NSUFA272 Licensed Counselor - Counseling Services Dept
Listed compensation
$70k-$75k
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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Job Description
Title: NSUFA272 Licensed Counselor - Counseling Services Dept
State Role Title
Hiring Range: $70,000 - $75,000
Pay Band: 4
Agency: Norfolk State University
Location: Norfolk State University
Agency Website: nsu.edu
Recruitment Type: General Public - G
Job Duties
TO APPLY AND BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE, YOU MUST APPLY USING WORKDAY:
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To provide mental health support services to students that attend the Counseling Center. The position provides programming/outreach and training to the campus community.
KSA’s and or Competencies required to successfully perform the work: Provides individual and group counseling to Students, crisis intervention, conduct intakes and assessments. Provides clinical supervision to interns, including review and signing of case notes, and meeting with interns weekly to provide feedback on performance and development, when the Counseling Center has interns for the academic year. Provides 24 hour on-call crisis intervention services.
Engage in clinical case staff meetings to include clinical feedback. Conduct outreach programing campus wide including Housing and Residence Life, various departments, classrooms, and student organizations on various topics pertaining to mental health, assisting emotionally distressed students, and resources.
Provides referrals and coordinate treatment and care with community mental health providers and stakeholders.
Minimum Qualifications
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: Work requires knowledge equivalent to a Master’s degree from an accredited institution of higher education, with a concentration in mental health, counseling, psychology, social work, or a related field.
Demonstrated experience providing individual and/or group counseling services, intake assessments, and conducting outreach programming. Must be a licensed mental health professional in the state of Virginia. (LPC, LCSW, or Psychologist)
Additional Considerations
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Work actions and/or decisions: What work actions and/or decisions will this position make without prior approval? To what extent does this position receive advice and guidance from supervisor?
State examples of the type of supervisory advice and guidance that position will receive as well as actions or decisions position will make without prior approval. in this role, the employee will only make clinical decisions pertaining to students, without prior approval of the supervisor.
Special Instructions
You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.
Contact Information
Name: Jamillah Currence
Phone: 757.823.8764
Email: jlcurrence@nsu.edu
In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process.
To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI).
Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.
Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.
Key Responsibilities
The licensed counselor provides mental health support, crisis intervention, and individual or group counseling to students at Norfolk State University. Additionally, the role involves conducting campus-wide outreach programming and providing clinical supervision to interns.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Master's degree in a mental health-related field and possess a valid professional license in the state of Virginia (LPC, LCSW, or Psychologist). Demonstrated experience in counseling, intake assessments, and outreach programming is required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Counselor Career Context
Virginia Information Technologies Agency ranks #17 of 22 employers hiring Counselor on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.
In Virginia, the Mental Health Counseling weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$87k (15 salary observations; 40 listings), vs ~$78k nationally (472 salary observations; 1,997 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$73k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $72k in an average-cost state. 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Of the 50 active Mental Health Counseling listings this role was benchmarked against, 50% are remote, 48% have no call, 56% require no weekends.
Mental Health Counseling pay on WeekdayDoc is up 15.9% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates NSUFA272 Licensed Counselor - Counseling Services Dept at Virginia Information Technologies Agency a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Mental Health Counseling — ranked against 729 active Mental Health Counseling listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.
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