Assistant Director Student Wellness Services

Job Family Group:

Staff

Department/Office:

Director of Integrated Counseling, Health and Wellness Services

Time Type:

Full time

Compensation:

$56,009.70-$70,012.11

Please note, starting salaries are based on factors including internal equity, relevant experience, and education.

Exemption Status:

Exempt

Job Description:

Advances the holistic wellness of Trinity University students through comprehensive health promotion efforts. Intentionally aligns with strategic priorities to advance the mission of the Division of Student Affairs to serve, support, and develop our students as individuals and in the context of being responsible global citizens.

 

• Develops, implements, oversees, and evaluates theory-based and evidence-informed health promotion, programs, and services. Develops the Wellness Services event and programming calendar.

• Supervises Wellness Services professional staff, providing supervision and development opportunities, assessing progress on assignments, and supporting staff professional and personal goals.  Supervises Peer Health Educator student workers and advises wellness student organizations (i.e. Active Minds, It’s On Us) in collaboration with the Wellness Programming Coordinator.

• Instructs PHED 2299 and PHED 3190.

• Provides leadership for expanding and improving Wellness Services offerings and campus-wide health promotion efforts.

• Assists with campus-wide assessment efforts (i.e. ACHA-NCHA, WISHES) to assist with determining health needs, assets, and priorities. Oversees program-specific assessment efforts (process and outcome evaluations) to determine program efficacy. Creates annual department reports and participates in campus-wide reports (i.e. DFSCA).

• Manages the Wellness Services budget and completes p-card expense reporting.

• Establishes and oversees a Student Wellness Advisory Board and relevant student focus groups.

• Collaborates with Integrated Counseling, Health, and Wellness Services staff, Student Affairs staff, and University faculty and staff in various projects, including committee work.

• Establishes and maintains community partnerships (i.e. SAAF, DeltaPPSA).

ADDITIONAL DUTIES

• Cooperates and collaborates with other employees in the spirit of teamwork and collegiality and interacts with confidence, patience and integrity to provide professional leadership during emergencies.

• Actively participates in professional organizations in a leadership capacity (i.e. ACHA, SWCHA, NASPA, USHPCN).

• Complies with all Trinity University policies and guidelines.

• Performs other duties as required.

EDUCATION

Required: 

Master’s degree in public health, health promotion, health education, or related field.

Preferred:

Doctoral degree in public health or related field.

EXPERIENCE

Required:

Three years of progressive responsibility in health promotion or related field.

Preferred:

Experience with Peer Health Education.

Experience supervising students and staff.

Active participation in professional organizations in a leadership capacity.

Experience conducting literature reviews, needs assessments, and program evaluations; experience interpreting findings and developing plans to programmatically and strategically respond to findings.

Participation in research and professional writing, publications, and presentations.

Experience leading coalitions or collaborating with individuals and organizations.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

Required:

Demonstrated knowledge of:

• How to incorporate health promotion in the context of higher education.

• How to design and implement health promotion programs on a variety of key health issues based on needs assessment results.

• Evidence-informed health promotion programs/initiatives.

• Health promotion, behavior change, and population-based theories and models (i.e. Transtheoretical Model, Diffusion of Innovations, Socio-Ecological Model).

• Collaboration with and incorporation of underrepresented and historically marginalized diverse populations into health promotion processes.

• Quantitative and qualitative research skills.

• Development and implementation of health environmental and policy change activities and strategies.

• Higher education structure and policies.

Demonstrated application of:

• Social justice and cultural humility practices.

• Working collaboratively with teams.

• Health promotion, behavior change, and population-based theories and models.

• Strategic planning processes.

• Fundamental principles of organizational development, environmental management, and cultural change.

• Leadership abilities.

• Collaboration and coalition building.

Proficiency in:

• Written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills; advanced public speaking and facilitation skills.

• Handling multiple projects simultaneously, managing time efficiently, and prioritizing tasks.

• Analyzing health-related professional literature relevant to college students and assessing its applicability and utility for effectiveness at Trinity University.

• Gathering, compiling, and synthesizing information to develop health promotion initiative and educational materials for specific populations of students, including students involved in Fraternity and Sorority Life, athletes, first generation students, international students, transfer students, non-residential students, non-traditional students, students with economic hardship, and students who identify as Black, Brown, Indigenous, and People of Color.

• Google Suite and Microsoft Office.

• Supervising professional staff.

• Leading strategic planning processes.

• Leadership abilities, including overseeing campus initiatives, representing Wellness Services in committees or coalitions, and leadership in professional organizations.

LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS

Required:  Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) or Certified in Public Health (CPH) or CHES/CPH eligible.