Job Summary

The Assistant Director for Professional and Career Development serves as a member of a team of three that coordinates career and professional development services for Ph.D. students at Northwestern. The position duties are divided into three components: counseling/advising, programming, and professional development. The position provides career and professional development advising to Ph.D. students as they seek a variety of academic and industry-based opportunities.

Second, the position creates programming including alumni panels tailored to doctoral students that supports their career and professional development. They oversee planning, advertising, and implementation of one-time and ongoing programs, meetings, workshops, trainings, events, panels, and online forums (e.g., Management for Scientists and Engineers with Kellogg, Science Writing and Careers, Research Communication Training Program, and grant writing seminars.). The Assistant Director coordinates the planning, implementation and tracking of mentor training programs for faculty, postdoctoral trainees, and graduate students across the university.

Finally, the position also supports academic initiatives within The Graduate School that are designed to support the professional development of graduate students. This includes various certificate programs, academic and non-academic boot camps, and other campus partner programs. The Assistant Director identifies and collaborates with professional development partners, such as Center for Leadership, Office of Fellowships, Searle, The Writing Center, etc. across Northwestern and maintains the Professional Development Online Tools and other platforms such as Aurora. The position serves as the liaison to graduate academic departments, and graduate student organizations and reports to both Associate Director of Ph.D. Advising, Northwestern Career Advancement and Director of Graduate and Postdoctoral Training and Development, The Graduate School.

Assistant Director of Professional and Career Development (Posting 44609)

For more information along with the posting, applicants are invited to apply through Northwestern’s career portal (https://careers.northwestern.edu/) .

Find the ISCA Summer Newsletter 2022 linked here!

2022 College Changes Everything^® Virtual Conference 

July 11 – July 15, 2022 

  Registration Now Open! 

CCE 2022: Moving Forward Together

Please join us and register now to participate in the annual 2022 College Changes Everything^® (CCE) conference – the state’s premier college access and success and career readiness event. This virtual conference is offered with no registration fee.

Each day of the conference offers a variety of sessions covering topics such as: programs and services for underrepresented students; educational equity; student wellness and emotional support; partnerships, collaborations, and community stakeholder engagement; and much, much more. In addition, here are three plenary sessions taking place during the week to highlight:

• Monday, July 11 – Conference Kick Off and State Agency Panel: Moving Forward Together in Support of Students
• Wednesday, July 13 – What’s Next? Reshaping College Going Student Supports and Services Due to the Pandemic
• Friday, July 15 – Beyond the Pandemic: Learning Renewal and More Initiatives Supporting Our Students

The conference will be hosted on the Whova event platform. While nothing can replace meeting in-person, Whova provides several ways for conference participants to interact and engage with other attendees via its community board of topics, the Network Tables sessions, and other networking features. You can learn more about how to get the most out of Whova by reviewing their Whova Attendee Guide.

Who Should Attend 

One of the key strengths of this conference is that it brings together a diverse audience of stakeholders from across the state to create a space of sharing information, ideas, and best practices that promote access to postsecondary education, ensure degree or credential attainment, and provide career pathways. Attendees typically include, but are not limited to:

• high school leaders, counselors, and case managers
• college access practitioners
• college and university leaders and administrators
• leaders from state agencies, non-profits, foundations, and community-based organizations focused on educational opportunity and attainment and career pathways
• business leaders
• policymakers and elected officials interested in higher education and workforce development

• Illinois Student Assistance Commission
• Illinois Board of Higher Education
• Illinois Community College Board
• Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
• Illinois State Board of Education
• Illinois College Access Network
• Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and Universities
• Advance Illinois
• Education Systems Center at Northern Illinois University
• Generations Serving Generations
• ACT Now
• Women Employed

The College Changes Everything^® Conference is sponsored
by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission.

Helping Illinois reach its Goal 2025: to increase the proportion
of adults in Illinois with high-quality college degrees and
postsecondary credentials to 60% by the year 2025 

FULL-TIME THERAPIST POSITION

We are currently seeking applicants for a full-time psychotherapist position. Hours are flexible, and will require evenings and weekends. You are an ideal candidate for this position if you specialize in one or more of these areas of focus; process addictions, couple therapy, group therapy,  trauma, and racial trauma

Requirements:

A Master’s Degree in professional counseling or social work Applicants must have LSW, LPC or clinical licensure in Illinois and have a minimum of 2 years of practice post graduate degree. LCSW, LCPC, LMFT preferred.

Candidates must be willing to see clients in-person at our Evanston, IL office and via teletherapy.

Experience working with process addictions, namely sex and porn addiction (treatment center, outpatient therapy or community mental health)

Experience working with trauma, and some training in somatic therapies is strongly preferred.

The ideal candidate is an initiator that follows through on what is started and is able to keep up with administrative responsibilities. Some examples are; completing all client notes before submitting to payroll, some awareness of how to navigate being on an insurance panel, understanding of Practice Management Systems and keeping schedule, rate of pay, processing client paperwork, etc.

Commitment to anti-racism and willingness to learn.

Open to working with LGBTQIA+ and willingness to learn.

An interest in receiving training to enhance expertise or to become well versed in the areas of specialty within Insideout Living.

Actively participating and creating a plan for growing your practice.

Organized, team-oriented, professional, timely and responsible.

Willingness and commitment to personal and professional development.

Responsibilities:

Complete the credentialing and insurance paneling requirements.

Contact and schedule patients in a timely manner.

Provide psychotherapy to individuals, couples and/or groups.

Complete documentation and billing forms in a timely manner.

Build and maintain a caseload of at least 20-24 sessions a week.

Attend various networking/marketing/training events to increase professional network and skills.

Benefits:

Great income potential as you grow your practice.

Regular supervision and consultation in the areas that IOL specializes in.

Liability insurance covered by employer.

Marketing and referrals to support growth of your practice.

Regular group consultation.

An environment that is supportive, committed to personal and professional development, a well respected practice with almost two decades of success.

Opportunity to develop your own programs, workshops and groups.

This is a W2 position.

To apply, please send resume or CV, cover letter and one letter of recommendation to admin@insideoutrecovery.com Please discuss your experience working with individuals who are challenged by racial trauma, trauma or sex and porn addiction and your philosophy regarding treating these clients.

Please visit www.insideoutrecovery.com to learn more about who we are, what we do and how we work.

Full-time therapists are required to work a minimum of 30 hours and average 20-24 clients a week (not to exceed 40 hours week). Salary will be based on commission. Due to the variability in caseload per week, clinicians who are seeing fewer clients will complete additional responsibilities when they have lower volume clinical weeks to assist them in meeting the 30-hour minimum requirement.