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MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY?DEPARTMENT HEAD CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY: The Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology announces its search for a Head of the Clinical Psychology Department. Following a decade of exceptional service during which the doctoral program in clinical psychology has grown in size and increased in stature, the current department administrator will retire in June 2013. In order to facilitate an orderly transition, the School hopes to have a new department head and program director named well prior to the departure of the current administrator; a designed successor could begin employment at MSPP as early as January 2013. MSPP is a vibrant, growing institution enrolling almost 600 full-time students in a variety of graduate programs. It strives to be one of America?s preeminent schools of psychology by providing programs that integrate rigorous academic instruction with extensive field education and close attention to professional development. MSPP has assumed an ongoing social responsibility to create programs that educate individuals for psychology-based professional careers including but not limited to specialists in many disciplines to meet the evolving mental health needs of society. MSPP is an academic community that fully involves all employed personnel in institution-wide decision-making and development?the voices of faculty as well as those of professional and non-professional staff are encouraged and heard. Personnel are valued and appreciated both for their contributions to the School and for their own individuality. Established in 1974 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit private institution of higher education, MSPP is currently housed in its third location. The enrollment growth of the School has led to repeated needs for expanded physical facilities, and the School is again anticipating the need for campus expansion?a lease/purchase agreement for a new building was recently finalized and the School expects to open the 2012?2013 academic year at a new location in a completely remodeled and uniquely designed facility. MSPP is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. MSPP?s doctoral program in clinical psychology currently enrolls 325 students; the program prepares practicing clinicians through coordinated ongoing academic and applied experience. Throughout the four-year program coursework is coordinated with field placement experiences in practica and internships; it provides a strong academic and experiential base for understanding and treating human problems. The curriculum is designed to offer broad and rigorous training in clinical knowledge and skills; the integration of applied experience and knowledge is at the core of the MSPP education model. The program actively engages the development of the ?professional self? through integration at all levels, in the classroom, at practica and internships, and through self-observation and awareness. These are the essential elements that the faculty believe are necessary to cultivate and nurture thoughtful, sensitive, culturally competent and effective professional psychologists. The doctoral program in clinical psychology is accredited by the American Psychological Association. Instruction is provided by a faculty of 25-core faculty, whose work is supported by an array of well-qualified adjuncts. The Head of the Clinical Psychology Department is assisted by an Associate Department Head who is responsible for a) ensuring program quality through the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of a systematic and comprehensive student outcomes assessment process; b) leading the faculty to consideration of alternative pedagogies and curricular approaches, including but not limited to consideration of systemic improvements in determination of internship readiness and doctoral project quality, and the consideration of expansion of technology in teaching (including consideration of limited online teaching); and c) assuring compliance with APA-accreditation requirements, maintaining attention to accreditation-related demands, and preparing all APA-accreditation related documents and communication. In addition to supervising the work of the Associate Department Head and making certain that those critically important functions are being satisfactorily addressed, and in addition to any other professional assignments that may be consigned by the Provost, the Head of the Clinical Psychology Department will be responsible for the following: 1) recommending the employment of personnel; solicit?ing/maintaining an up-to-date pool of potential adjunct faculty; facilitating the transition of new faculty into the department; evaluating the departmental faculty and staff; and ensuring the systematic professional development and performance improvement of departmental personnel; 2) proposing, monitoring, and when necessary making adjustment recommendations regarding the department?s budget; 3) ensuring an environment that?while student centered, demands the maintenance of the highest rigorous academic and professional standards; 4) promulgating an organizational culture that maintains an appropriate balance between professional/clinical expertise and scholarly productivity among the program faculty, including leadership of the faculty group to a state of increased scholarly output; 5) contributing to the overall growth and improvement of the school by maintaining an institution-wide perspective, by serving on the Academic Leadership Group and a variety of other task forces and committees, by representing the School to the general public, and by helping to envision and facilitate positive organizational change. Although it will be limited by the administrative demands of this position, some teaching will be required. Qualifications: The successful candidate will: 1) present professional and scholarly credentials suitable for a senior academic administrative leadership position in a professional graduate school, including an established record of respected scholarship/research yielding an appropriate array of publications in respected venues; 2) hold an earned doctorate and credentials as a licensed clinical psychologist; 3) validate prior successful professional experience in both clinical and academic-instructional settings; 4) be knowledgeable and appreciative of a) the scholar-practitioner model of psychologist preparation, and b) professional education that is intrinsically linked with early, extended, and systematic field education; and 4) demonstrate possession of personal integrity, energy, enthusiasm for program building, willingness to undertake demanding and difficult jobs, excellent written and oral communication skills, good judgment and problem solving capabilities, team building and team work skills, organizational skills, a sense of humor, and an uncompromised commitment to the highest qualitative standards in graduate professional education. Application procedure: Review of applications will begin August 1, 2012. Interested candidates should submit 1) a detailed letter of application responding to the stated qualifications and describing how the candidate?s experiences are related to any/all of the stated job responsibilities, 2) a curriculum vitae, and 3) a list of at least four professional references with complete contact information. (References will not be contacted without the candidate?s prior permission.) Materials should be submitted electronically to: Ms. Ellen Collins, Human Resources Manager, at ellen_collins@mspp.edu. Important notice to all candidates: MSPP is cognizant of and has a commitment to fulfill its legal mandate as an equal employment opportunity institution. Further, the School values the educational benefits which devolve to students when the faculty/staff is broadly representative of our diverse American society. Therefore, MSPP especially welcomes applications from candidates whose background may contribute to the further diversification of our community, including but not limited to characteristics of age, citizenship, color, creed, disability, ethnicity gender or gender identification, marital status, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, or sexual orientation. Candidates who possess personal characteristics that might be considered as diversifying elements are invited to identify themselves during the application process. Website: www.mspp.edu.

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