Job Description

Student Services at Simon Fraser University is a large and diverse organization comprised of multiple departments working towards the common goals of strategic enrolment management, holistic student development and well-being, academic growth and success, co-curricular learning, and many other critical services and resources supporting individual SFU students along their educational journey. Dedicated to an inclusive and accessible approach to understanding its ever-changing student community, Student Services is proactive and responsive to the needs of SFU students and determined to meet its students.About the RoleThe Counsellor for Black Students is responsible for providing individual and group counselling to Black students at SFU. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with a supportive team of staff at Health and Counselling Services (HCS) and the Black Student Centre (BSC) (upon its launch) to provide individual assistance, counselling, workshops, initiatives that support Black students’ social and psychological wellbeing, and outreach services. The counsellor provides consultation and advice to faculty and staff dealing with students in distress, as well as assists in emergency situations. It is a critical position that would be involved in the development of new initiatives that promote the holistic wellbeing of black students in order for them to thrive.