Visiting , Half- or Full-Time, Assistant or Associate Rank Faculty Position specializing in Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health
University of Denver

Commitment to Diversity

The University of Denver recognizes that its success in being a great university dedicated to the public good depends greatly on how well it engages, supports, and champions the values of diversity, equity, inclusion and justice. As part of our intentionality in recruiting and retaining faculty from a wide variety of historically excluded intersecting identities, including those from communities of color, with diverse gender and sexual identities, first-generation college graduates, or with disabilities, new faculty will have the opportunity to choose to participate in a pilot University-wide initiative. This initiative will connect new colleagues in a cohort, building community across units with supportive programming led by the Office of the Vice Provost of Faculty Affairs in collaboration with the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and each faculty participant's academic unit. To learn more about the University of Denver's commitments and work in support of DEI and J, please visit: https://www.du.edu/equity. For more information about this program or if you have any questions, please email inclusion@du.edu and/or visit https://duvpfa.du.edu/faculty-resources/prospective-faculty/.

ABOUT GSPP AND THE PSYD PROGRAM

At the Graduate School of Professional Psychology (GSPP), our goal is to transform the way we think about and approach mental health and wellness. We do so through groundbreaking academic programs and experiential training that aims to ensure we can better meet the needs of the communities we serve. We are dedicated to developing exceptional practitioners and scholars by offering a well-rounded approach to education. Every single one of our programs blends valuable academic offerings, intensive field-based training, cutting-edge applied research, and constructive community engagement. Our academic programs are rooted in our history of service and have developed over time to meet the growing needs of society. For more information, please visit http://psychology.du.edu.

GSPP was created in 1976 to house one of the first Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) programs in the country, under the Vail (practitioner-scholar) training model. GSPP currently also offers four specialized master's programs: Forensic Psychology, International Disaster Psychology: Trauma and Global Mental Health, Sport and Performance Psychology, and Sport Coaching, as well as online certificates and continuing education. GSPP also has a partially affiliated, APA-accredited internship consortium and several in-house and satellite psychology training clinics that serve Denver and the surrounding communities. As a professional school, GSPP promotes and utilizes high-level pedagogy that integrates applied practice, theory, research, and scholarship.

GSPP seeks to train students to provide culturally competent services to clients and the community. Although more progress is needed, GSPP endeavors to create an accessible, affirming, and safe climate by actively engaging in the process of systemic transformation and accountability.

Position Summary

The PsyD Program seeks to hire one or more visiting clinical faculty members to provide specialized training in child and adolescent behavioral health; expertise may also include perinatal mental health. These positions will be half- or full-time, for the 2024-2025 academic year, with the possibility of renewal for the 2025-2026 academic year. These positions will be at the level of Assistant or Associate rank.

A half-time position would include clinical supervision, teaching a clinical seminar, and service administrative. A full-time position would also include additional teaching and administrative duties as the Interim Director of the Caring for YoU and Baby (CUB) clinic, managing the day-to-day operations and overseeing supervision.

Academically, the faculty member will be involved with teaching, mentoring, and clinically supervising students who are focusing on child and adolescent behavioral health. All GSPP faculty members are expected to provide service to their academic program and school and to maintain multicultural competence and enhance their learning through professional development.

This position reports to the Director of the PsyD Program, with a dotted line to the GSPP Director of Clinical Services for clinic responsibilities. Faculty appointments are 10 months (September - June), but since the PsyD program is year-round, some summer obligations should be expected and are compensated separately. In particular, this position has clinical responsibilities that extend through the summer.

The initial appointment for this visiting role will likely be January 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025, with any summer work compensated separately.

This visiting position will be filled at the Assistant or Associate Professor level and will be appointed at the rank appropriate for the candidates documented experience and excellence in the field:

• Assistant Professors should have the terminal degree appropriate to their field or its equivalent, plus some teaching experience. They should be well-qualified to teach at the graduate level. Candidates for Assistant Professor may have less than 7 years of professional experience.
• Associate Professors will be candidates who are mid-career teacher/scholar/practitioners with a strong, documented record of excellence in teaching, clinical practice, and service.

The appointment will commence by January 1, 2025, with an earlier start date preferred. Applications will be accepted until November 8, 2024.

