Job Description

The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) appreciates your interest in employment at our growing institution. We want your application process to go smoothly and quickly. Final applications must be submitted prior to the close of the recruitment.

If you need assistance or have questions regarding the application process, please contact our recruitment helpline at (775) 784-1495 or

jobs@unr.edu

. For UNR Med professional job postings, please contact the Office of Professional Recruitment at (775) 784-6778.

Job Description

The University of Nevada, Reno Counseling Services is seeking a dedicated and compassionate Licensed Psychologist to join our growing team! This role offers a rewarding opportunity to support student mental health and contribute to a diverse university community. Under the supervision of the Director and Associate Director of Counseling Services, this clinician will:

• Provide individual and group therapy, crisis intervention, case management, and psychological assessments to university students

• Offer clinical supervision and training for graduate students, doctoral psychology interns and postdoctoral trainees

• Engage in outreach, consultation, and psychoeducational programming for students, faculty, and staff

• Work within a generalist treatment model with a strong multicultural emphasis.

• Maintain records and services in accordance with professional ethics, legal standards, and university policies

Required Qualifications

Psychologist I - Doctorate Degree in clinical or counseling psychology to include a doctoral internship AND experience gained during the course of the degree program and related practicums/internships/postdocs is sufficient to qualify.

Psychologist II - Doctorate Degree in clinical or counseling psychology to include a doctoral internship AND three (3) years of related licensed work experience to include clinical supervisory experience OR in a specialty function.

Psychologist III - Doctorate Degree in clinical or counseling psychology to include a doctoral internship AND five (5) years of related licensed work experience to include a minimum of two (2) years clinical supervisory experience.

Licensure

Licensed Psychologist in the State of Nevada within one (1) year of employment.

If the incumbent does not hold a Nevada psychologist License at time of appointment, the incumbent will be shown as a “Psychotherapist”, Grade C until they are licensed in the state of Nevada. Licensing must take place within one (1) year of the date of appointment. Failure to earn a Nevada Psychologist License within one year will result in termination of the appointment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience providing psychotherapy, case management, crisis intervention, and group therapy to individuals with psychopathology

• Program development, implementation, and evaluation

• Experience working in a college counseling center

• Experience providing clinical supervision

• Strong organizational and presentation skills

• Knowledge, skills, and experience practicing with a high degree of professional ethics and standards as stated by applicable professional organizations, as well as state and federal law

• Knowledge of APA multicultural guidelines that govern psychological practice

• Skilled in providing clinical supervision for psychologists and psychology trainees

• Excellent oral written and communication skills

• Good empathic, interpersonal communication skills, particularly for diverse community members within and outside of the university

Compensation

Psychologist I – III starts at $95,510

Unlicensed Psychotherapist starts at $89,510.40

Salary is competitive and commensurate with related education and experience internal equity and budgets. To view the salary schedule for this position, please visit:

Salary Schedules

and select Administrative Faculty by Grade. Administrative Faculty – C

Remarkable Retirement

Our retirement plan is beyond compare. Your 17.50% contribution is generously matched by the University. With the faculty retirement plan, you are 100% vested your first day. Sit back and watch your retirement dollars grow! All permanent employees on an annual "A" or "B" contract who are employed at least 50% full-time are eligible to participate in the NSHE retirement program unless they are members of PERS of Nevada.

Perks of Working at UNR

• Health insurance options including dental and vision -

  Health Insurance

• Generous annual and sick leave and life insurance –

  Faculty Benefits

• E. L. Wiegand Fitness Center offers annual or semester memberships and spouse/domestic partner membership options.

  E.L. Wiegand Fitness Center

• Reno is proud to be a University town! Many local businesses offer discounts to WolfCard holders

• Mountain EAP

  supports employees (and eligible dependents) through life's difficult moments. Mountain EAP is located in Reno and specializes in counseling and advising services for personal or interpersonal issues.

• Several Diversity Committees and Affinity Groups focusing on campus-wide diversity initiatives to ensure we are working to create a diverse and welcoming campus climate.

  Diversity Groups

• Faculty Senate is the principal representing body for faculty. Its membership includes representatives from each academic and administrative major unit of the University.

  Faculty Senate

• No state income tax!

Grants-in-aid for Faculty Employees

The University is proud to provide a reduced-rate tuition benefit to faculty and qualified dependents. Faculty can take up to six credits per semester at a reduced rate. Dependents of faculty have unlimited credits, but in order to be eligible children must be unmarried and under the age of 24 and must receive at least 50% of their financial support from the employee and/or employee’s spouse or domestic partner.

Faculty Grants-in-Aid

Faculty Dual Career Assistance Program

The University of Nevada, Reno recognizes the importance of addressing dual-career couples’ professional needs. We offer a dual career assistance program to newly hired faculty spouses/partners that provides resources and assists them to identify career opportunities in Northern Nevada.

Dual Career Assistance Program

Our Center

The University of Nevada Counseling Services is a growing university counseling center that provides individual and group psychotherapy, crisis intervention, psychological assessment, outreach including educational workshops and presentations, general consultation and sport psychology consultation, and referrals to community health care providers. These services are undertaken in accordance with the following mission – the mission of Counseling Services is to provide psychological services to University of Nevada Reno students to support and facilitate their personal and academic success and development.

We invite you to take a moment to see a short video about our center

here

.

For more information about our department, please visit: .

