Assistant Director of Clinical Training, Clinical Psychology

Overview

The Opportunity

The Illinois School of Professional Psychology (ISPP) at National Louis University (NLU) located in Chicago, IL seeks exceptional practitioner-scholar applicants for Full-Time Assistant Director of Clinical Training, Clinical Psychology, a core administrative faculty position within our APA-Accredited Clinical Psychology doctoral program. 

Successful candidates will join a cohesive faculty of outstanding practitioner-scholars who share a commitment and passion to training future health-service psychologists and providing psychological services in a diverse community. This is a 50% administrative/50% teaching, twelve-month, full-time position with assigned professional responsibilities for administration, teaching, scholarship, and service.

Ideal applicants will be licensed clinical psychologists with some experience providing supervision or clinical training administration to graduate level psychology students within an academic or clinical training setting. Ideal applicants will also have the ability to teach doctorate-level courses in one or more of the following primary areas:

• Diversity and Multicultural Theory and Practice
• Psychological Assessment
• Psychometrics
• Family Theory and Therapy
• Dissertation Proposal
• Statistics
• Adult Development and Aging or Geropsychology

Essential Responsibilities

In addition to teaching within their area of expertise, the Assistant Director of Clinical Training will:

• Assist the Director of Clinical Training and the Associate Director of Clinical Training with practicum site and supervisor screening, selection, and development
• Provide ongoing quality assurance for practicum sites
• Prepare students for practicum applications and placement, including reviewing CVs and cover letters and helping students identify appropriate practicum sites
• Manage training-related data
• Participate in regular Association of Chicagoland Externship and Practicum Training (ACEPT) meetings
• Oversee the Clinical Capstone sequence
• Teach 12 credits per year; develop syllabi and teaching materials related to courses taught
• Supervise doctoral dissertations and serve on dissertation committees
• Participate in program assessment, student learning assessment, curriculum review, academic admissions processes, and other program activities
• Participate in scholarly pursuits 

Qualifications

NLU is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive community and strongly encourages all qualified individuals to apply.

Candidate review will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

• PhD/PsyD from an APA-Accredited program
• License-eligibility in Illinois; psychology licensure within the first year of employment is required
• Passion for teaching and experience in graduate clinical education and training
• Strong ability to mentor graduate students, particularly non-traditional students
• Adherence to the highest level of professional conduct and ethical standards
• Graduate and post-graduate experience working with diverse client populations
• Demonstrated participation in scholarly and/or professional activities
• Demonstrated commitment to lifelong learning
• Professional experience in APA-Accredited practitioner-scholar academic or training a plus

About ISPP at National Louis University

The APA-Accredited Illinois School of Professional Psychology PsyD program has a rich tradition of training graduates to engage the world as health-service psychologists. The program employs a practitioner-scholar model and offers a curriculum designed to prepare clinicians who provide scientifically grounded, theoretically informed, and culturally responsive psychological services. ISPP alumni practice in all 50 states and in several countries around the world.

About NLU

National Louis University (NLU) is looking to honor its past while defining a bold new future as a contemporary, comprehensive university that prepares diverse students for sustained professional success with a deep commitment to Access, Excellence, Innovation and Equity. We are a pioneering community that uses innovation to improve outcomes. NLU questions the status quo and strives to adapt and evolve with the changing needs of its students. We are a community that cares about each other and our students and we work collaboratively, tirelessly and quickly to advance change in the service of students. We have a long venerable history, but we are not typical. We seek to solve intractable social issues through education; we believe we have not succeeded until graduates achieve sustainable career related employment; and we foster a culture that promotes failing fast so that we may constantly improve our work.

Founded in 1886, National Louis University is a private not-for-profit university offering over 70 programs from short-term certificate through the doctoral level across its five colleges. The University serves over 10,000 students per year and has experienced unprecedented growth over the last several years. Most students are from Illinois, but the University also attracts students from throughout the U.S. and from around the world who take advantage of campus based, blended and online programming.

NLU is located in the center of Chicago’s downtown loop, across the street from the Art Institute, in an area which has been recognized as America’s largest campus with over 25 institutions and 50,000 students attending a college across the city. In addition, the University has two suburban locations and a Florida regional campus.

NLU Inclusion Statement:

National Louis University is deeply committed to serving its community, advancing access and equity, and ensuring that all individuals are welcomed and valued.  We are dedicated to fostering a culture where diversity, equity, and inclusion remain at the core of who we are. These are more than just words to us: they are truly a way of life for the NLU community. We recognize that differences in abilities, age, ethnicity, gender (identity and expression), race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, and background bring richness to our work environment. We affirm diverse perspectives, innovative contributions, and authentic presentations of self from every member within the NLU community. We believe inclusion is grounded in the actions we intentionally take each day. Our goal is to inspire and empower NLU employees and community members to cultivate an environment where we collectively focus on uplifting and advancing our institutional culture.

Compensation and Benefits

At National Louis University, we offer our employees an innovative environment to work together and inspire the ideas that will make an impact. As our external environment changes, our employees are provided the opportunities and tools needed to grow both personally and professionally to remain successful. NLU employees and dependents are offered a wide range of benefits, including but not limited to, Health Insurance benefits, Retirement benefits, Paid Time Off and Educational Opportunities. Additional information regarding full-time faculty benefits can be found here.

NLU Faculty salaries are based on rank within each college.  The ranges for each rank for the College of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences are listed below:

2026 CPBS 10-Month Faculty Salary Ranges

Compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.  Offers are based on multiple factors permitted by law, including but not limited to: budgetary considerations, job-related knowledge/skills, experience, current/previous faculty rank, market considerations, tenure and standing with the university (applicable to current employees), and internal equity.

Application Instructions

Please include the following with your application:

• Curriculum Vitae
• Cover Letter
• Transcripts (Official or Unofficial)

Optional Additional Attachments:

• Teaching Philosophy
• Sample Syllabus
• Additional Licenses/Certifications
• Course Evaluations
• Letters of Recommendation

Please note: Upon hire, official transcripts are required and must be sent from the institution(s) directly to the HR Department