learn from the current program director before taking on full administrative responsibilities for the Fall semester. 

At Northeastern University, we embrace a culture of respect, where each person is valued for their contribution and is treated fairly. We oppose all forms of racism. We support a culture that does not tolerate any form of discrimination and where each person may belong. We strive to have a diverse membership, one where each person is trained and mentored to promote their success.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities will include:

• Directing the MSCP (e.g., management of enrollment planning, curriculum, admissions)

• Teaching graduate courses in counseling psychology, including courses involving clinical supervision and clinical skills, and in the candidate’s areas of expertise.

• Providing service and leadership to the Department, College, University, community and profession. 

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:  

• Earned doctorate in Counseling Psychology, Clinical Psychology, or a closely related field

• License eligible as a psychologist and health service provider in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

• Three years post-licensure experience experience providing clinical supervision to master’s and doctoral level students 

• Experience teaching at the graduate level in applied psychology

• Excellent communication, leadership, collaboration, organization, and interpersonal skills 

• Record of effective teaching, supervision, and professional activity; including both didactic and clinical courses (face to face, hybrid, online) 

• Direct experience in mental health counseling and supervision of mental health counseling utilizing evidence-based mental health interventions 

• Record of applied clinical research desirable, but not required 

• Previous administrative and leadership experience 

• Demonstrated commitment to creating culturally responsive and supportive environments for students from diverse backgrounds

Additional Information

Interested candidates should apply here with a curriculum vitae that includes a list of publications, statements addressing the prompts