Program Director / Open Rank Faculty (Assistant/Associate/Full Professor) Position, Community and Trauma Counseling (CTC) Program, Thomas Jefferson University

Job Details

The Program Director provides strategic, academic, and administrative oversight and leadership for the Community and Trauma Counseling (CTC) program. The Program Director collaborates closely with the Department Chair to advance the program's mission, ensure academic excellence, support student success, and promote continuous improvement in teaching, scholarship, clinical training, and service.

The Program Director is responsible for the overall administration, quality, and growth of the program, including curriculum oversight, faculty leadership and development, student enrollment, retention, and success initiatives, clinical educator coordination, assessment, accreditation activities, strategic planning, and resource management. The Director ensures ongoing alignment of program policies, curriculum, and outcomes with professional counseling standards and accreditation requirements.

The Program Director serves as the primary leader and advocate for the program, fostering a collaborative, inclusive, student-centered culture that supports innovation, academic excellence, and engagement among faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community partners. The Director reports directly to the Department Chair and works collaboratively with departmental, college, and university leadership to achieve institutional goals and strategic priorities.

Essential Functions

• Provide overall leadership and administrative oversight of the Community and

Trauma Counseling Program.

• Collaborate with the Department Chair on strategic planning, program development, budgeting, personnel management, and resource allocation.
• Lead programmatic accreditation efforts and ensure ongoing compliance with accreditation standards, state regulations, and university, college, and program policies.
• Oversee curriculum planning, implementation, assessment, and continuous improvement to ensure program quality and relevance to the counseling profession.
• Develop and implement strategies to support program growth, enrollment management, recruitment, and community partnerships.
• Promote the visibility and reputation of the program through professional engagement, outreach, scholarship, and service activities.
• Oversee development of new courses, certificates, concentrations, and academic initiatives.
• Lead faculty recruitment, onboarding, orientation, workload planning, and professional development initiatives.
• Supervise, mentor, develop, and evaluate full-time and adjunct faculty and staff, including classroom observations, review of promotion progress, and annual evaluations.
• Monitor program outcomes including student learning, retention, graduation, licensure, and employment data, utilizing assessment results to guide decision-making.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, scholarly engagement, and commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
• Partner with clinical placement personnel, community agencies, and other stakeholders to support practicum and internship experiences.
• Serve as a visible and accessible resource for students, supporting student engagement, advising, retention, and professional development.
• Prepare reports, accreditation materials, assessment documentation, and other administrative communications as required.
• Teach graduate courses and maintain an active record of scholarship and service consistent with faculty rank and university expectations.
• Meet all faculty responsibilities outlined in the faculty contract.
• Complete other/additional administrative/program coordination duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required

• Core faculty must meet one of the following qualifications: Earned doctoral degree in Counseling or Counselor Education and Supervision, preferably from a CACREP-accredited program, or a related doctoral degree and full-time faculty employment in a counselor education program for a minimum of one full academic year before July 1, 2013; or Full-time doctoral-level faculty employment in a CORE-accredited master's program prior to July 1, 2017; or Graduation from a rehabilitation doctoral program prior to January 1, 2018.
• Must hold professional counseling credentials (i.e., LPC, LMHC, LCPC, or equivalent licensure). LPC is preferred.
• Minimum of three years of academic leadership, program coordination, or administrative experience in higher education.
• Must have a minimum of 3-5 years clinical experience in trauma-informed and related mental health service delivery.
• Must have a minimum of 3 years of graduate level teaching experience in counseling or a related discipline.
• Experience with outcomes assessment, accreditation, curriculum development, and online/hybrid education.
• Demonstrated commitment to student success, inclusive excellence, and collaborative leadership.

Preferred

• Experience leading CACREP accreditation or accreditation review processes.
• Experience supervising counselor trainees and clinical education activities.
• Candidate expertise in addictions and recovery is a plus, as is expertise in play therapy or art therapy in the treatment of trauma impacted clients
• Demonstrated success in program growth, enrollment management, and development of innovative academic initiatives.

Additional information

A review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

Candidates should submit a 1) letter of interest, 2) curriculum vitae, 3) a statement of teaching philosophy and the candidate's approach to scholarship and/or contributions to the counseling profession, and 4) the contact information of 3 professional references in a single PDF addressed to Nicole Mckinney, Interim Department Chair of the Counseling and Behavioral Health Department, and Julianna Despinos, Associate Dean of Administration and Student Affairs.

Electronic submissions accepted as a single pdf submitted by email to

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3243 School House Lane, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value.

Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research.

Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students.

Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region.

Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts.

Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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