Associate Director of Recreation & Wellbeing for Wellbeing Education Services
Associate Director of Recreation & Wellbeing for Wellbeing Education Services
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About UMass Amherst
The flagship of the Commonwealth the University of Massachusetts Amherst is a nationally ranked public landgrant research university that seeks to expand educational access fuel innovation and creativity and share and use its knowledge for the common good. Founded in 1863 UMass Amherst sits on nearly 1450acres in scenic Western Massachusetts and boasts stateoftheart facilities for teaching research scholarship and creative activity. The institution advances a diverse equitable and inclusive community where everyone feels connected and valuedand thrives and offers a full range of undergraduate graduate and professional degrees across 10 schools and colleges and 100 undergraduate majors. We believe every member of our university community can contribute to our ongoing success by striving for the highest level of excellence as we seek breakthrough solutions to mounting environmental social economic and technological challenges in our world.
Job Summary
Under the general direction of the Executive Director of Recreation and Wellbeing the Associate Director of Recreation and Wellbeing for Wellbeing Education and Services (WES) fosters a culture of health wellness and wellbeing. Provides supervision for a multidisciplinary team and collaborates with campus and community partners to leverage evidencebased practices and initiatives that address health and wellness needs including development implementation and evaluation. The Associate Director plays a critical role in ensuring students are supported holistically by enabling lifelong wellbeing academic success and personal development.
Essential Functions
- Provides leadership and supervision to all Wellbeing Education and Services full time staff student staff and any contracted services aligned with the goals of the campus strategic priorities.
- Recruits trains and evaluates the performance of direct reports.
- Develops and maintains an outcomesbased health promotion model which incorporates programs services and initiatives and emphasizes student learning outcomes.
- Serves as the departments lead for wellbeing as a member of the departments leadership team and Campus Life and Wellbeings extended leadership team.
- Prepares monitors and evaluates budgets associated with Wellbeing Education and Services. Participates in the development of the annual department budget recommendations to support strategic initiatives and goals.
- Builds partnerships with university departments within and outside of Student Affairs and Campus Life in addition to local communities and health organizations beyond UMass Amherst.
- Administration of Wellbeing Education and Services inventory including purchasing materials software and other items as needed.
- Leads assessment and provides statistical data pertaining to wellness education and services.
- Leads wellbeingbased public education campaigns.
Other Functions
- Performs related duties as assigned or required. Understands responsibilities with respect to Title IX Clery and other compliance requirements.
- Demonstrates capacity skill and willingness to engage students and contribute to student success.
- Understands responsibilities with respect to conflicts of interest and behaves in ways consistent both with law and with University policy.
- Contributes toward creating a positive and respectful workplace. Uses access to sensitive and/or not yet public university related information only in the performance of the responsibilities of position and exercises care to prevent unnecessary disclosure to others.
Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge Skills Abilities Education Experience Certifications Licensure)
- Masters degree in a related field including but not limited to public health health promotion health education sport management kinesiology or behavioral sciences.
- Five (5) years experience in management of wellbeingbased programs services or related field.
- Knowledge of issues impacting college students including loneliness sexual health substance misuse stress anxiety depression identity and expression nutrition and mental health distress.
- Demonstrated ability to apply wholesystem and inclusive approaches to health promotion and/or wellbeing.
- Experience in qualitative and quantitative needs assessments and program evaluation.
- Experience supervising staff; this may include undergraduate and/or graduate student staff.
- Knowledge of best practices in embedding health and wellbeing on a college campus.
- Ability to work effectively with diverse constituencies and colleagues.
- Effective customer service skills including but not limited to strong verbal and written communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications (Knowledge Skills Abilities Education Experience Certifications Licensure)
- First Aid CPR/AED Certification.
- Familiarity with the Okanagan Charter and the Health Promoting Campus effort.
Physical Demands/Working Conditions
Typical office environment activity
Work Schedule
- MondayFriday 8:30am5:00pm.
- Required to work some nights and weekends.
Salary Information
Level 29
Special Instructions to Applicants
Along with the application please submit a resume. References will be checked at the finalist stage. Please be prepared to provide contact information for three (3) professional references. Applications will be reviewed on a continuous basis until the position is filled. Early submissions are encouraged.
UMass Amherst is committed to a policy of equal opportunity without regard to race color religion caste creed sex age marital status national origin disability political belief or affiliation pregnancy and pregnancyrelated condition(s) veteran status sexual orientation gender identity and expression genetic information natural and protective hairstyle and any other class of individuals protected from discrimination in employment admission to and participation in academic programs activities and services and the selection of vendors who provide services or products to the University. To fulfill that policy UMass Amherst is further committed to a program of affirmative action to eliminate or mitigate artificial barriers and to increase opportunities for the recruitment and advancement of qualified minorities women persons with disabilities and covered veterans. It is the policy of UMass Amherst to comply with the applicable federal and state statutes rules and regulations concerning equal opportunity and affirmative action.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
