Program Director Jobs in Pennsylvania
Program Director jobs in Pennsylvania are in strong demand, with active hiring across healthcare systems, higher education, nonprofit organizations, and government-funded social services, at levels from entry-level program coordinator to senior director. Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Harrisburg anchor most of the openings, and established employers like Penn Medicine, UPMC, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania consistently maintain program director roles across their operations. The most sought-after specialties include behavioral health program management, workforce development, and public health administration. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Top cityPhiladelphia, PA
Cities hiring47
Work type68% On-site
Top industryHealthcare
Companies hiring70
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Geneva College
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Director, MA in Counseling Program
Geneva College·Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
Job functions:
Master of Counseling
201-500 employees
Job Description
Geneva College invites applications for a tenure track position as the Director of Counseling for our CACREP approved program Master of Arts in Counseling program. The position begins August 2027 and will remain open, until filled.
Application Process:
Application materials are required to include the following items below. Any application that does not include these items, may not be considered.
- A Cover Letter, which addresses your interest in this position, date of availability, and the specific skills and qualifications related to this position.
- A one-page statement of faith (“This is what I believe”).
- A statement of your faith journey and a narrative of your past and present church involvements.
- A statement which describes the integration of your field and Christian faith in light of the "Foundational Concepts of Christian Education” (these concepts are available at https://www.geneva.edu/about-geneva/foundational_concepts).
- A current vita/CV.
- Unofficial undergraduate and graduate transcripts (official copies will be required before being appointed).
Summary of Responsibilities: The program director will lead and coordinate strategic planning and curriculum development for the Department of Counseling, manage the budget and operations, evaluate faculty and staff performance, coordinate accreditation and program approval initiatives. This role also requires that the Counselor Educator be the track coordinator for the clinical mental health counseling program. The successful candidate will teach three courses per semester during the academic year, provide service to the university, community and profession, actively participate in student recruitment, support faculty growth and development opportunities.
Essential Responsibilities: (These essential responsibilities are those the individual must be able to perform unaided or with the assistance of reasonable accommodation.)
- Teach nine contact hours per semester.
- Adequately prepare all course materials and lessons (Note: preparation time will vary based on instructor experience in teaching that course).
- Provide each student with clear course expectations, evaluations, and timelines through carefully written topical outlines and approved syllabus per faculty established guidelines.
- Provide interesting and relevant assignments for students that demonstrate learning outcomes in a real-life setting.
- Suitably challenge, engage, support, and communicate with students to encourage their participation and learning while maintaining mutual value and respect.
- Provide timely grades to students through college software and upload mid-term and final grades by college deadlines.
- Respond to student questions on a timely basis.
Specific Responsibilities:
- Program Director
- In any case, where degree programs are in professional areas controlled by accreditation, license, certification, or any other professional or educational standard, the program director must identify clearly to its students the program’s compliance (or lack of compliance) to those standards and the extent to which the program and/or the program’s graduates meet professional standards.
- Determines whether a student can be accepted with provisional admittance. In addition, the program director receives and judges appeals to negative admissions decisions.
- Communicates work assignments to faculty employed in the program, including any program-specific conditions of employment.
- Assists the Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions in determining enrollment targets for the program.
- Participate in recruiting activities for the program including but not limited to Information Sessions, Open Houses, Campus Visits etc. Promote the program externally.
- Maintain an independent budget that clearly and accurately identifies all revenues and costs for the program.
- Clinical Mental Health Track Coordination
- Oversee the specialty curriculum involving the Clinical Mental Health track in accordance with most recent Council for the Accreditation of Counseling Related Programs (CACREP).
- Participate in recruiting activities.
- Advise Clinical Mental Health students.
- Develop and maintain field placement sites for practicum and internships for the Clinical Mental Health students.
- Review degree candidacy applications
Exhibits behavior that is consistent with and supportive of Geneva’s mission, vision, core values, and standards of conduct:
- Geneva Mission Statement: Geneva College is a Christ-centered academic community that provides a comprehensive education to equip students for faithful and fruitful service to God and neighbor.
