Student Wellness & Belonging Coordinator

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The Student Wellness & Belonging Coordinator supports SMPH students by helping them identify the right next step when they feel overwhelmed or unsure where to begin providing warm handoffs and follow-up implementing student wellness programming and supporting defined belonging and community-building initiatives across Student Services and the Office of Multicultural Affairs for Health Professions Learners. The position helps improve the student experience by promoting clarity connection and access to support across wellness student support and belonging resources.

• This position may require some work to be performed in-person onsite at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely at an offsite non-campus work location.
• Monday through Friday8:00a.m.-4:30p.m.
• Terminal 24 month appointment
• This position has the possibility to be extended or converted to an ongoing appointment based on need and/or funding.
• Must provide a valid drivers license. Employees may use their own transportation or receive approval for University Car Fleet usage. Employment is conditional pending the results of a Pre-hire Driver Authorization Check. See (click on Become an authorized driver; then click on Required criteria).

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Generates and analyzes reports of curricular and unit outcomes

• Serves as a subject matter expert regarding student affairs to internal and external stakeholders

• Organizes student-focused programming and resources to promote new and ongoing educational initiatives

• Creates and maintains schedules logistics and resources for one or multiple student affairs programs activities and/or services

• Supports coordination implementation and visibility of student wellness programming and specified student-facing belonging and community-building initiatives jointly identified by Student Services and OMA-HPL including outreach at key student transition points and selected cross-program support as appropriate

• Contributes to student-facing resource communication and theme tracking to improve access coordination and continuous improvement across Student Services and OMA-HPL while maintaining awareness of support needs across SMPH programs in partnership with the Student Services Manager

• Provides student check-ins warm handoffs and follow-up to connect SMPH students to appropriate wellness academic belonging and support resources across Student Services OMA-HPL and partner units

• Writes edits and publishes content for various communication projects and marketing platforms to align with strategic initiatives and established communication campaigns

Department:

School of Medicine and Public Health Medical Education Office - Student Services Student Services general operational area.

Student Services within SMPH Academic Affairs supports students across the student lifecycle through advising wellness programming student support and coordinated access to key resources. This position is part of a collaborative Student ServicesOMA-HPL model intended to strengthen wellness belonging and access to support for SMPH students.

Compensation:

The starting salary for the position is $54120 annually but is negotiable based on experience and qualifications.

Employees in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation holidays and sick leave; competitive insurances and savings accounts; retirement benefits. For more information refer to the campus benefits webpage.

SMPH Faculty /Academic Staff Benefits Flyer 2026

Required Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience supporting students or coordinating student-facing programs in higher education student affairs health professions education or a related setting
• Demonstrated experience independently coordinating logistics communications and implementation of educational or student support programs
• Demonstrated ability to build rapport with students and support them in navigating resources and services
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage multiple priorities exercise sound judgement and follow through effectively
• Demonstrated ability to collaborative effectively across units and with multiple stakeholders
• Strong communication organizational and project management skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting students in health professions graduate or professional education settings
• Experience in student wellness belonging and student support programming
• Experience with program assessment theme tracking or continuous improvement efforts
• Experience working with diverse student populations and across multiple academic programs

Education:

Bachelors degree required; focus in higher education/student affairs counseling social work psychology education or related field

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University sponsorship is not available for this position including transfers of sponsorship and TN selected applicant will be responsible for ensuring their continuous eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States a lawful permanent resident a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without the need of an employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of position is currently scheduled to end24 months from the start dateand will require eligibility to work until that you are selected for this position you must provide proof of work authorization and eligibility to work.

Contact Information:

Beth Miller

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