Assistant Director, Student Counseling Center

The Division of Student Life at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville invites applications a newly developed Assistant Director role with the Student Counseling Center. Join the leadership team of a multi-disciplinary clinical team providing high quality, short-term therapy services at a thriving flagship University. 

The Assistant Director is an exempt, year-round, full-time; non-tenure track staff leadership role within the Student Counseling Center, the university’s primary facility for personal counseling, psychotherapy, and mental health outreach and consultation services. The mission is to promote the psychological, educational, and social well-being of the students at the University of Tennessee and to help prepare them to be productive members of a global society. 

Start date to be during the summer term of 2025. 

• The Assistant Director, as a member of the leadership team, closely collaborates with the Associate/Clinical Director and Assistant/Training Director under the supervision of the Director to ensure high-quality provision of mental health services to the students of the University of Tennessee. 
• Manages a team of 6-8 clinical providers.
• Provides oversight to a major service area of the SCC, dependent upon the identified candidate’s qualifications and experience, such as assessment and effectiveness of services, outreach and suicide prevention, psychological assessment, or another major domain. 
• Provides direct clinical services to students and clinical supervision to graduate students, interns, post-docs, or professional staff, as qualified. 
• Supports outreach and consultation efforts of the department. 
• Contributes to the leadership team in developing the vision, implementation, coordination and promotion of the SCC’s services.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Master’s or Doctoral Degree in a relevant mental health discipline such a Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Counselor Education and Supervision, Marriage and Family Therapy, Social Work, or Clinical or Counseling Psychology
• Experience: Licensed as a Health Service Provider in the State of Tennessee with a supervisor designation as a Psychologist, Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Clinical Social Worker, or Marriage and Family Therapist or ability to obtain license and meet all full qualifications before start date. 

• Knowledge, Skills, Abilities: Administrative and organization skills; Knowledge of clinical management, documentation and processes; Ability to provide individual and group psychotherapy; Knowledge and ability to design and implement outreach and preventative programming to diverse audiences; Public speaking skills; Ability to provide intake assessment, risk assessment, and crisis intervention; Ability to provide supervision and training of clinical staff; Ability to provide presentations and workshops; Ability to serve/contribute to university committees and activities; Knowledge of development issues of college students and of collegiate mental health issues; Knowledge of and sensitivity to multicultural concerns. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience: Experience providing services to a college population, 2-3 years clinical administrative experience

Work Location 

• Knoxville, TN - in-person, on-site 

Compensation and Benefits 

• UT market range: MR14
• Find more information on the UT Market Range structure here
• Find more information on UT Benefits here

Application Instructions 

• Please submit an application, vita/resume (with month and dates of employment/experience), cover letter, and any additional materials via the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Human Resources, application website.  https://hr.utk.edu/staff-positions/

About The College/Department/Division The Division of Student Life is comprised of an outstanding group of professionals who create student-centered opportunities that contribute to a transformative Volunteer Experience. These opportunities allow students to grow their skills and knowledge outside of the classroom. From health and wellness to service and engagement, we provide opportunities where students exemplify the Volunteer Spirit, inspiring others to learn, lead, and serve.

Our departments provide essential services that support student success and future growth, fostering engagement, leadership, and wellness while enhancing belonging. Together, they create transformative experiences that help students achieve both academic and personal goals.

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About Us

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has shaped leaders, changemakers, and innovative thinkers since its founding in 1794. The university is home to more than 38,000 students and 10,000 statewide employees—the Volunteers—who uphold the university’s tradition of lighting the way for others through leadership and service. 

UT Knoxville offers over 900 programs of study across 14 degree-granting colleges and schools. As Tennessee’s flagship land-grant university, its footprint spans the entire state. The university holds the highest Carnegie classification for research activity and has deep partnerships with industry leaders and the US Department of Energy’s largest multidisciplinary laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. 

The Knoxville campus serves and recruits for UT Knoxville, including the Institute of Agriculture and the Space Institute, as well as the UT Institute of Public Service.  

UT Knoxville considers its employees its number one asset. With values that focus on work-life balance, compensation, and innovation leadership, all Vols are supported to advance professionally. Employees have access to career development and coaching, continued education, and an extensive list of development and training possibilities. The Volunteer employee experience implements structures and practices that attract and retain a diverse community and that support a culture where everyone matters and belongs.  

The university holds a strong commitment to its land-grant mission of learning and engagement, with a tradition of service and leadership that carries that Volunteer spirit throughout the state and around the world. It has been ranked nationally as “Best Employer for New Graduates,” “One of America’s Best Large Employers,” and “Best Workplace for Women,” and has been designated as “Best Place for Working Parents” by Forbes Magazine.  

Apply today and join the Tennessee Volunteer community!

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• Job Identification
• 2537
• Job Category
• Medical
• Posting Date
• 04/07/2025, 11:45 AM
• Job Schedule
• Full time
• Locations
•  1800 Volunteer Blvd, Knoxville, TN, 37996, US

EEO/AA STATEMENT / NON-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT

The University of Tennessee is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA institution in the provision of its education and employment programs and services. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of, race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, or covered veteran status.

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