- Vision Statement: Geneva College will inspire students to integrate faith in Christ into all aspects of life in the real world, and to serve faithfully within their callings for Christ and Country.
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Core Values:
- Serve with grace.
- Pursue Godly wisdom.
- Foster academic strength.
- Engage culture faithfully.
- Inspire vibrant hospitality.
- Honor one another.
- Standards of Conduct: Employees of Geneva College will affirm upon hire, and annually thereafter, their promise to abide by the College’s Standard of Conduct Policy. All employees must conduct their personal affairs so there can be no opportunity for unfavorable reflections upon the Christian beliefs and mission of the College, either expressed or implied. It is expected that employees will conduct themselves in a manner consistent with biblical standards, values, and character. These standards of personal conduct do not apply to family members and/or friends of the employee.
Job Requirements - Administrative:
- General: Individuals must possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed or are able to explain and demonstrate that they can perform the essential responsibilities of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations in order to safely perform the essential responsibilities of the job.
- Physical: Must be able to perform the following: talking, hearing, and seeing. Must have sufficient manual dexterity to be able to operate all office equipment including, but not limited to computers, printers, copiers, scanners, and telephones.
- Confidentiality: Individuals must recognize that management of data, including personal information, grades, budgets, programs, and policies is necessary to the operation of the College. Such information must be kept private and confidential for the protection of the College and to obey Federal and/or State laws. Should there be doubt as to whether a certain matter is to be protected, it should be discussed with your supervisor before making a disclosure.
- Mental: Must be able to reason, analyze, prioritize, conceptualize, make judgments, and solve problems.
Qualifications:
-
Minimum:
-
Education/Certification: A Ph.D. or Ed.D. in Counselor Education.
- Must be license eligible in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
-
Experience:
- Experience in the Clinical Mental Health field.
- Leadership and administrative experience.
-
Skill/Abilities:
- An aptitude for teaching and supervision
- A demonstrated record of research and involvement in the counseling profession is expected.
- Must have a working knowledge of CACREP accreditation.
- Christian Commitment: An eligible candidate must be a thoughtful and articulate Christian and an active member of a Protestant evangelical Christian church. Preference will be given to the candidate who supports and has an articulate understanding of the Reformed faith. An eligible candidate must understand and support the College’s “Foundational Concepts of Christian Education” by expressing an evangelical Christian profession of faith and demonstrate the ability to integrate a Christian perspective in their work.
-
Education/Certification: A Ph.D. or Ed.D. in Counselor Education.
-
Preferred:
- Preference will be given to candidates who have teaching and leadership experience in higher education, have completed their doctorate by the time of hiring, and have expertise in the clinical mental health area(s).
- Education/Certification: An earned doctorate from a CACREP accredited program.
-
Experience:
- Previous higher education experience
- Classroom and online teaching experience
- Academic administrative experience
- Creativity in teaching and program development is desirable.
-
Skill/Abilities:
- A strong record of scholarly productivity.
Geneva College
Director, MA in Counseling Program
Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
Added 2d ago201-500 employees
Job functions:
Master of Counseling
Job Description
Geneva College invites applications for a tenure track position as the Director of Counseling for our CACREP approved program Master of Arts in Counseling program. The position begins August 2027 and will remain open, until filled.
Application Process:
Application materials are required to include the following items below. Any application that does not include these items, may not be considered.
- A Cover Letter, which addresses your interest in this position, date of availability, and the specific skills and qualifications related to this position.
- A one-page statement of faith (“This is what I believe”).
- A statement of your faith journey and a narrative of your past and present church involvements.
- A statement which describes the integration of your field and Christian faith in light of the "Foundational Concepts of Christian Education” (these concepts are available at https://www.geneva.edu/about-geneva/foundational_concepts).
- A current vita/CV.
- Unofficial undergraduate and graduate transcripts (official copies will be required before being appointed).
Summary of Responsibilities: The program director will lead and coordinate strategic planning and curriculum development for the Department of Counseling, manage the budget and operations, evaluate faculty and staff performance, coordinate accreditation and program approval initiatives. This role also requires that the Counselor Educator be the track coordinator for the clinical mental health counseling program. The successful candidate will teach three courses per semester during the academic year, provide service to the university, community and profession, actively participate in student recruitment, support faculty growth and development opportunities.
