Teaching Fellow with Person Centred Specialism in Counselling and Psychotherapy

Edinburgh Innovations; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 49,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading university is seeking a part-time Teaching Fellow specializing in the Person-Centred Approach to contribute to their Counselling and Psychotherapy programs. The role involves delivering core teaching, supervising students, and creating course materials. The ideal candidate will have a postgraduate qualification and relevant professional accreditation, with a strong ability to engage effectively in an academic setting.

Benefits

Competitive salary based on qualifications

Comprehensive staff benefits and discounts

Family-friendly initiatives and flexible work options

Qualifications

• Professional accreditation with a relevant counselling body.
• Experience in professional education in Counselling and Psychotherapy.
• Ability to design and deliver course materials.

Responsibilities

• Deliver teaching and practice learning support in Counselling and Psychotherapy.
• Supervise dissertations and support practice placements.
• Develop and assess student performance.

Skills

Teaching

Coaching

Public Speaking

Education

Postgraduate qualification in Counselling and Psychotherapy (Masters or Doctorate)

Job description

Description

Grade UE07: 40497.00 - 48149.00 per annum pro-rata as part-time

College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences / School of Health in Social Science / Counselling Psychotherapy and Applied Social Sciences

Part-time: 21 hours per week (0.6 FTE)

Open-ended (permanent)

We are looking for a Teaching Fellow with a specialism in the Person-Centred Approach to deliver teaching and practice learning support for the professional programmes in Counselling and Psychotherapy. This post will commence in August 2025.

The Opportunity:

You will contribute to core teaching on the postgraduate Counselling and Psychotherapy Programmes supervise dissertations and support practice placements. All teaching is fully on campus.

Your skills and attributes for success:

You will be a qualified practitioner in Person-Centred Counselling and Psychotherapy holding professional accreditation with a relevant Counselling and Psychotherapy professional body (COSCA BACP UKCP or equivalent) or eligibility to apply for accreditation.

You will have a postgraduate qualification in Counselling and Psychotherapy at Masters or Doctorate level and have experience in professional education in the field of Counselling and Psychotherapy.

You will have the ability to design and deliver course materials and assess student performance in both academic assignments and counselling practice development.

You will have experience of supporting students in practice skills development.

You will be able to take responsibility for organising your own activities and for the management of allocated resources.

You will have the ability to work effectively both independently and as a member of a team.

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Please submit a cover letter and an up-to-date CV with your application.

As a valued member of our team you can expect:

A competitive salary of 40497.00 - 48149.00 per annum pro-rata.

An exciting positive creative challenging and rewarding place to work.

To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.

To develop professional programme teaching skills in a well- supported team recognising your contribution and rewarding success.

Comprehensive Staff Benefits such as a generous holiday entitlement a defined benefits pension scheme staff discounts family-friendly initiatives and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page(opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.

Championing equality diversity and inclusion

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions actively promoting LGBT equality.

Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages(opens new browser tab).

The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is Wednesday 11 th June 2025.

Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.

Interviews are likely to be held in week commencing 30 th June 2025. Please contact Mandy Laing or Head of Subject Area Counselling Psychotherapy and Applied Social Sciences if you have any queries about the role ( ).

Key Skills
Teacher Coaching,Public Health,Google Docs,Classroom Experience,Systems Engineering,Research Experience,Teaching,Grant Writing,Leadership Experience,Mentoring,Public Speaking,Writing Skills
Employment Type : Part-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
Yearly Salary Salary: 40497 - 48149