What are the responsibilities and job description for the Residential Core Counseling Faculty - Counselor Education and Family Studies position at Liberty University?
Faculty are essential to Liberty University’s mission of Training Champions for Christ. It is expected that a faculty member model a personal commitment to the goals and values of Liberty University, engage in an active commitment to, and experience of, personal spiritual formation within a biblically informed Christian worldview. Faculty should view their teaching, engagement with students, and scholarship as a means to a significant educational end. They should strive to employ a variety of techniques for the development of good learning conditions, view each student as a unique individual, and insofar as it is possible, provide for individual differences, abilities, and interests.
Essential Functions And Responsibilities
Faculty Member shall maintain and/or perform assigned duties during all workdays covered by the specific period of this Agreement, exclusive only of those days designated in the LU Faculty Handbook as paid University holidays. All full-time contract faculty are expected to teach not more than 30 load hours per contract year (10-month faculty), 33 load hours per contract year (11-month faculty), or 36 load hours per contract year (12-month faculty) with the exception of full and associate professors who hold the terminal degree (24 load hours annually for 10-month; 27 load hours annually for 11-month; 30 load hours annually for 12-month). Contract faculty performing reasonable and related administrative or other non-teaching assignments will be expected to do so without released time or additional remuneration, except where the Provost by written amendment to this Agreement has authorized released time or additional remuneration based upon the nature of the administrative or non-teaching assignment.
The Liberty University residential Department of Counselor Education and Family Studies invites applications for a full time faculty position in Lynchburg, VA For the Fall 2025-2026 academic year. The counselor education program includes CACREP-Accredited Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Marriage and Family Counseling programs.
Minimum Qualifications
Qualifications, Credentials, and Competencies
2025-07-01
Time Type
Full time
Location
Lynchburg - In Office
The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe it is our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility of ensuring that all management practices regarding employees are conducted in a nondiscriminatory manner. In compliance with Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other applicable federal and state statutes, all recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including state of employment protected classes. It is, therefore, our policy and intention to evaluate all employees and prospective employees strictly according to the requirements of the job. All personnel related activities such as compensation, benefits, transfers, job classification, assignments, working conditions, educational assistance, terminations, layoffs, and return from layoffs, and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including all applicable state of employment protected classes. The University is a Christian religious-affiliated organization; and as such, is not subject to religious discrimination requirements. The University’s hiring practices and EEO discrimination practices are in full compliance with both federal and state law. Federal law creates an exception to the “religion” component of the employment discrimination laws for religious organizations (including educational institutions), and permits them to give employment practice preference to members of their own religious beliefs.
Essential Functions And Responsibilities
Faculty Member shall maintain and/or perform assigned duties during all workdays covered by the specific period of this Agreement, exclusive only of those days designated in the LU Faculty Handbook as paid University holidays. All full-time contract faculty are expected to teach not more than 30 load hours per contract year (10-month faculty), 33 load hours per contract year (11-month faculty), or 36 load hours per contract year (12-month faculty) with the exception of full and associate professors who hold the terminal degree (24 load hours annually for 10-month; 27 load hours annually for 11-month; 30 load hours annually for 12-month). Contract faculty performing reasonable and related administrative or other non-teaching assignments will be expected to do so without released time or additional remuneration, except where the Provost by written amendment to this Agreement has authorized released time or additional remuneration based upon the nature of the administrative or non-teaching assignment.
The Liberty University residential Department of Counselor Education and Family Studies invites applications for a full time faculty position in Lynchburg, VA For the Fall 2025-2026 academic year. The counselor education program includes CACREP-Accredited Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Marriage and Family Counseling programs.
Minimum Qualifications
Qualifications, Credentials, and Competencies
- Terminal Degree in Counselor Education and Supervision or related degree if qualified for CACREP Core faculty status.
- Degree must be from an institution accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
- Proficient interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Creative and innovative problem-solving skills when working with students, faculty, and staff.
- Proven organizational skills and ability to complete assignments timely and accurately with minimal supervision.
- Proficiency in MS Office and virtual platforms.
- Able to obtain and maintain licenses if applicable as required by state or accrediting commissions.
- Demonstrate strengths in teaching at the graduate level.
- A strong professional identity demonstrated through advanced credentialing, certifications, presentations, publications, and service to the profession.
- Membership and participation in professional counseling organizations.
- Knowledge of faith integration and biblical concepts.
- PhD Counselor Education and Supervision from a CACREP accredited program.
- Licensure in counseling (LPC, NCC, MFT or School Counseling).
- ACA and AACC Membership.
- Candidates should have extensive experience teaching in higher education with preference given to those who have taught in the online environment.
- Experience working with the Canvas learning management system.
- Willingness to collaborate and engage in team-oriented projects.
2025-07-01
Time Type
Full time
Location
Lynchburg - In Office
The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe it is our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility of ensuring that all management practices regarding employees are conducted in a nondiscriminatory manner. In compliance with Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other applicable federal and state statutes, all recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including state of employment protected classes. It is, therefore, our policy and intention to evaluate all employees and prospective employees strictly according to the requirements of the job. All personnel related activities such as compensation, benefits, transfers, job classification, assignments, working conditions, educational assistance, terminations, layoffs, and return from layoffs, and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including all applicable state of employment protected classes. The University is a Christian religious-affiliated organization; and as such, is not subject to religious discrimination requirements. The University’s hiring practices and EEO discrimination practices are in full compliance with both federal and state law. Federal law creates an exception to the “religion” component of the employment discrimination laws for religious organizations (including educational institutions), and permits them to give employment practice preference to members of their own religious beliefs.