Essential Responsibilities: (These essential responsibilities are those the individual must be able to perform unaided or with the assistance of reasonable accommodation.)
- Teach nine contact hours per semester.
- Adequately prepare all course materials and lessons (Note: preparation time will vary based on instructor experience in teaching that course).
- Provide each student with clear course expectations, evaluations, and timelines through carefully written topical outlines and approved syllabus per faculty established guidelines.
- Provide interesting and relevant assignments for students that demonstrate learning outcomes in a real-life setting.
- Suitably challenge, engage, support, and communicate with students to encourage their participation and learning while maintaining mutual value and respect.
- Provide timely grades to students through college software and upload mid-term and final grades by college deadlines.
- Respond to student questions on a timely basis.
Specific Responsibilities:
- Program Director
- In any case, where degree programs are in professional areas controlled by accreditation, license, certification, or any other professional or educational standard, the program director must identify clearly to its students the program’s compliance (or lack of compliance) to those standards and the extent to which the program and/or the program’s graduates meet professional standards.
- Determines whether a student can be accepted with provisional admittance. In addition, the program director receives and judges appeals to negative admissions decisions.
- Communicates work assignments to faculty employed in the program, including any program-specific conditions of employment.
- Assists the Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions in determining enrollment targets for the program.
- Participate in recruiting activities for the program including but not limited to Information Sessions, Open Houses, Campus Visits etc. Promote the program externally.
- Maintain an independent budget that clearly and accurately identifies all revenues and costs for the program.
- Clinical Mental Health Track Coordination
- Oversee the specialty curriculum involving the Clinical Mental Health track in accordance with most recent Council for the Accreditation of Counseling Related Programs (CACREP).
- Participate in recruiting activities.
- Advise Clinical Mental Health students.
- Develop and maintain field placement sites for practicum and internships for the Clinical Mental Health students.
- Review degree candidacy applications
Exhibits behavior that is consistent with and supportive of Geneva’s mission, vision, core values, and standards of conduct:
- Geneva Mission Statement: Geneva College is a Christ-centered academic community that provides a comprehensive education to equip students for faithful and fruitful service to God and neighbor.
- Vision Statement: Geneva College will inspire students to integrate faith in Christ into all aspects of life in the real world, and to serve faithfully within their callings for Christ and Country.
-
Core Values:
- Serve with grace.
- Pursue Godly wisdom.
- Foster academic strength.
- Engage culture faithfully.
- Inspire vibrant hospitality.
- Honor one another.
- Standards of Conduct: Employees of Geneva College will affirm upon hire, and annually thereafter, their promise to abide by the College’s Standard of Conduct Policy. All employees must conduct their personal affairs so there can be no opportunity for unfavorable reflections upon the Christian beliefs and mission of the College, either expressed or implied. It is expected that employees will conduct themselves in a manner consistent with biblical standards, values, and character. These standards of personal conduct do not apply to family members and/or friends of the employee.
Job Requirements - Administrative:
- General: Individuals must possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed or are able to explain and demonstrate that they can perform the essential responsibilities of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations in order to safely perform the essential responsibilities of the job.
- Physical: Must be able to perform the following: talking, hearing, and seeing. Must have sufficient manual dexterity to be able to operate all office equipment including, but not limited to computers, printers, copiers, scanners, and telephones.
- Confidentiality: Individuals must recognize that management of data, including personal information, grades, budgets, programs, and policies is necessary to the operation of the College. Such information must be kept private and confidential for the protection of the College and to obey Federal and/or State laws. Should there be doubt as to whether a certain matter is to be protected, it should be discussed with your supervisor before making a disclosure.
- Mental: Must be able to reason, analyze, prioritize, conceptualize, make judgments, and solve problems.
Qualifications:
-
Minimum:
-
Education/Certification: A Ph.D. or Ed.D. in Counselor Education.
- Must be license eligible in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
-
Experience:
- Experience in the Clinical Mental Health field.
