Assistant Director, Health Promotion-HLTH

Department Overview:

The Center for Counseling and Well-Being has two core components that collaborate to ensure a prevention and intervention model of care. The counseling center provides clinical interventions and non-clinical case management services for students enrolled at the university. In addition to general clinical services, counseling serves students impacted by violence through Victim Advocacy and has a program serving students who are former foster youth. The Health Promotion team conducts prevention efforts around mental well-being, suicide prevention, substance abuse prevention, and interpersonal violence prevention. The Health Promotion team manages campus outreach efforts and oversees the Peer Health Leaders, Broncho Barkers, and Healthy Hooves Hut programs.

Position Overview:

Oversee program activities. Manage staff, prepare work schedules, and assign specific duties. Review performance data to measure productivity and goal achievement and to determine areas needing cost reduction and program improvement. Direct and coordinate program financial and budget activities to fund operations, maximize resources and increase efficiency. Establish and implement program policies, goals, objectives, and procedures. Determine staffing requirements; interview, hire and train new employees, or oversee those personnel processes.

Department Specific Essential Job Functions:

• Lead the campus in the development of building a foundation for a culture of wellness through the strategic efforts of Healthy Campus.
• Develop measurable goals and objectives for interventions at the individual and community/campus level which reflect the social, cultural, political, and economic diversity of students.
• Develop and maintain partnerships with on and off-campus stakeholders that support a comprehensive and integrated approach for campus wellness.
• Assist the campus in developing and implementing policy change, health communication strategies, coalition building, health screenings, incentive programs, and environmental supports conducive to healthy behavior.
• Implement effective peer health, peer educator, and peer advocacy training and outreach programs, including curriculum and training, application and selection, tuition waiver process, and oversight of peer engagement in programming.
• Collaborate with student organizations working to attain similar goals, including but not limited to Active Minds, TWLOHA, Community/Public Health Club, and Nutrition Club.
• Provide training and consultation to faculty, staff, and students regarding the prevention and identification of wellness concerns.
• Provide campus-wide leadership on issues related to student wellness. Lead campus health promotion efforts in developing health education content and skills training and incorporating health promotion into academic research, courses, and programs.
• Provide leadership and content expertise to build health education programs and skills training resources for students, faculty, and staff. Participate actively in the Healthy Life Skills team.
• Present educational content and skills training programs to diverse audiences both on and off-campus.
• Incorporate technology into the delivery of health promotion activities and messages including but not limited to webinars, social networking, online web content, or other forums of information delivery.
• Formulate transformative learning goals and student learning outcomes through proactive, evidence-based prevention programs and initiatives.
• Develop, implement and analyze periodic campus health surveys that provided baseline and follow-up wellness data, identify program needs and priorities, evaluate the effectiveness of programs and services, and track trends in wellness status and behaviors of students.
• Identify and develop effective relationships with campus and off-campus stakeholders to achieve a comprehensive campus-wide response toward campus wellness integration.
• Monitor trends in college health policy (including mental health and overall wellness) and integrate best practices.
• Benchmark against best practices of other universities in an effort to identify opportunities and models for use.
• Ensure the accurate and timely reporting of data.
• Manage budgetary responsibilities, allocate funds and monitor performance to ensure fiscal responsibility.
• Supervise, direct, manage and evaluate outreach program staff and students, including but not limited to wellness staff, health educators, graduate student workers, and peer leaders.
• Maintain accurate records and ensure confidentiality of student information that may be collected through health assessment, programming, onsite screenings, or other health promotion activities.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

The duties listed in this job description are intended only as an illustration of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.

Qualifications

Qualifications / Experience Required:

Master’s degree in health education, health promotion, public health, social work, or related field. Educational background and experience must demonstrate knowledge of and exposure to fundamental theories, principles, and concepts of public health and educational outreach. Requires the application of expertise in a chosen field to achieve results. A minimum of five years of experience with leading planning, including program development and innovation, program prioritization, and assessment. Appropriate professional accomplishments and credentials.

Experience Preferred:

Master's degree in public health or closely related field. A minimum of five years' work experience in health education, health promotion, wellness programs, or related field with a focus on planning, program development, innovation, program prioritization, and assessment. Demonstrated success in assessing student learning, health behavior change, conducting best practices research, and outcomes measurement. Demonstrated success in working collaboratively with multiple stakeholders. Demonstrated success in written communication and presentations. Experience conducting individual, community, and/or environmental needs assessments and using results to guide programmatic decisions. Experience conducting process and outcome-based program evaluations, interpreting findings, and developing plans to respond programmatically to evaluation data. Knowledge and skills in developing and implementing environmental management strategies/ecological models. Knowledge of budget and financial management. Experience working in higher education. Two years experience in training or working with students of college-age.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

Knowledge of public health concepts, including but not limited to the socioecological model of health and wellness and population health.

Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) certification. Successful grant writing and implementation experience.

Capacity to build community and campus partnerships and sustain collaborative working groups and partnerships

Ability to analyze relevant data and determine program strategies

Ability to discern and prioritize work plans for self and team

Demonstrated skills in social marketing and health communications strategies.

Proficiency in a variety of computer software applications. Exceptional written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.

Knowledge and compliance to federal, state, local statutes and policies related to privacy, confidentiality, and public health.

This position requires the successful candidate to maintain a smartphone on which to receive telephone calls, email, and SMS messages.

Physical Demands:

Reasonable accommodations (in accordance with ADA requirements) may be made, upon request, to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.