Associate Director of Wellness and Community Support

Bard College • New York, NY

290d • $75,000 - $85,000

About The Position

The Associate Director, Wellness and Community Support is responsible for fostering a culture prioritizing BPI students' and alumni's health and well-being. In this role, the Associate Director will conduct outreach and education, and provide support and wellness advising to students. The Associate Director will work closely with the NYC Programs, Reentry, and Microcollege teams to address student and alumni needs, provide advice and support, and ensure students have access to the appropriate resources internally and externally. This role will supervise a housing coordinator and housing specialist.

Requirements

• Current and valid New York State Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), or Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), or Licensed Psychoanalyst, or Psychologist, preferred.
• Master's or doctoral degree in Social Work or related areas of professional study.
• Experience in higher education, student affairs, and/or student development.
• Ability to work with a diverse student and alumni body and familiarity with the challenges formerly incarcerated individuals and justice-impacted individuals face.
• Provide short-term advising and refer students and alumni to long-term counseling services.
• Must be able to communicate effectively and tactfully with students, alumni, staff, and other key constituents.
• Ability to manage sensitive and confidential information.
• Demonstrated success in establishing and maintaining effective and productive relationships with wellness partners and stakeholders.
• Possess excellent interpersonal, collaboration, problem-solving, and administrative skills.
• Ability to work independently and under pressure with a high level of attention to detail.
• Strong computer literacy/proficiency required.

Nice To Haves

• Excellent crisis management skills.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple concurrent projects and tasks.
• Ability to organize and facilitate workshops and programs.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with and support the Director of NYC Programs with planning, managing, and executing alumni wellness support, including educational classes on healthy living, relationships, childhood experiences.
• Ensure all wellness programming and supports are inclusive and welcoming.
• Manage all alumni and student wellness concerns through advising and professional referrals, when needed, and ensure ongoing support, provide follow-up suggestions and resources, and foster student self-advocacy.
• Create and update student wellness notes.
• Leverage the NYC communities of reentry, social service, mental health and substance abuse support and housing providers to create comprehensive wrap-around support.
• Meet individually with alumni and students, as needed, to provide support and referrals to resources and services.
• Facilitate and lead workshops for alumni on health and wellness, including workshops for individuals recently released from prison.
• Perform other job-related duties and responsibilities as may be assigned from time to time.
• Oversee the management and supervision of the Housing Coordinator.
• Ensure that all direct reporting staff have the necessary skills to perform their functions at a high level of professionalism.
• Maintain high performance by providing proactive, constructive, and positive feedback to direct reports.
• Effectively address identified non-performance immediately.
• Conduct quarterly performance check-ins culminating in annual performance reviews.
• Measure data and collect data on wellness programs and projects.
• Attend and lead all relevant meetings.
• Generate and submit all relevant reports to appropriate parties.
• Develop, implement, manage, monitor, and maintain all necessary and relevant functional area policies and procedures.
• Ensure ongoing effective interdepartmental communications.
• Liaise with Bard College staff when relevant.

Benefits

• Compensation: $75,000-$85,000.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: Master's degree