Counselor

Position Justification

Position Information
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Position Title
Counselor


Unit Name
Counseling Center


Salary Grade
7


Number of Months
12 months


Full-time or Part-time
Full-Time


Hours per week
40


Proposed Annual Salary, Hourly Rate or One-time payment

Essential Duties

• Provide brief, free and confidential mental health counseling for individuals and groups.
• Maintain client appointments and clinical case files in accordance with legal, ethical and professional standards.
• Evaluate programs and client progress.
• Serve in a three-person rotation for on-call for emergency situations.
• Conduct psycho-educational programming and workshops for academic programs and student services.
• Organize on campus programming events (Ex: Alcohol Awareness Week, Safe Spring Break Week, Wellness Fair, Suicide Awareness Walk, etc).
• Responsible for developing small group counseling sessions.
• Refer students to professional counseling agencies, student health center, or hospital when necessary.
• Target at-risk students and provide specialized services.
• Provision of consultation and training of students, faculty, administration, staff and other campus personnel regarding psychological development and behavioral health issues.
• Serve as a member of the Mississippi University for Women Behavioral Intervention Team.
• Perform other reasonable duties as assigned by the Director of the Counseling Center.

Minimum Qualifications

Education and Experience:

• Master's degree in Counseling from an accredited program
• Licensed Mental Health Therapist: LMFT, LPC, or LCSW
• Licensed in the state of Mississippi
• Minimum of three years of counseling experience

Other Skills, Abilities and Qualifications:

• Experience in programming and educational workshops and the ability to work effectively with a diverse population within the university community is essential
• Ability to establish and maintain effective, positive, and collaborative relationships with students, faculty, staff, and administrators
• Demonstrated commitment to student service and engagement, with an understanding of and ability to apply a student development perspective
• Also desirable is specialized interest, training and experience working with issues related to depression, anxiety, family functioning, eating disorders, and substance abuse
• Sound judgment and discretion in handling sensitive mental health issues with confidentiality and discretion
• Excellent oral and communication skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
• Possess time-management, planning and organization skills
• Ability and willingness to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends, as needed. Flexible scheduling may be available when possible to accommodate required after-hours work.

Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to stand; walk; reach with hands or arms; and lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. The employee is occasionally required to work in outdoor weather conditions. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. The noise level is moderate.

Job Description Summary


The Counselor reports to the Director of the Counseling Center and is responsible for providing individual and group counseling to students as well as providing crisis intervention and consultation services to students. Additionally, the Counselor will also offer developmental, wellness, and educational programming to students, faculty, and staff.

Hours of Availability

Background Check Statement


Prior to hiring, the final candidate(s) must successfully pass a pre-employment background investigation. A prior conviction reported as a result of the background investigation DOES NOT automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration for this position. However, failure to disclose may disqualify a candidate.

Requisition Detail Information


Requisition Number
FY20782NF


Open Date
09/15/2026


Will this job have a specific close date?
No


Close Date

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