Senior Director Health Wellness

Closing Date: May 19th 2025 at 4:00 PM

STUDENT AFFAIRS & SERVICES
Student Affairs & Services (SAS) amplifies the student experience by providing access to inclusive innovative and highquality essential services that promote wellbeing connected communities and student success. SAS helps students find their way by supporting them achieving their academic personal and life goals.

WHAT WE OFFER

Fulltime Continuing Fredericton OnCampus

Standard Work Hours: Mon Fri 8:15 am 4:30 pm 36.25 hours per week

Additional Working Conditions:

• Ability to travel frequently between both the Fredericton and Saint John Campus.
• Frequently requires long hours evening/weekend activities.

Salary Range: $92717 $126364 per annum

YOUR FOCUS

Reporting to the Associate ViceProvost Student Affairs and Services (AVP) the Senior Director Health & Wellness provides leadership and strategic direction and improvement within all aspects of the HW portfolio prioritizing the provision of excellent services to students financial and budget development and administration clinic and service operations and administration partnership development and management with internal and external partners.

• Provide strategic leadership to directors and leaders within the division ensuring the development and implementation of comprehensive risk management policies and practices for student Health and Wellness.
• Oversee the operation of the Student Health Centres Counselling Services the Student Intervention program the Campus Sexual Support Program and Campus Ministry.
• Provide leadership and support to a team of professionals who provide critical emergency and crisis response including physicians counsellors nurses dietitian and other highly trained professionals.
• Articulate a vision for how the HW division holistically serves students supports retention and can contribute to the university goals.
• Work collaboratively with the Student Affairs & Services Leadership Team as well as oncampus partners and committees and other stakeholders to ensure that UNBs HW programs continue to lead the nation.
• Lead UNBs participation in regional national and international programs including research projects.
• Work closely with the Senior Director Residence to ensure the students in residence receive support in ways that support culture and community building.
• Provide overall financial leadership for the entire HW division ensuring appropriate accountability and responsibility.
• Strategically develop and execute a comprehensive communication plan to effectively convey the Health and Wellness portfolio priorities and activities to stakeholders.
• Manage all aspects of the relationship between HW services and external partners including relations with Medicare and the Department of Health.
• Manage workflows for staff ensuring adjustment during peak periods in all departmental units and ensure succession planning and crosstraining activities are designed to meet anticipated future needs.
• Engage in mediation and problem resolution with interpersonal conflicts and issues.
• Inspire a culture of teamwork and excellence in student and client service as well as a clear commitment to supporting the universitys mission and goals.
• Initiate policy and procedure revisions and changes to meet evolving needs.
• Mitigate risk by ensuring all contracts internal administration policies and procedures are thorough and reflect the Universitys best interests and by resolving highlevel issues and complaints from clients partners and team members.
• Support Residence Life in the development of oncall and crisis policies for all situations involving students.
• Support the student intervention coordinators for high level critical decision making.
• Collaborate with community and campus partners to ensure student safety.
• Oversee the followup to every health and wellness crisis including developing debriefing sessions and appropriate counselling for impacted community members.
• Provide additional support and training to staff members involved in a crisis and develop a postvention plan for the university.
• Lead the development and implementation of all pandemic or health related crisis policies and procedures.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Masters or professional health degree in a related field.
• 10 years of related professional level leadership experience within wellness health care or related fields.

Additional Strengths

• Collaborative leadership communication consensusbuilding and negotiation skills.
• Ability to articulate and promote the interests of the division internally and externally with a variety of stakeholders.
• Experience developing and implementing budget and program plans.
• Exceptional written communication skills.
• Empathetic listening skills to deal with student and parents/supporters in stressful situations.
• Demonstrated analytical problemsolving and decisionmaking skills.
• Ability to shift readily between macrostrategic issues and critical details.
• Ability to provide leadership and vision to an experienced team of professionals.
• Ability to think beyond the organization and into the future.
• Ability to create an environment that promotes and encourages change or innovation.
• Ability to make highrisk strategic decisions that have significant consequences.
• Extensive knowledge of student affairs & services trends bestpractices and standards.
• Ability to successfully perceive navigate and respond appropriately to sensitive issues.
• High level of organizational commitment and drive to achieve the overall vision.