Psychologist Fixed-Term (1st April 2026 - 31 December 2026) at University of the Witwatersrand

The Key areas of the post include Advocacy, Psychoeducation, Capacity building, Training, Counselling, and psychotherapy services.

The CCDU team offer students:

• Individual and group counselling
• Career counselling and development
• Psycho-educative workshops, training, and advocacy programmes
• HIV education, advocacy, and support
• Volunteer peer advocacy on social justice, mental health, and HIV
• Peer mentorship training
• Graduate recruitment 
• The ‘Journey to Employability’
• Professional internships 

Brief Description        
REQUIREMENTS

• Registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Counselling Psychologist 
• Three to five years’ experience working as a counselling psychologist would be an advantage.
• Experience in the field of advocacy for mental health, training and student development practices in tertiary education would be an advantage. 
• Experience in the facilitation and presentation of psycho-educational workshops with students in tertiary institutions would be an advantage.
• Excellent therapeutic and advanced counselling skills, in particular shorter term/solution focused skills 
• Experience in counselling students in tertiary educational institutions would be an advantage.
• Excellent crisis management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent teamwork ethos
• Willingness to do occasional after-hours interventions/workshops/presentations.
• Computer literacy essential

Closing date: 12 March ,2026