
Employee Assistance Counselor Faculty, Staff Assistance Office
Boston, MA · HybridFull-time$95–110K/yrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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The Employee Assistance Counselor provides confidential clinical services to Boston University faculty, staff, and household family members, including counseling, crisis intervention, case management, consultation, and referrals. The role also delivers training and wellness programming, develops community provider relationships, and contributes to improvements in EAP services. Services are provided on the Charles River and Medical campuses, with the option of some remote work.
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Employee Assistance Counselor Faculty, Staff Assistance Office
Job Description
Employee Assistance Counselor Faculty, Staff Assistance Office
Category
Charles River Campus --> Professional
Job Location
Boston, MA, United States
Tracking Code
26501020611005
Posted Date
10/15/2026
Salary Grade
Grade 50
Expected Hiring Range Minimum
$95,000.00
Expected Hiring Range Maximum
$110,000.00
The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, training and internal pay comparison. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.
Position Type
Full-Time/Regular
Job Description:
Provides employee assistance services to promote the resilience and well-being of Boston University faculty, staff, and their household family members. Services include direct clinical care, consultation and training to the organization, development of program promotion activities, and establishment of community linkages and a provider referral network. Services are provided on BU's Charles River and Medical campuses with the option of some remote work. The position reports to the Director of the Faculty & Staff Assistance Office.
Essential Responsibilities:
Clinical Counseling and Case Management
Provides confidential clinical services to individuals, couples, and groups including assessment, short-term counseling, crisis intervention, case monitoring, and referrals for personal and work-related concerns.
Provides critical incident and grief support for individuals and groups.
Consults to managers/supervisors, Human Resources, Occupational Health, Equal Opportunity, Diversity & Inclusion and other department administrators regarding risk assessment, critical incidents, workplace conflict, and employees with work performance, personal, or other workplace issues.
Provides consultation and coordination with Human Resources and Occupational Health in assessing fitness for duty and supporting successful reintegration of employees returning from leave.
Maintains timely case documentation and program statistics; strictly adheres to confidentiality and ethical guidelines.
Training, Education, and Wellness Promotion
Creates and delivers responsive training and educational workshops on effective utilization of EAP services, behavioral health, emotional well-being, work-life, and other EAP-related topics.
Participates in program awareness activities; cultivates employee well-being through innovative programing, workshops, social media and promotion of wellness activities.
Program Development and Community Engagement
Fosters and maintains effective and constructive communication within a team environment.
Develops and maintains collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Identifies, evaluates, and develops referral relationships with local behavioral health and substance use treatment providers; identifies community resources to address employee needs.
Initiates and implements clinical and programmatic improvements to EAP services; contributes to creating and revising policies and procedures.
Serves on advisory boards and committees within the organization and in professional EAP organizations.
Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.
Required Skills
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Master's Degree and currently licensed as a mental health professional in good standing.
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Minimum of 3-5 years of related experience.
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Knowledge and experience working with diverse racial, cultural, socio-economic, educational, age-specific and gender populations.
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Advanced knowledge of and ability to intervene with a broad range of issues including substance use, psychiatric illness, suicide/homicide risk assessment, interpersonal violence, critical incidents, organizational difficulties, and workplace conflict.
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Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Experience with public speaking and presentation of trainings.
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Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Electronic Data Base Management applications.
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Ability to provide some services before 9 am and after 5 pm.
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Employee assistance experience preferred.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, natural or protective hairstyle, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.
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Job Location: Boston, MA
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular
Salary Grade: $95,000.00-$110,000.00
To apply, visit https://jobs.silkroad.com/BU/External/jobs/317437 (https://apptrkr.com/9902242)
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How this job compares
Set against the 1,929 open Counselor jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$95–110K/yr
- Massachusetts median$70–85K/yr88 salary ranges
- US median$62–80K/yr666 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $103K, is 32% above the Massachusetts median midpoint ($78K) — in the top quarter of Counselor salary ranges in Massachusetts.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 163 open Counselor jobs in Massachusetts and 1,929 across the US. 12% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Massachusetts
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience — more than three in four Counselor postings that state a minimum ask for (median 2 years, across 737 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a master's degree; 894 of the 1,929 open Counselor jobs (46%) ask for a master's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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