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Director of the Counseling Center

Employer
Georgia Institute of Technology
Location
Georgia, United States
Salary
Not specified
Date posted
May 17, 2017

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Position Type
Administrative, Student Affairs, Counseling
Employment Level
Tenured/Tenured Track
Employment Type
Full Time



Director of the Counseling Center

Outstanding Opportunity for a Visionary and Innovative Mental Health Leader

The Georgia Institute of Technology invites applications and nominations for the position of Director of the Counseling Center in the Division of Student Life. This exceptional opportunity requires a highly collaborative, experienced and skilled psychologist to provide strategic leadership and vision in the development, implementation and evaluation of all programs and services provided by the IACS accredited Counseling Center. Through innovation, creativity, and a collaborative spirit, the Director will have the opportunity to be a visionary leader, providingcampus-wide leadership on mental health-related issues and advocating for and enabling optimal provision of high quality mental health programs and services to a culturally diverse population of nearly 27,000 students.

The role encompasses a wide range of support programs and services for students, including short-term individual counseling, group and couples counseling, assessment, crisis intervention, outreach programming, and the Georgia Tech Campus Recovery Program; the Center also offers an APA accredited doctoral internship in Health Service Psychology. The Counseling Center is staffed by a talented and student-centered team of licensed psychologists, counselors, and marriage and family therapists, as well as pre-doctoral interns and graduate practicum students. The Center enjoys strong partnerships with colleagues in Health Services, throughout the campus and in the Division of Student Life -- all enthusiastic and supportive partners.

Georgia Tech is situated in a beautiful campus in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with excellent economic and cultural strengths. Ranked as the 7th best public university, Georgia Tech provides technologically focused education. Equipped with the extremely rich resources of an outstanding student body and faculty; strong partnerships with business, industry, and government; and support from alumni and friends, Georgia Tech is designing a future of global preeminence, leadership, and service. The Institute is a member of the University System of Georgia, the Georgia Research Alliance, and the Association of American Universities (AAU).

Position Summary

The Director of the Counseling Center position reports to the Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students and is a core member of the Student Life leadership team. The Director has comprehensive responsibility for providing clinical, fiscal, and administrative vision and leadership in overseeing and managing the day-to-day operations and overall delivery of effective counseling services while also providing direct clinical services delivery to students as needed. Collaborating with other departments within Student Life, as well as with campus partners across the institution, the director serves as a key liaison to other departments, administrators, faculty, students, staff, and parents on mental health issues, policies and practices. The Director provides supervision, recruitment, training, professional development, and evaluation of professional and support staff; manages the operational budget and setting of priorities for resource utilization; directs clinical and consultative services, including crisis intervention, outreach, and consultation with students, faculty and staff; oversees the doctoral internship program; oversees the maintenance of accreditations from the American Psychological Association and the International Association of Counseling Services and leads the Counseling Center in the strategic planning, development, implementation, evaluation, and continual improvement of comprehensive behavioral health initiatives that incorporate multicultural diversity, inclusivity and social justice concepts and principles.

Required Qualifications

• Doctoral level degree in Counseling or Clinical Psychology from an APA accredited program.
• Licensed as a psychologist in the state of Georgia or currently licensed in another state and eligible to attain Georgia licensure within one year.
• At least seven years clinical and administrative experience in a college counseling or similar mental health setting, including 3 years of supervisory/managerial experience.
• Strong fiscal management/budget skills.
• Well-developed skills of team management, coalition building, and operation in interdisciplinary environments.
• Ability to assess training and in-service needs and to provide consultation and arrange/facilitate training and seminars.
• Experience of working with a culturally diverse community.
• Demonstrated supervisory and leadership skills.
• Excellent public speaking, interpersonal, communication, and critical thinking skills.
• Knowledge of related accreditation and certification requirements.
• Knowledge of codes of ethics of the American Psychological Association and the International Association of Counseling Services, Inc.

Preferred qualifications include: (1) Experience in a college or university mental health setting; (2) experience or past participation with a clinical training program(i.e., doctoral internship, postdoctoral fellowship, advanced practicum training program)within a college or university counseling center; (3) expertise in crisis intervention and working with a broad range of presenting problems and constituencies; (4) expertise in current and emerging college-age mental health issues; and (5) experience with electronic record keeping.

Application Procedure and Timeline

Georgia Tech has partnered with Keeling and Associates,LLC (K&A), in this search process. Applications should include a letter of interest and a resume or curriculum vitae, preferably in PDF format, and must be sent to recruiting@keelingassociates.com with a subject heading "Georgia Tech-Director of the Counseling Center." The position will remain open until filled, but applications received by June 23, 2017 will be assured full consideration.

Nominations, expressions of interest, and requests for confidential conversations about the position prior to application are welcome and should be directed to Dr. Jan Walbert (jwalbert@KeelingAssociates.com), the K&A senior consultant leading this search.

Georgia Tech is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state, or local law. Consistent with its obligations under federal law, each company that is a federal contractor or subcontractor is committed to taking affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified women, minorities, disabled individuals, special disabled veterans, veterans of the Vietnam era, and other eligible veterans.

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