Contact Information

Search Coordinator, Luiza Eilenfeldt at

leilenfeldt@unr.edu

Search Coordinator, Alyson Castro at

alysonc@unr.edu

Exempt

Yes

Full-Time Equivalent

100.0%

Required Attachment(s)

Please note, once you submit your application the only attachment/s viewable to you will be the attachment/s to the resume/CV section of the application. Any additional required attachment/s to the cover letter, references, additional documents sections of the application, will not be viewable to you after you submit your application. All uploaded attachment/s will be on the application for the committee to review. To request updates to attachments, prior to review of applications, please contact the candidate helpdesk at

jobs@unr.edu

.

Please attach the following documents to your application.

1) Resume/CV - Provide a detailed account of the key responsibilities you carried out in each role. Ensure that your qualifications for the position are evident, with your education and experience clearly documented.

2) Cover Letter

3) Proof of licensure (required if licensed)

4) Reference contact information for three professional references with at least one (1) being a current or former supervisory reference

5) Please write a brief statement (one page maximum) about how you would contribute toward our mission of creating a culturally inclusive environment in the role for which you are applying.

This posting is open until filled

Qualified individuals are encouraged to apply immediately. This search will close without notice when a sufficient number of applications are received, or hiring decisions has been made.

Posting Close Date

Note to Applicant

A background check will be conducted on the candidate(s) selected for hire.

HR will attempt to verify academic credentials upon receipt of hiring documents. If the academic credentials cannot be verified, HR will notify the faculty member that an official transcript of their highest degree must be submitted within thirty days of the faculty member’s first day of employment.

References will be contacted at the appropriate phase of the recruitment process.

Applicants hired on a federal contract may be subject to E-Verify.

As part of the hiring process, applicants for positions in the Nevada System of Higher Education may be required to demonstrate the ability to perform job-related tasks.

For positions that require driving, evidence of a valid driver's license will be required at the time of employment and as a condition of continued employment.

Schedules are subject to change based on organizational needs.

The University of Nevada, Reno is committed to providing a place of work and learning free of discrimination on the basis of a person’s age (40 or older), disability, whether actual or perceived by others (including service-connected disabilities), gender (including pregnancy related conditions), military status or military obligations, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, race (including hair texture and protected hairstyles such as natural hairstyles, afros, bantu knots, curls, braids, locks and twists), color, or religion (protected classes).

About Us

The University of Nevada, Reno is a leading public research university committed to the promise of a future powered by knowledge. Founded in 1874 as Nevada’s original land-grant university, the University serves more than 23,000 undergraduate and graduate students from all 50 states and 63 countries.

Classified by the Carnegie® Classification of Institutions of Higher Education as an R1 (“Very High Research”) university, it is also recognized in the Carnegie® Community Engagement classification. The University is also ranked by U.S. News & World Report among the “Best National Universities” and “Best National Public Universities.” It also ranks in the top tier of the WSJ/Times Higher Education World University Rankings and the New York Times’ “Top Colleges for Economic Diversity.”

Since 2009, nearly $1 billion has been has invested in advanced labs, facilities, and residence halls on the main campus. The University is home to Nevada’s first medical school – the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine and the Wayne L. Prim Campus at Lake Tahoe, where education, research, and creative work thrive in a stunning mountain setting. The University delivers on its original land-grant mission with outreach across the state through the University of Nevada, Reno Extension, Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Nevada Small Business Development Center, the Nevada Seismological Laboratory, and Wolf Pack Athletics.

The main campus is in Reno, Nevada, a burgeoning global technology hub with a vibrant midtown and downtown. Found where the high desert of the Great Basin meets the High Sierra and Lake Tahoe, the beautiful, 290-acre main campus is also a Nevada State Arboretum. The University’s physical infrastructure is expanding with ongoing construction of the newly named John Tullock Business Building, set to open in fall 2025. Groundbreaking is also planned for a new State Public Health Laboratory Building on campus, alongside the recent acquisition of 16 parcels near campus, known as “University Village,” to provide affordable housing for graduate students and early career faculty.

Collaborating with world-renowned organizations, the University fosters innovation through initiatives such as the Digital Wolf Pack partnership with Apple, which ensures equitable access to technology for students, providing new incoming freshman or transfer students with an iPad Air and accessories. Google’s TechWise initiate is an 18-month program that fully supports undergraduate students in becoming entry-level software engineers by graduation.

In 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) announced that Nevada – led by the University of Nevada, Reno – was named one of the inaugural 31 Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs (TechHubs). Nevada was selected from a competitive pool of 489 applicants from across the United States and its territories. Nevada’s Tech Hub will strengthen America’s lithium batteries, critical elements and other electric vehicle materials industry sectors within the state.

Through its commitment to high-impact education, world-improving research and creative activity, and outreach that’s transforming Nevada’s communities and businesses, the University continues its 150-year tradition of benefitting our state, nation and world.

The University recognizes that diversity promotes excellence in education and research. The inclusive and engaged community on campus recognizes the added value that students, faculty, and staff from different backgrounds bring to the educational experience.

Today, the University delivers on its original land-grant mission of access to education and knowledge by investing in the academics, facilities, support, engagement and vibrant campus life that promote our diverse students’ cognitive growth and academic achievement – all while remaining one of the best values in American higher education.

For more information, please visit the

University’s website

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University of Nevada, Reno

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