Asst Director Health Promotion

University of Richmond

23h•Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Director of Health Promotion plans and facilitates comprehensive university-wide well-being programming that includes the management and administration of the University’s wellness graduation requirement for students (WELL 100 and WELL 101 courses). The Assistant Director serves as a campus leader in health education and partners with colleagues in the Health & Well-being Unit, student peer educators, and campus partners to provide outreach and programming that supports the student population. The position provides oversight of the campus-wide Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug (ATOD) prevention and education programming, including but not limited to orientation programming, meeting with students related to medical transports, contributing to threat assessments, and making on and off-campus referrals for higher levels of care as needed. Leads the Collegiate Recovery Program on campus and coordinates with campus and community partners to support students in recovery, and sober curiosity, including recovery space and individual and group meetings.

Requirements

CHES (Certified Health Education Specialist) required or must obtain within 12 months of hire
Mental Health First Aid Instructor certification required within 12 months of hire
Wellness Coaching certification required within 18 months of hire
Completed NASPA Certified Peer Education (CPE) training required within 12 months of hire
Knowledge and application of health promotion, behavior change, population-based theories and models, and experience using environmental management strategies and ecological models
Demonstrated ability to build and foster collaborative relationships across the institution
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing with diverse University constituents, including faculty, staff, students, and parents
Strong organizational skills required to balance a variety of tasks with a high degree of competence and accuracy
Ability to use technology including audio/visual and specialized software applications
University approved driver certification required within 12 months of hire
Master’s degree in Health Education, Health Promotion, Public Health, Behavioral Health, or related field required
3-5 years of related work experience required

Nice To Haves

Experience in college health promotion, knowledge of health promotion theory and evidence informed practice, and ability to translate and apply that theory with a university population preferred
Sound understanding of health needs and interests of the college student population and ability to design health promotion initiatives that reflect the diversity of the student body
Demonstrated experience in the design, delivery and evaluation of health education programs

Responsibilities

Collaborates with colleagues in Health Promotion, the Health and Well-being Unit, and campus partners to develop, coordinate, facilitate and evaluate a variety of health promotion initiatives for the campus community based on sound theory and evidence informed practice of college health promotion
Supervises and provides direction to the Manager – Health Promotion
Serves as the content expert and provides oversight in the Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug (ATOD) prevention, education, outreach, and recovery programming efforts for the campus community
Schedules and facilitates meetings with students who are medically transported for ATOD use and oversees the assigning of the educational components and follow-up assessment meetings as part of the Safe Spiders Protocol
Oversees the coordination of care with both on and off-campus service providers to offer specialized group and individual therapy around alcohol and other substance use
Organizes recovery support groups, and campus collaboration for Naloxone training, Recovery Ally Trainings, and campus-wide ATOD outreach
Serves as an incident-specific member of the University’s Threat Assessment Team (TAT)
Serves as an admissions committee liaison for referral of resources to incoming summer students; provides consultation and reviews readmission documentation with oversight by Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS).
Provides support and referrals to students along the spectrum of recovery, and responds to recovery support inquiries from students, family members, and other campus or community members; community resource for addiction and recovery topics; provides referrals to on- and off-campus providers.
Participates in after-hours and weekend meetings and programs as needed
Prepares the university’s Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug (ATOD) Biennial Review for even numbered years and submits to UR Compliance department prior to December 1
Instructs Mental Health First Aid classes; serves as a Wellness Coach for the campus community
Serves as Co-Chair of the Peer Education and Advocacy Funding Council that facilitates funding for health and well-being focused student groups; facilitates the NASPA Certified Peer Education training to the council as needed; provides direct oversight to UR Well Peer Educators (student peer educators).
Provides oversight and administration of UR Living-Well – Living-Learning Community for the academic year when active. Key responsibilities include planning and conducting monthly meetings with the participants (students), developing educational content, planning team-building activities and trips, coordinating well-being certifications, managing a budget, setting goals and evaluating the program.
Develops, monitors, annually reviews and updates all departmental budgets to provide sound fiscal management for the department including all operating and employment budgets
Identifies grant opportunities and funding sources for department initiatives (substance use disorder, disabilities, peer education/advocacy council); applies for relevant grants at the local, state and/or national level.
Serves on University and Student Development committees and working groups as assigned
Advocates for inclusion of all people in Health & Well-being facilities, programs and communications while providing a commitment to work effectively with students, faculty, and staff from diverse backgrounds.
Provides oversight of content development, course design, implementation, instruction, scheduling, evaluation, and monitoring of the university graduation requirement for wellness, including the following:
Serves as Chair of the WELL 100 Steering Committee that meets in the Spring-Summer semesters to provide campus partner coordination of course goals alignment and content
WELL 100: Introduction to College Life at the University of Richmond: in-person course as part of the first-year experience: includes teaching 1-2 sections each academic year
WELL 101: General Well-being courses: includes teaching 1-2 sections each semester
Administers required online courses in alcohol education and sexual assault prevention to all first year and transfer students
Hires, trains, and supervises part-time wellness instructors including scheduling, assigning projects and tasks, evaluating performance and handling discipline and terminations.
This role coordinates scheduling and training of full-time University employees who instruct WELL 100 and WELL 101 courses.
Supervises Peer Mentors (students) who co-facilitate WELL 100. This includes training, scheduling, approving time, evaluating performances and handling discipline and terminations.
Works with Living-Learning and New Student Programs department to recruit Peer Mentors.