Program Director of Wellness and Health Promotion

Position Title: Program Director of Wellness and Health Promotion.
Department: The Wellness Center.
Classification: Exempt.
FTE: 1.0.
Work Schedule: Monday Friday 8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. with evening and weekend hours required for events; travel up to 2% of the work schedule which includes local (Twin Cities metro area) and national travel; overnight trips average 2 trips per year
Work Location: On Campus.
Salary Range: $68000 - $77000.

Position Overview:
To employ a public health framework and person-centered approach to coordinate Wellness Center activities and outreach at St. Olaf. This position will work with and within the nine areas of wellness to develop educational programs that focus on increasing help-seeking behaviors debunking health myths and empowering students to live more balanced and healthy lives. The nine areas of wellness include emotional physical sexual financial substance intellectual spiritual social and environmental.

Essential Job Duties:

• Advising and Supervision 50% of time.
  • Advise and mentor individual students and student organizations regarding the nine areas of wellness.
  • Make culturally appropriate and inclusive referrals to resources.
  • Recruit hire train and manage student employees for the Wellness Center.
  • Provide informal advising and support for the mental wellbeing and adjacent student organizations.
  • Provide support and oversight of monthly wellness programming.
  • Meet regularly with student staff to provide guidance and mentorship.
  • Plan agenda and facilitate weekly staff meeting.
  • Create and facilitate a performance review process for student employees.
  • Plan and facilitate student employee training and ongoing professional development.
    
• Educational Programming and Training 30% of time.
  • Develop coordinate and facilitate age and culturally appropriate health promotion programming.
  • Facilitate training for student leaders and paraprofessional staff.
  • Educational and training topics include but are not limited to: alcohol and other drug use education tobacco use prevention human health sexual health violence prevention nutrition eating disorders/body image mental health and stress management resilience self-care skills and coping strategies.
  • Review all educational posters and printed materials related to the nine areas of wellness for campus community.
  • Develop wellness programming in collaboration with Student Activities for New Student Orientation.
  • Work with Residence Life to disseminate wellness educational information in residential spaces.
  • Coordinate Bystander Intervention training opportunities for the campus community.
  • Maintain Wellness Center website and social media presence.
  • Coordinate and facilitate the Mental Health First Aid training program on campus.
    
• Strategic Planning and Assessment 10% of time.
  • Conduct assessment to understand the needs risks and trends related to student health and well-being.
  • Assist with student research as requested.
  • Determine long-term development of Wellness Center programming and ensure its yearly operations are in line with the College mission.
  • Create administer and interpret assessment and evaluation for Wellness Center programs and services to determine necessary program modifications.
  • Coordinate implementation of the biennial review of AOD education and prevention programs for the Department of Education.
    
• Administration 10% of time.
  • Serve on Student Life and College-wide committees.
  • Manage program budgets expenditures and assess future program costs.
  • Identify recommend and implement program modifications to accommodate campus needs and budget variations.
  • Identify and raise external resources to support wellness initiatives (e.g. grants gifts).
  • Oversee day-to-day operations for Wellness Center.
  • Coordinate academic credit for Kinesiology courses that require Wellness Center events.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.
    

Supervision Received and Exercised:

• Reports to the Director of Health Services.
• This position supervises both staff and student workers.
  

Required Qualifications:

• Education:
  • Bachelors Degree in a related field; maintain a valid drivers license and meet St. Olaf College driver authorization criteria with a satisfactory driving record
    
• Experience:
  • 3 years of experience in college wellness programming working with adolescents or college population; programming advising or counseling experience in an educational environment; training and experience with individual counseling; budget management.
    

Preferred Qualifications:

• Education: Masters Degree in a related field.
  
• Experience: 5 years of experience training and supervising student work; strategic planning experience.
  

Desired Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to establish and maintain a good rapport with college students faculty and staff and the general public.
• Ability to prepare and deliver educational programs and develop appropriate educational materials.
• Ability to handle difficult and stressful situations with calm composure.
• Ability to use appropriate discretion and ensure the confidentiality of documents materials and other verbal and written communications.
• Ability to manage a budget and work within the constraints of that budget.
• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form.
• Ability to be easily approachable and focused on meeting the needs of others.
• Knowledge of wellness and health issues in higher education.
• Ability to work with student leaders to respond to the expectations as well as concerns of the entire St. Olaf community by planning and marketing programs that will engage interest in a manner that respects public standards.
• Ability to respond to concerns from the broader community.
• Skill in collaboration with and ability to lead and follow in professional and student-led teams.
• Skill in using computer applications including spreadsheet and word processing software.
• Ability to build cultural humility and use that as a guiding principle in your work.
• Ability and willingness to support respect and commit to embracing the diverse backgrounds values and points of view to build a strong and inclusive community including faculty staff students and constituents.
  

Prerequisites:

• Employment in this position is conditioned upon successful completion of a background check which may include: criminal background checks reference checks verification of work history verification of any required academic credentials licenses and/or certifications a motor vehicle check verification of DOT certification a credit check employment eligibility verification and/or a pre-employment physical. Whether a background check is deemed successfully completed will be at the sole discretion of St. Olaf College. Please note St. Olaf College reserves the right to conduct periodic background checks at its sole discretion.
  

Disclaimer:

• This position may require you to report early stay late or work different shifts depending on staffing levels. It may also require you to perform all essential job functions whenever needed and during campus emergencies when necessary.
• This job description is for general information purposes. It is not intended to list all duties and responsibilities of the position. This job description is subject to change at any time by St. Olaf College with or without prior notice.
• Review of applications begins immediately and continues until the hire is complete. We accept only online applications.