- Leadership and administrative experience.
-
Skill/Abilities:
- An aptitude for teaching and supervision
- A demonstrated record of research and involvement in the counseling profession is expected.
- Must have a working knowledge of CACREP accreditation.
- Christian Commitment: An eligible candidate must be a thoughtful and articulate Christian and an active member of a Protestant evangelical Christian church. Preference will be given to the candidate who supports and has an articulate understanding of the Reformed faith. An eligible candidate must understand and support the College’s “Foundational Concepts of Christian Education” by expressing an evangelical Christian profession of faith and demonstrate the ability to integrate a Christian perspective in their work.
-
Education/Certification: A Ph.D. or Ed.D. in Counselor Education.
-
Preferred:
- Preference will be given to candidates who have teaching and leadership experience in higher education, have completed their doctorate by the time of hiring, and have expertise in the clinical mental health area(s).
- Education/Certification: An earned doctorate from a CACREP accredited program.
-
Experience:
- Previous higher education experience
- Classroom and online teaching experience
- Academic administrative experience
- Creativity in teaching and program development is desirable.
-
Skill/Abilities:
- A strong record of scholarly productivity.
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Where Pennsylvania roles are concentrated, by current openings.
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1 jobProgram Director Job Market in Pennsylvania
A snapshot from current Pennsylvania openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Healthcare & Medical Services
- Education
- Food & Beverage
- Non-Profit & Social Services
What Pennsylvania Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in program director jobs across Pennsylvania.
- Bachelor's or master's degree in public administration, social work, or a related field required
- Minimum five years of progressively responsible program management or leadership experience
- Demonstrated ability to manage budgets, grant compliance, and multi-departmental teams
- Experience with Pennsylvania state contracts, county government systems, or federally funded programs
- Proficiency in program evaluation, data reporting, and outcomes measurement frameworks
- Strong written and verbal communication skills including board and stakeholder presentations
Program Director Jobs in Pennsylvania: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a program director in Pennsylvania?
Most program director roles in Pennsylvania require a master's degree in public administration, social work, public health, or a closely related field, along with several years of supervisory experience in the relevant sector. Roles in behavioral health or clinical programs may require licensure through the Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors, or a comparable Pennsylvania licensing board. Building experience managing grants, contracts, or government-funded initiatives significantly strengthens a candidacy in this state.
Which companies hire program directors in Pennsylvania?
Employers hiring program directors in Pennsylvania right now include Thomas Jefferson University & Jefferson Health, Leidos, and Merakey, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Pennsylvania's large healthcare networks, public universities, and county human services agencies are consistently among the most active sources of program director openings across the state.
Which Pennsylvania cities have the most program director jobs?
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Villanova have the most program director openings in Pennsylvania. Philadelphia leads because of its concentration of major health systems, universities, and nonprofit organizations, while Pittsburgh's strength in healthcare and higher education drives demand there, and Harrisburg's role as the state capital creates sustained openings tied to Commonwealth agencies and state-funded programs.
Are there remote program director jobs in Pennsylvania?
Yes, but they are less common than in purely desk-based fields, since program directors often need to oversee on-site staff, attend community meetings, or manage facility operations. About 32% of program director openings tied to Pennsylvania are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, reflecting the blended nature of the role. Grant management, policy coordination, and evaluation-focused positions are the most likely to offer remote or hybrid arrangements.
How can I get hired as a program director in Pennsylvania with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is moving into a program coordinator or program manager role first, which gives you direct exposure to budgeting, compliance, and team oversight before stepping into a director title. Large Pennsylvania employers such as UPMC, Penn Medicine, and county human services departments regularly hire for associate or coordinator-level positions that serve as feeders for director roles. Earning a Pennsylvania-recognized credential in project management or completing a graduate certificate in nonprofit or public administration gives candidates a concrete edge when applying to these bridge positions.
Where can I find and apply to program director jobs in Pennsylvania?
You can find and apply to program director jobs in Pennsylvania on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from employers actively hiring in the state. Search the listings, find roles that match your background and location, and apply directly to the ones that fit.
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