Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology

Posting Title: Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology
Position number: 37894
Probationary
Department of Psychology
Faculty of Arts
Posting start date: 21-Sep-2026
Advertised until: October 21, 2026 or until filled

Full-time: Yes
Permanent: Yes
Start date: July 1, 2027

For more information please contact: Melanie Soderstrom, M.Soderstrom@umanitoba.ca

As part of a multi-year expansion to our CPA-accredited clinical program, the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, at the University of Manitoba invites applications for a full-time Probationary (tenure-track) position at the Assistant Professor rank commencing July 1st 2027, or on a date mutually agreed upon. Salary will be commensurate with experience and qualifications. Review of applications will begin on October 21, 2026, and will continue until the position is filled.

The Department seeks an emerging scholar with a commitment to excellence in teaching, research, and clinical practice. Exceptional candidates will be considered with the responsibilities and qualifications outlined below:

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be expected to develop a productive and internationally recognized research program, obtain external funding, teach primarily graduate-level and some undergraduate-level courses, supervise graduate and undergraduate research, supervise clinical practice, and contribute to service. Alternative delivery modes of teaching (e.g. online instruction) may be available. The standard weighting of responsibilities for full-time equivalent faculty members in the Faculty of Arts is 40% research, 40% teaching, and 20% service. The normal teaching load is 12 credit hours or 4 courses per year (with teaching release for new faculty in the first 2 years, and for faculty who are principal investigators on Tri-Agency grants). Practicum supervision is credited at 1.5 teaching credit hours per supervised student.

About the University of Manitoba

Founded in 1877, the University of Manitoba is located in Winnipeg, Canada on the Fort Garry and Bannatyne campuses and is a member of U15, an association of fifteen leading research universities across Canada. The University of Manitoba is a research-doctoral university offering a full range of professional programs to a student body of almost 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The Department of Psychology is the largest academic unit in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Manitoba.

The Department of Psychology currently has 35 full time tenured and tenure-track faculty members and 4 Instructors and offers a full range of both undergraduate and graduate programs, with over 100 graduate students. Psychology faculty maintain active research programs in basic and applied psychological science spanning across the areas of applied behavioural analysis, brain and cognitive science, clinical, developmental, quantitative, school, and social and personality psychology. The clinical program also operates the Psychological Service Centre that serves as a training centre for students and provides free psychological services to the Winnipeg community.

The University of Manitoba offers outstanding collaborative research opportunities. Department of Psychology faculty maintain strong connections with the communities of clinicians, health educators, and researchers in the Departments of Clinical Health Psychology, Psychiatry, Pediatrics, College of Nursing, and College of Pharmacy (Rady Faculty of Health Sciences) and the Health Sciences Center Winnipeg (the provincial academic hospital operated by Manitoba’s public health authority). In addition, the superb research infrastructure available in Winnipeg, including the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP), Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM), Health Sciences Centre Foundation, and St. Boniface Hospital Research Centres, support the cutting edge health research conducted by Psychology faculty.

Additional information:

The University of Manitoba is a driving force of innovation, discovery and advancement. Our momentum is propelled by our campus community – UM faculty, staff and students whose determination and curiosity shape our world for the better. Our teaching, learning and work environment is uniquely strengthened and enriched by Indigenous perspectives. With two main campuses in Winnipeg, satellite campuses throughout Manitoba, and world-wide research, UM’s impact is global.

Discover outstanding employee benefits, experience world-class facilities and join a dynamic community that values reconciliation, sustainability, diversity, and inclusion. We are one of Manitoba’s Top Employers and one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers. At the University of Manitoba, what inspires you can change everything.

The University of Manitoba is committed to the principles of equity, diversity & inclusion and to promoting opportunities in hiring, promotion and tenure (where applicable) for systemically marginalized groups who have been excluded from full participation at the University and the larger community including Indigenous Peoples, women, racialized persons, persons with disabilities and those who identify as 2SLGBTQIA+ (Two Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, questioning, intersex, asexual and other diverse sexual identities).

If you require accommodation supports during the recruitment process, please contact UM.Accommodation@umanitoba.ca or 204-474-7195. Please note this contact information is for accommodation reasons only.

Application materials, including letters of reference, will be handled in accordance with the protection of privacy provisions of "The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act" (Manitoba). Please note that curriculum vitae will be provided to participating members of the search process.

Qualifications

Candidates should have completed a PhD or equivalent doctoral degree by the time of appointment from a CPA or APA accredited psychology program with an approved internship. The successful candidate will be expected to obtain registration as a Clinical Psychologist in Manitoba. Successful candidates close to completion of their doctoral degree may be appointed to a term position at the rank of Lecturer until successful completion of their degree, at which time they will begin their probationary appointment as an Assistant Professor.

Applicants are expected to have demonstrated excellence in research in any area of clinical psychology, broadly defined, with a track record of peer-reviewed publications, presentations at national and international conferences, and the potential to attract external grant funding. The successful candidate will also have demonstrated potential for excellence in teaching and clinical supervision. All areas of clinically relevant research and teaching will be considered, with priority given to applicants with teaching and/or clinical expertise with Indigenous mental health, child/youth mental health, and/or assessment. Evidence of clinical practice, research and/or teaching with diverse populations is an asset.

We encourage you to self-identify aspects of your identity that position you to bring currently under-represented viewpoints, expertise and forms of excellence to this role.

Please include the following as part of your application: a letter of application (including a statement of your philosophies of teaching, research, and professional practice), a curriculum vitae, copies of up to three recent publications, and evidence (if available) of effective teaching or supervision. As well, three referees must send letters of reference directly to Jamie McMillan, Confidential Assistant to the Department Head at Jamie.mcmillan@umanitoba.ca. If you have any issues uploading documents while submitting your application, please send the applicable documents via email to Jamie McMillan.

Applicants must submit their application for consideration through the University of Manitoba Careers Portal by searching for Requisition #50093.

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