Goethe University Frankfurt am Main invites applications for the position of
Professor (W3) of Clinical Psychology
with Focus on Translational Psychotherapy
at the Faculty of Psychology and Sports Sciences. This civil servant or public employee position will start as soon as possible.
With the establishment of its new Master of Science in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, the Department of Psychology plans to establish a new research and teaching focus in “Mental Health and Translational Clinical Psychology”. To support this, three professors will be newly appointed, so that this focus area will consist of four professors in the future. Together, they will be responsible for teaching the entire field of clinical psychology and psychotherapy in the Bachelor and Master programs, thereby guaranteeing that the plurality of psychotherapeutic intervention methods will be represented. We are looking for someone who is ready and able to take on a leading role in the implementation of psychotherapy training according to the newly established German psychotherapy law, and who will strengthen the Department’s research profile in mental health and translational clinical psychology.
The successful candidate will be involved in the implementation and further development of the new M.Sc. program in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy and will have a central role in developing a postgraduate training program for psychotherapy. Applicants should therefore have outstanding expertise in the teaching of psychotherapeutic techniques, with documented clinical experience, expertise in the supervision of psychotherapists and psychotherapy candidates (or be ready to obtain respective qualifications for supervision), and have management experience. A German license as psychological psychotherapist (Approbation) with specialization in at least one of the four psychotherapeutic intervention methods accepted in Germany is a precondition for this position.
Successful candidates should have an excellent and internationally visible research record with a clear focus on (translational) psychotherapy research. Experience in obtaining competitive external research funding is expected, as well as willingness to actively contribute to the development of the department ’s new clinical-psychological research profile, experience with collaborative research projects, and openness to interdisciplinary cooperation with other research groups. Participation in academic self-governance is required. The Department of Psychology embraces the values of open science and strives for transparent, open, and reproducible research. The Department of Psychology also aims at ensuring the plurality of psychotherapeutic intervention methods in research and teaching.
Applicants are asked to describe in what ways they already pursued and plan to pursue these goals. International applicants have to obtain the German license to practice as psychological psychotherapist (Approbation) within 3 years after starting their position (cf. § 11 and § 12 of the Gesetz zur Reform der Psychotherapeutenausbildung).
The formal hiring requirements are defined in sections 67, and 68 of the Hessian Higher Education Act (Hessisches Hochschulgesetz).
Goethe University is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusion. In particular, we are welcoming applications by qualified women and people with a migrant background. At Goethe University, a special emphasis is placed on creating and sustaining a family-friendly work and research environment. Where applicants are otherwise equally qualified, preference is given to candidates with disabilities or equivalent. The same applies to women in fields in which they are under-represented.
To apply, please send a CV, a list of publications, an overview of third-party funding, an overview of your research and teaching activitiesactivities, a documentation of the above-specified clinical-psychotherapeutic skills and licences, as well as transcripts and course evaluations as a single PDF document by 30 June 2022 to Prof. Dr. Sonja Rohrmann, Dean of the Faculty of Psychology and Sports Sciences of the Goethe University Frankfurt, Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz 6, 60323 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, e-mail:
dekanat.fb05@em.uni-frankfurt.de.
If you have any questions, please contact Prof. Dr. Sonja Rohrmann. Further information about the appointment process, the legal framework and data protection:
www.vakante-professuren.uni-frankfurt.de