Senior Lecturer - Counselling Psychology

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City St George’s, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George’s, University of London into one institution. The combined university is now one of the largest higher education destinations for London students, combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, policy, law, creativity, communications, science and technology. Our students are at the heart of everything that we do, and we are committed to supporting them to pursue their career and personal ambitions.

Our research is engaged, at the frontier of practice and has a positive impact on the world around us.

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding Senior Lecturer and Programme Director in Counselling Psychology to join our Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology team. The post-holder is expected to have a record of excellence in teaching and clinical practice. For these roles, we are seeking applications from candidates with experience of qualitative, quantitative or mixed research methods in Counselling Psychology, as well as a record of clinical practice, supervision and teaching in systemic and/or psychodynamic approaches.

Senior Lecturers on this doctoral programme are expected to be well-versed in, and able to contribute to both research and clinical aspects of Counselling Psychology, in delivering relevant modules as well as evaluating respective assessments, and typically assume the roles of personal tutor and research supervisor. We believe that our diligent attention to our students and to our curriculum has resulted in a vibrant, dynamic teaching and learning environment which has been mutually rewarding for staff and students.

The successful candidate will be a Practitioner Psychologist who is able and motivated to contribute to the clinical expertise, teaching, research and administration of the Department, and to the delivery of a high-quality teaching programme on the Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology. The successful candidate will have the knowledge, skills and experience to be appointed as the Programme Director of the Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology.

Closing date for applications: Sunday 12th April 2026 at 11:59pm

Interviews are scheduled to take place on: TBC

The selection process will involve an interview and a presentation. Further details will be confirmed at the interview stage.

City St George’s offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

City St George’s, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.

We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background. City St George’s operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.

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