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12569 - Teaching Fellow in Counselling and Psychotherapy

Job details
Posting date: 29 May 2025
Salary: £40,497 to £48,149 per year, pro rata
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 13 June 2025
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Remote working: On-site only
Company: University of Edinburgh
Job type: Contract
Job reference: 12569

Summary

Grade UE07: £40,497.00 - £48,149.00 per annum pro-rata

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)

Fixed-term: Maternity Cover from July 2025 to 28th February 2026





We are looking for a Teaching Fellow to cover Maternity Leave from July 2025 until 28th February 2026, with a specialism in the Person-Centred Approach to deliver teaching and practice learning support for the professional programmes in Counselling and Psychotherapy.



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.