What are the responsibilities and job description for the Open Rank Faculty Position in Counseling – Tenure Track position at Trinity Christian College?
Trinity Christian College invites applications for a full-time tenure-track faculty position in Counseling, beginning August 2025.
Qualifications:
A Ph.D. or Ed.D. from a counselor education program is required. A doctorate from a CACREP accredited program is preferred. Current licensure as an LCPC also preferred. Previous teaching experience is desired.
Trinity seeks faculty candidates who are professing Christians and are committed to excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service. Successful candidates will possess the ability to articulate the relationship between their academic discipline, the vocational preparation of their students, and a vision for human flourishing that emerges from the Christian faith. Successful candidates are also dedicated to personal involvement with students outside of the classroom through faculty-mentored research, advising, and other settings. Trinity particularly welcomes applications from candidates who have professional or personal narratives that reflect diverse perspectives, as well as those who have engaged with issues relevant to preparing students to work and live with intercultural competence and compassion.
Responsibilities:
This is a 9-month tenure-track faculty role. Primary responsibilities include teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in counseling and psychology that serve the department and college needs and align with the area of expertise of the successful candidate.
All faculty participate at Trinity in faculty governance and are expected to pursue a healthy scholarly and research agenda. In their first year, new faculty participate in a year-long formation program that begins with a three-day institute in August.
About the Department:
The counseling program offers a graduate degree in clinical mental health counseling. We are CACREP accredited and abide by the ACA Code of Ethics to prepare students to pass the NCE licensure exam in Illinois. All students are required to complete a practicum and internship while in the program. Opportunities for research, scholarship, and counseling conference attendance are available. More information about the department can be found on the college website http://www.trnty.edu.
Compensation:
Rank and salary will be commensurate with experience. Benefits include health insurance, life insurance, and disability insurance.
Timeline:
The committee will begin reviewing applications on October 21 and will continue until the position is filled.
The desirable start date is August 16, 2025, with new faculty orientation preceding that date. For further information about the position contact:
Dr. John J. Fry, Dean of Faculty
Trinity Christian College
Phone: 708-239-4863
Email: john.fry@trnty.edu
Application:
Only electronic application documents will be accepted.
Applicants should be prepared to upload the following during the application process:
- A cover letter describing your interest and qualifications
- Vita
- A faith statement briefly describing your beliefs, the church you are involved with, and your Christian practices
- A reflection on Trinity Christian College’s Mission Statement
- A reflection on experience working in, and with, diverse populations and environments
- Contact information for at least three references (you do not need to provide letters)
- Transcripts (unofficial transcripts are acceptable at the point of application)
For your review, Trinity Christian College’s Mission and Diversity Statements can be found on our website at: https://www.trnty.edu/about-us/who-we-are/
Trinity Christian College is a liberal arts college located in Palos Heights, Illinois, a suburb twenty miles southwest of Chicago. Since its founding in 1959, Trinity has provided its students with an excellent Christian higher education in the Reformed tradition. We offer majors in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, as well as professional programs in business, nursing, education, social work, computing and data analytics, criminal justice, and exercise science. Trinity also offers adult degree completion programs and master’s programs. Trinity Christian College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
