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Post-Doctoral Psychology Fellow
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Post-Doctoral Psychology Fellow
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This posting is to recruit and hire 2 post-doctoral psychology fellows for August 2023 - August 2024. The position is posted until December 15, 2022. The recruitment process will begin for both post-doctoral psychology fellow positions early January 2023.
To receive full consideration, please be sure you have completed the ‘Work History’ section of the application before you apply for this position. Also, please provide a cover letter that describes which specific skill set you are interested in and your work experience that will support being successful in this role. 3 or more professional references are required.
Want to become a soaring UNCW Seahawk and work at one of the best universities on the East Coast? Want to put your toes in the sand after a day of work? The University of North Carolina Wilmington offers a wonderfully vibrant university community along with a beautiful location just miles from the beach.
Employees of UNCW are provided a comprehensive benefits package as well as other programs, resources, policies, and practices that help to support a work/life balance. Our programs have been designed to provide a variety of choices to best fit your needs and the needs of your family. Full time employees are eligible for dental, vision and health insurance plans. Health insurance benefit plans eligibility begins on the first of the month following date of hire. Retirement plan contributions begin on the eligibility date following election and include employer contributions for either a defined contribution or a defined benefit plan. Optional disability plans are also available.
Full time employees are also eligible for the tuition waiver program which covers the cost of tuition and fees for up to three (3) undergraduate or graduate courses per academic year at UNCW or any other university within the UNC System. In addition, UNCW covers the cost of tuition and fees for one UNCW course each summer session.
As a full time employee, UNCW also offers a free membership to the Campus Recreation Center, free vaccine and booster shots offered on campus, meditation and yoga sessions, voluntary supplemental insurance coverages, pretax flexible spending accounts, 12 paid holidays, 24 hours of paid community service leave time, paid vacation and sick leave accrual and family medical leave after 12 months of continuous service.
We also offer an abundance of training and development programs through our Dare to Learn Academy, Skillport, and the employee assistance program, many of which are offered free of charge.
Postdoctoral fellows will engage in activities including:
- Time-effective individual counseling.
- Group counseling and psycho-educational workshops.
- Program development and outreach programming.
- Consultation regarding developmental and psychological/ emotional health issues.
- Campus training (in conjunction with Counseling Center staff).
- Crisis intervention and after-hours on-call services.
- A consultation project in an area of interest (consistent with Counseling Center needs).
Fellows are expected to engage in services for a diverse client base and diverse campus organizations. Respect for cultural, intellectual, psycho-social and interpersonal differences is expected to inform the Fellow’s practice. In addition, depending on individual interests and Center needs, opportunities may also exist for additional administrative duties or structured experiences outside the Center to better understand the role and function of university psychologists within Student Affairs and the university community.
This is an early career Fellowship experience. Applicants should have received their doctoral degree not more than 3 years prior to applying for the Fellowship.
The doctorate must have been earned no earlier than 3 years prior to application for the Fellowship. Strong interpersonal, oral and written skills as well as a demonstrated openness to supervision and the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and other campus departments is required.
Experience in providing clinical counseling services, crisis intervention, psycho-educational programming for a college-aged population is also required.
Interest and experience in developing preventive programming and experience with mindfulness-based interventions is also strongly preferred. The ability to work collaboratively with campus departments and interpersonal flexibility is preferred.
A public institution with nearly 18,000 students, UNCW offers a full range of baccalaureate- and graduate-level programs, as well as doctoral degrees in educational leadership, marine biology, nursing practice and psychology; and many distance learning options, including clinical research, an accelerated RN-to-BSN program, an Executive M.B.A. program structured for working professionals, and the nation’s only bachelor’s degree program focused on coastal engineering.
The university’s efforts to advance research and scholarly activities have earned UNCW the elevated designation of “Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity” institution (R2 University) by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
UNCW has been part of the University of North Carolina System since 1969.
This posting is to recruit and hire 2 post-doctoral psychology fellows for August 2023 – August 2024. The position is posted until December 15, 2022. The recruitment process will begin for both post-doctoral psychology fellow positions early January 2023.
To receive full consideration, please be sure you have completed the ‘Work History’ section of the application before you apply for this position. Also, please provide a cover letter that describes which specific skill set you are interested in and your work experience that will support being successful in this role. 3 or more professional references are required.
Applicant Documents
Required Documents
Optional Documents
- Cover Letter
- Curriculum Vita
- List of 3 Professional References
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