Senior Lecturer in Counselling

UWE Bristol School of Social Sciences has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Lecturer in Counselling, who will also assume the role of Programme Leader for the Certificate in Counselling programme. 

You’ll be a Counsellor or Psychotherapist with leadership and recent practice experience, professional membership accreditation/registration with an appropriate professional statutory or regulatory body, and a commitment to innovative and high-quality teaching,

The post is based with the Counselling and Psychotherapy team within the interdisciplinary School of Social Sciences within a suite of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes accredited by the BACP, British Psychological Society (BPS) and HCPC. Our staff are professional practitioners and researchers at the forefront of their specialist areas. Our students benefit from their cutting-edge insight, practical experience and innovative approaches to teaching. We collaborate closely with employers and stakeholders to ensure that our curricula remain current, topical, and relevant to societal needs.

You will join an enthusiastic and committed team who contribute to the delivery of the Certificate in Counselling and the MA in Counselling and Psychotherapy programmes.  You’ve got leadership, academic and practice experience, who will lead the Certificate in Counselling programme and contribute to teaching and learning across the Counselling provision.

The Certificate in Counselling programme is delivered two evenings per week throughout the academic year. Though likely you may only need to teach on one evening per week, but some flexibility is required, which may also include attending university business e.g. exam boards, team meetings etc. typically held during usual business hours.  

You are welcome to discuss the teaching requirements on our Certificate in Counselling programme with Dr Zoe Thomas, Associate Director – Psychology on zoe2.thomas@uwe.ac.uk or 0117 3283794.

Why UWE Bristol?

This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits including progressive pay rates, generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development.

We also provide a tailored professional programme to support our academic colleagues in delivering the highest in professional teaching standards.

We particularly encourage applications from global majority candidates as we are currently under-represented in this area of the organisation, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.

As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.

Further information

If you would like to speak to us to find out more about this role please contact:

Dr Zoe Thomas, Associate Director – Psychology. Email: zoe2.thomas@uwe.ac.uk or telephone: 0117 3283794.

This is a permanent post and part-time working on a 0.7 FTE contract.

We are planning to hold online interviews on 29^th July 2025.

This role is campus based.

The University has a legal responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. You will therefore be required to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK, please refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist for information on which documents are acceptable.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role under the Home Office Skilled Worker visa route.

UWE Bristol does not cover any visa or health surcharge costs.

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