Resident - Counseling Center

Working Title: Resident - Counseling Center

State Role Title: Administrative and Professional Faculty

Position Type: Administrative & Professional (Non-teaching Faculty)

Position Status: Full-Time

FLSA Status: Exempt: Not Eligible for Overtime

College/Division: Health and Wellbeing

Department: 540926 - MENTAL HEALTH PROJECT FY25-26

Pay Rate: Maximum Starting

Specify Range or Amount: $45,000

Is this a JMU only position? No

Is this a grant-funded position? Yes. This is a grant-funded position and is contingent upon continued funding.

Is this a Conflict of Interest designated position? No

Beginning Review Date: 07/17/2025

About JMU:

Mission
We are a community committed to preparing students to be educated and enlightened citizens who lead productive and meaningful lives.

Vision
To be the national model for the engaged university: engaged with ideas and the world.

Who We Are
Located in the heart of Virginia’s beautiful Shenandoah Valley, the city of Harrisonburg is approximately 120 miles from Washington, D.C. and Richmond, VA. With a population of just over 53,000, Harrisonburg is one of the most diverse communities in the Commonwealth of Virginia. JMU is a selective, public institution with a growing national reputation for offering experiences that lead to an outstanding education and inclusive environment for students, faculty and staff. The student body includes approximately 20,000 undergraduate and 1,900 graduate students, with over 1,000 full-time instructional faculty.

JMU offers thriving programs in the liberal arts, science and technology, and professional disciplines at the undergraduate, master’s and doctoral levels. The university is committed to expanding diversity, fostering equity and inclusion, and supporting superlative teaching and scholarship. JMU has achieved national recognition for the high quality of its academic programs, focus on maintaining strong student/faculty interaction, and innovative faculty research.

General Information:

The Counseling Center (CC) at James Madison University (JMU) is accepting applications for a Licensed Resident in Counseling. This Resident position is a 12-month position funded for 16 months through a grant from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) with the possibility of becoming an ongoing 12 month resident position funded by the CC.

Please see the Counseling Center’s website to learn more about the Center’s services and review staff descriptions. Please also check out “Counseling Center: You Might Want to Work Here If... - JMU” to get a sense of the Counseling Center’s culture. https://www.jmu.edu/counselingctr/about/_working-here.shtml

Duties and Responsibilities:

The intent of the residency is to provide an entry-level professional with the type of supervised experience necessary for licensure as a professional counselor. The residency experience may include the provision of the following services:
• Short-term individual, group, and crisis counseling
• Consultation services and outreach programming
• Initial assessments and closing clinician emergency coverage
The resident will also participate in organizational and clinical staff meetings and other university-wide meetings as appropriate. The resident will also participate in SCHEV related activities as a grant recipient. To avoid ethical issues that may occur when the Counseling Center staff relate to an individual in a role other than as a client, all current and former Counseling Center clients will be excluded from training and employment opportunities at the Counseling Center.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Completed all requirements for their master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling from a CACREP-accredited graduate program
• Commitment to university counseling work and college student development

Preferred Qualifications:

• Well-developed skills in providing brief therapy for a college student population
• Registered as a Licensed Resident in Counseling through the Virginia Board of Counseling
• Ability to complete remaining licensure hours required for residency within 16 months
• A collaborative spirit of warmth, acceptance, respect, and trust towards colleagues
• Interest in working within the program's developmental-practitioner model
• A willingness and ability to explore one's sense of self, have the capacity to self-reflect, and use one's self-awareness effectively to further personal and professional growth
• Energy to flexibly manage the professional demands of a challenging caseload while maintaining positive and healthy perspectives and relationships
• Self-motivation, self-direction, and commitment to high professional ideals
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Additional Posting Information:

JMU’s Dual Career and Community Resources Program is available for candidates that will be relocating to the area. For more information, please visit https://bit.ly/2OTF1NG.

Conditions of Employment:  

Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a criminal background check.

E-Verify Notice: After accepting employment, new hires are required to complete an I-9 form and present documentation of their identity and eligibility to work in the United States. James Madison University uses the E-Verify system to confirm identity and work authorization.

EEO Statement:

James Madison University is committed to creating and supporting a diverse and inclusive work and educational community that is free of all forms of discrimination. This institution does not tolerate discrimination or harassment on the basis of age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, parental status, political affiliation, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or veteran status.

We promote access, inclusion and diversity for all students, faculty, staff, constituents and programs, believing that these qualities are foundational components of an outstanding education in keeping with our mission. The university is interested in candidates whose experience and qualifications support an ongoing commitment to this core quality.

Anyone having questions concerning discrimination should contact the Office for Equal Opportunity: (540) 568-6991.

Reasonable Accommodation:

If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance searching or applying for jobs please contact us at (540) 568-3597 or jobs@jmu.edu. You may also visit the JMU Human Resource Office, located at 752 Ott Street, Harrisonburg, VA 22807 and we will be happy to assist you.