Staff
- Non Union### ## Job CategoryM&P;
- AAPS## Job ProfileAAPS Salaried
- Counsellors/Psychologists, Level E### ## Job TitleDirector, Counselling### ## DepartmentStudent Health and Wellbeing | VP Students### ## Compensation Range$11,705.58
- $18,265.42 CAD MonthlyThe Compensation Range is the span between the minimum and maximum base salary for a position. The midpoint of the range is approximately halfway between the minimum and the maximum and represents an employee that possesses full job knowledge, qualifications and experience for the position. In the normal course, employees will be hired, transferred or promoted between the minimum and midpoint of the salary range for a job.### ## Posting End DateMarch 29, 2026Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.Job End DateOngoingAt UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.Job SummaryUBC Student Health and Wellbeing (SHW)
offers students a wide range of professional mental health and counselling services to support students meeting their educational and wellness goals. The Director is responsible for strategic and operational leadership including the planning, development, implementation, evaluation, improvement, management and administration of counselling and mental health services at the Vancouver Campus, to ensure alignment with institutional goals, strategic plans, and the mission, vision, and values of the portfolio and UBC.



The Director oversees clinical counselling leadership and counselling staff within SHW (including all master’s and PhD trainees, registered counsellors, embedded counsellors, social workers, and psychologists), and collaborates with other leaders in SHW on strategic planning and implementation of SHW integrated services.
The Director enacts a commitment to anti-racism, equity, diversity, inclusion and decolonized practice through continued service level development, innovations and improvement. The Director will ensure current knowledge of trends, research, and best/wise and innovative practices for counselling services and programming. The Director will pursue research opportunities with the practitioners and academic community to further practice for service and program deliverability.Organizational Status
Reporting to the Associate Vice President, Student Health and Wellbeing, the Director is responsible for all
services provided by counselling staff within SHW, and for working collaboratively with SHW leaders on specific unit wide projects or programs.
The Director works closely with students, faculty, and staff to provide advice and direction in the areas of counselling services, mental health programs and campus wide mental health literacy and education. The Director builds relationships and partnerships across SHW, with UBC Faculties and Programs, regional and provincial health authorities,



and external organizations. The Director develops and maintains effective contacts with other college and university counselling centers, community groups and professional organizations.
Work Performed* Has full clinical authority and overall leadership to develop the counselling and mental health vision, goals, priorities, objectives, policies, and procedures as well as integrated SHW plans.
* Directly supervises Associate Directors and others;

builds and sustains a collaborative, respectful and effective leadership team. Integrates the units of the department and develops strong working relationships between staff for effective delivery of student mental health services.
* Provides evidence-based leadership in the cutting-edge design and delivery of services and programs, addressing the changing needs and diversity of the campus, and integrated SHW services. Evaluates trends and recommends, advocates, develops and initiates responsive and proactive changes within the department, and evaluates and improves programs and services.
* Ensures that services are provided in ways that are sensitive and responsive to the broad range of diversity within the student population including, but not limited to, gender, race, culture, ability, and sexual orientation.
* Introduces new policies and procedures supporting the psychological wellbeing of students, the mandate of the units, and the mission of the University, via participation on, and chairing committees as requested, addressing unit or institutional policy issues;

contributing experience, written reports, proposals or briefings, and participating in deliberations and decisions regarding forward

📌 Director, Counselling (Toronto)
🏢 UBC
📍 Toronto