Head of Counselling Service

3 days ago

London Greater, United Kingdom LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE Full time

LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university


Do you have the right skills and experience for this role Read on to find out, and make your application.

Student Wellbeing Service

Head of Counselling Service

Salary from £52,806 to £60,705 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £67,357 pa inclusive of London allowance.

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is one of the foremost social science universities in the world, with a global reach and an international student intake. Student Wellbeing Service is central to student experience: we aim to ensure that every student feels that they belong to a welcoming, inclusive, supportive, caring, scholarly community.

We are seeking a Head of Counselling Service to lead a talented and experienced team of counsellors to achieve our goals. The Head of Counselling Service will support the Deputy Head of Student Services (Wellbeing) in implementing the overall strategic intent for student wellbeing across the School and within SWS. The postholder will be responsible for the leadership, development, organisation and management of the student and the staff counselling services. The postholder will work with the Deputy Head of Counselling Service and other managers within the team to ensure an integrated range of services to students and staff.

The successful post-holder will be a highly experienced clinician, with in-depth knowledge of a broad range of counselling models, excellent organisational and problem-solving skills, personal resilience in managing conflicting demands and implementing change, and strong leadership skills to be able to manage and develop a team and support staff working under pressure. They will hold an honours degree and relevant post-clinical qualifications and will have the ability to build, innovate and ensure a quality service provision.

We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave and excellent training and development opportunities.

As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applications from Women and Black, Asian, Minority, Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds as they are currently underrepresented at this level in this area. All appointments will be made on merit or skill and experience related to the role.

For further information about the post, please see the ‘how to apply’ document, job description and the person specification.

We will be running an informational webinar on Wednesday, 13 November 2024 from 17:15-18:00 GMT. Join for an opportunity to learn more about the role of working at LSE, and how we conduct our recruitment process. We will end with a Q&A session. Register for it here. We recommend attending the webinar prior to submitting your application.

To apply, please visit our website via the button below.

If you have any technical queries with applying on the online system, please use the “contact us” links at the bottom of the LSE Jobs page. Should you have any queries about the role, please contact Venitia Stoby, Deputy Head of Student Services (Wellbeing) at v.m.stoby@lse.ac.uk

The closing date for receipt of applications is 24 November 2024 (23.59 UK time).

Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications. Interviews are scheduled for 10 December 2024.

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