Essential Functions

The ideal candidate will demonstrate experience and versatility in inclusive pedagogy. We are especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute to diversity, equity, and inclusion through their teaching, service, student mentorship, and community-engaged research. Duties in these areas include, but are not limited to:

• Teaching a seminar focused on clinical supervision of students child and adolescent sequence.
• Providing additional clinical supervision to students doing practicum work with higher caseloads.
• Advising, supervising, and mentoring students in the PsyD Program.
• Participating in the "life cycle" of the academic unit, including assisting with the admissions process, orientation, and competency exams for the PsyD Program, as well as weekly meetings, periodic retreats, and any required trainings.
• Contributing to a model workplace to promote mutual respect.
• Advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice across various aspects of the position.
• Other relevant duties as assigned. Duties will be negotiated and balanced based on program development/needs.

For the full-time position, duties would also include:

• Teaching additional course(s) in the PsyD program.
• Providing administrative leadership to maintain the CUB clinic.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of child and adolescent behavioral health
• Relevant knowledge of and demonstrated commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity, social justice, and access in education
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the capacity for outstanding teaching at the graduate level
• Strong technology skills, including familiarity with MS Office suite, to be successful as a faculty member and leader
• Strong administrative skills preferred
• Initiative and ability to work both independently and in a collaborative, collegial environment
• Demonstrated ability to interact with diverse communities or evidence of a commitment to incorporate inclusive teaching methods and/or pedagogies to effectively engage broadly diverse student populations
• Ability and willingness to incorporate relevant, timely, and inclusive course material
• Ability to effectively receive and incorporate feedback
• Ability to meet changing course and program needs
  
  

Required Qualification

• A doctorate in clinical or counseling psychology or a related field and licensed as a psychologist in Colorado.
• Experience with teaching, supervision, research and scholarship, service, and/or relevant professional experience, commensurate with rank.

Preferred Qualifications

• Licensed in the State of Colorado as a doctoral-level psychologist
• Five to ten years of post-doctoral experience in the field of perinatal, child, and/or adolescent psychology
• Strong network in child and adolescent behavioral health treatment field or clinical community
• A demonstrated commitment to teaching, clinical service, research, and/or training appropriate to the missions of the PsyD program and GSPP
• Knowledge of, respect for, and development of skills to effectively engage with diverse individuals and communities
• Accomplished graduate level teaching and mentorship that reflects a variety of instructional approaches and/or curricular perspectives to engage diverse populations and learning styles
• Administrative leadership experience
• 3 years of experience in an agency or equivalent providing counseling/psychotherapy and assessment

Working Environment

1. Standard office environment.
2. Unexpected interruptions occur often and stress level is moderate to high.
3. Noise level is quiet to moderate.

Physical Activities

1. Ability to sit in front of a computer for an extended period of time.
2. Occasionally required to move about the office/campus with the capability of transporting objects up to 20 lbs.

Work Schedule
While the University's administrative offices are open Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, faculty schedules vary from term to term and are based on courses taught, service commitments, and research agendas. The University's academic calendars are posted on the registrar's website (the law school is on a semester system and has a different academic calendar).

Application Deadline
Applications will be reviewed immediately upon receipt. Applications will be accepted until the deadline of 4:00 p.m. (MST) November 8, 2024.

Special Instructions
Candidates must apply online through jobs.du.edu to be considered. Only applications submitted online will be accepted.

Salary Grade Number:
The salary grade for the position is UC.

Salary Range:
The full-time, 10-month base salary range for this position is $79,000 - $118,000. Since the initial appointment for this visiting role will be January 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025, the six-month equivalent range would be $47,400 -70,800 for a full-time role or $23,700 - $35,400 for a half-time role.

The University of Denver has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what the University may pay for the position at the time of posting. The University may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal salary equity considerations, and available market information, but not based on a candidate's sex or any other protected status.

Benefits:
The University of Denver offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit and ECO pass. The University of Denver is a private institution that empowers students who want to make a difference. Learn more about the University of Denver.

Please include the following documents with your application:
1. Curriculum Vitae
2. Cover Letter

The University of Denver is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression), marital, family, or parental status, pregnancy or related conditions, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. The University of Denver does not discriminate and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, religion, creed, disability, sex (including sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression), marital family, and parental status, pregnancy, genetic information, military enlistment, or veteran status, and any other class of individuals protected from discrimination under federal, state, or local law, regulation, or ordinance in any of the University's educational programs and activities, and in the employment (including application for employment) and admissions (including application for admission) context, as required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Americans with Disabilities Act; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; the Equal Pay Act; the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act; the Colorado Protecting Opportunities and Worker's Rights ("POWR") Act; and any other federal, state, and local laws, regulations, or ordinances that prohibit discrimination, harassment, and/or retaliation. For more information, please see the University of Denver's Non-Discrimination-Statement.

All offers of employment are contingent upon satisfactory completion of a criminal history background check.

Advertised: October 07, 2024
Applications close: November 08, 2024

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