Tenure-track Associate Professor position at SFU (Faculty of Education) for contribution to the teaching of any of the core counselling courses and support of graduate student research. Candidates will contribute to the growth of the Counselling Psychology program at the SFU Surrey campus. The program includes the SFU Surrey Counselling Centre, which works in collaboration with the Surrey School Board. Along with clinical training, the Centre supports research in counselling practice and supervision.
Commencement date: September 1, 2016
Applications close: November 15, 2015
Role requirements: Applicants will be expected to teach and develop counselling related courses and programming at both the undergraduate and graduate level, work with pre-practicum and practicum students, and to supervise graduate research.
Requirements documents: must possess a doctoral degree in Counselling Psychology or related field, the ability to develop a program of research related to Counselling Psychology, and a minimum of three years of counselling practice experience in the field. Preference will be given to candidates who can contribute to three or more of the key teaching areas of the program including:
- Theories and ethics of counselling
- Counselling skills and strategies
- Group counselling
- Career counselling
- School counselling (K-12)
- Family counselling
- Expertise and experience in counselling Aboriginal people and/or counselling in multicultural contexts are significant assets for this position.
SFU is a university that serves students of diverse ethnic, cultural, linguistic and international origins and, therefore, interests and or experience in working in multicultural and international settings with students of diverse backgrounds is a desired attribute of applicants.
Apply by sending a current curriculum vitae, a scholarly publication and a signed application letter that includes the description of the applicant’s scholarly interests, research plans and achievements, teaching experience, and potential contributions to the faculty, as well as names and contact information of three referees to Rina Zazkis, Chair, Appointments Committee, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, Canada, V5A 1S6 alternatively email (three separate files, Word or PDF) educ_appointments@sfu.ca.