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Competition ID:

4274

Internal Closing Date:

External Closing Date:

September 10, 2025

# of Openings:

1

• Salary Information:

Faculty Pay Scale

Employment Type:

Permanent Part Time

Workplace Type:

Hybrid

Travel Frequency:

Occasional travel between campuses is required.

Employee Group:

Faculty (Kwantlen Faculty Association)

Days of Work (BCGEU):

Hours of Work (BCGEU):

Hours per Week (BCGEU):

COUNSELLOR
POSITION TYPE: Regular (80%)
POSITION START: October 1, 2025

FACULTY OVERVIEW:
Counselling Services at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) is seeking applications for a permanent part-time (8.0 FTE) counsellor working Monday-Friday (28 hrs/week) commencing October 2025. This position will be situated at the KPU Surrey campus.

Department environment:

• Collegial team of counselling practitioners.
• Case consultation provided within the team.
• Opportunities to engage with the larger KPU community through outreach/interaction/collaboration.

We strongly encourage applications from professionals who:

• Identify as IBPOC (Indigenous, Black, People of Colour) and have knowledge and understanding of cross-cultural clinical practices.
• We especially encourage/welcome applications from professionals with lived experience of South Asian or East Asian cultural identity, local community knowledge and traditions.

POSITION OVERVIEW:
The successful candidate will have skills, experience, and knowledge in:

• Individual and group counselling;
• Assessment and triage;
• Treating a range of mental health/psychosocial/emotional concerns;
• Trauma-informed practice;
• Issues related to development across the lifespan;
• Counselling young adults and people in transition;
• Cross-cultural clinical practice;
• Crisis intervention and management and suicide assessment;
• Community resources and ability to make appropriate referrals;
• Ethical issues as they relate to personal counselling in a university setting.

Travel between campuses is required.

More information concerning the working conditions for a faculty member is outlined in Article 12 of the Kwantlen Faculty Association (KFA) Collective Agreement.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology (MA/MEd) or Social Work (MSW) from an accredited university;
• Registration with the relevant professional body as required (BCCSW, BCPA) or certification with either the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (RCC) or the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCC); and
• Five years of relevant counselling work/clinical practice and/or equivalent experience (such as a combination of clinical practice with adults, social work, addictions counselling, child and youth care).
• Experience in successfully navigating and engaging with institutional systems, services, and support within a post-secondary institution is preferred.
• Fluency in a locally spoken language in addition to English is an asset.

For more information about Counselling Services at KPU, see kpu.ca/counselling

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
Candidates are asked to submit:

• A cover letter.
• A curriculum vitae describing relevant professional experience.

This competition is for a maximum FTE of 80% (Regular)**. When possible, priority will be given to the candidate(s) who can maximize the FTE either individually, or collectively, as such please indicate on your application your preferred workload percentage. This competition could also be used to add candidates to our Qualified Faculty List, therefore also please indicate on your application if you are interested in being added to this list.

• SALARY INFORMATION:

Placement on the salary scale will be dependent on level of education and relevant teaching experience. Advancement up the pay scale is based on FTE and employment status.

Total Rewards

As a part of our total rewards offerings, KPU also offers extended health and dental benefits, healthcare spending account, generous vacation package, defined pension plan, parenthood top-up, sick leave, long-term disability, life insurance, professional development days, tuition waiver, inhouse training & development, inter-campus transportation, and more!

Note: Eligibility requirements apply, benefits may vary depending on the employee group the position belongs to and whether the position offered is temporary or part-time.

Visit https://www.kpu.ca/hr for more information on KPU’s workplace, culture and total rewards.

Note to Applicants

Kwantlen Polytechnic University welcomes and encourages applications from equity deserving groups and diverse experiences including, but not limited to, Indigenous people, racialized people, people with disabilities, and members of the 2S/LGBTQIA+ community.

If there are any barriers that you are experiencing or an accommodation that we can provide to support you through the application process, please reach out to us at talentacquisition@kpu.ca.

Kwantlen Polytechnic University is committed to protecting the safety and welfare of employees, students, and the general public, and upholding the reputation and integrity of the University. For this reason, final applicants will be asked to undergo a background check.

We thank all applicants for their interest in employment with KPU. Only candidates who are legally eligible to work in Canada will be considered; only those selected for an interview will be contacted.