The salary is competitive and dependent upon qualifications.
Required Education:
Doctorate
The Graduate Program in Counseling at the University of Northern Iowa seeks a counselor educator to join our faculty in a tenure-track assistant professor position. The Counseling program is in the Department of Family, Aging, & Counseling (http://www.uni.edu/csbs/sahs) within the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (http://www.uni.edu/csbs/). The graduate program has been accredited by CACREP (Council for Accreditation of Counseling-Related Educational Programs) since 1990 and has prepared counselors for professional service and outreach activities since 1953. Appointment will commence August 2025. This is an in-person position based in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Position and Responsibilities
The primary responsibilities of this position will include teaching, research, and service. This position serves graduate students in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and School Counseling. The faculty member is expected to participate in curriculum development, CACREP accreditation process, counseling supervision, scholarly research, faculty shared governance. This individual must have a strong professional counseling identity demonstrated by clinical experience and active licensure/credentialing as a counselor. Summer teaching opportunities may also be available.
Required Qualifications
Earned PhD in Counselor Education/Counseling from a CACREP-accredited program by the time of appointment in Fall of 2025 (ABD may be considered if close to completion).
Post-graduate professional clinical and/or school counseling experience.
Professional counseling license and/or certification; or license eligible in Iowa and willing to gain license.
Evidence of strong potential for excellence in college teaching and experience/or interest in teaching graduate-level CACREP core courses.
Professional counseling identity, including membership in professional counseling associations at the state, regional, and/or national levels (e.g., ACA, AMHCA, ASCA, ACES).
Evidence of scholarship or potential for scholarship (as evidenced by publications, presentations, grants, and current research agenda).
Ability to teach in person on campus.
Able to function and communicate successfully and respectfully within the context of varying beliefs, behaviors, orientations, identities, and cultural backgrounds.
Preferred Qualifications
Interest and experience in counseling children, adolescents, college students, couples, families, and/or older adults
Advanced credentialing in areas of counseling expertise/interest (e.g., couples counseling modalities, play therapy, expressive arts, sex therapy, gerontological counseling, addictions, etc.)
Experience providing clinical supervision to professional counselors or counselors-in-training
Experience with clinical coordination, arranging practicum and internship placements, or willingness to learn and contribute to clinical coordination
Knowledgeable of, and experience with, CACREP-accreditation processes
Experience with program assessment and review associated CACREP standards, or willingness to learn and contribute to program assessment
Demonstrated competence in college teaching with experience in-person and in online teaching environments
Experience using a variety of experiential teaching techniques and ability to engage students in the learning process
The University of Northern Iowa (UNI) is a public university in Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States. UNI offers more than 90 majors across five colleges. The fall 2023 total enrollment was 9,021 students.[4]
The university was initially founded in 1876 as the Iowa State Normal School, with a purpose of training school teachers and educators. The University of Northern Iowa is one of three public universities in Iowa. The Iowa Board of Regents governs these universities as with the University of Northern Iowa.