Behavioral Health Initiatives Coordinator, Student Care Network

Vanderbilt University•Nashville, TN

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Student Care Network (SCN) Campus Behavioral Health Initiatives Coordinator is a member of the Student Care Network Central Team within Vanderbilt University’s Division of Student Affairs. The Coordinator supports and advances campus-wide initiatives through health promotion, prevention, and early intervention. Working with SCN offices and campus partners, the role coordinates programs, resources, and outreach to support student success and a comprehensive approach to wellbeing. The position reports to the Associate Director for Campus Behavioral Health Initiatives and has no supervisory responsibilities. The Coordinator supports the SCN programs and trainings request process; coordinates SCN calendars, trainings, programs, events, logistics, vendors, and administrative processes; and helps deliver campus-wide wellbeing initiatives, including donor-funded programming. The role develops programs using learning objectives, assessment findings, campus trends, and evidence-informed practices. It also connects CAPS outreach and expertise with SCN programming, collaborates with campus and student partners, and supports peer-led mental health and wellbeing efforts. The Coordinator contributes to program evaluation and continuous improvement by coordinating data collection, monitoring outcomes, reviewing feedback and research, and summarizing emerging practices and trends. The role also participates in committees and institutional initiatives, supports divisional events, and follows relevant university policies and administrative procedures. This is a regular, full-time, benefits-eligible, exempt, onsite position. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required for training and outreach outside standard business hours. The position is not eligible for sponsorship.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
Three to four years of experience designing, implementing, coordinating, and/or assessing wellbeing, health education, mental health, public health, or related programs. Experience may come from professional work, coursework, internships, assistantships, or other applied experiences.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Public Health, Health Education, Social Work, Counseling, or a related mental health field.
CHES, M-CHES, or CPH certification; certification may be obtained during employment.
Knowledge of health promotion, prevention science, behavior change theories, and population-based approaches to improving health outcomes.
Ability to communicate health and wellbeing concepts through presentations, trainings, educational materials, and outreach initiatives.
Experience applying public health, health promotion, prevention, or population-level approaches to improve wellbeing outcomes.
Experience using data, learning outcomes, and assessment findings to evaluate programs and inform program development.
Experience coordinating programs and initiatives, including timelines, logistics, communications, and campus partnerships.
Experience working in a higher education environment.
Ability to build and maintain collaborative relationships with campus and community partners to support wellbeing initiatives.
Experience developing and delivering health education programs, facilitating presentations and trainings, and engaging diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

Assist in maintaining the SCN programs and trainings request process by reviewing, assigning, and tracking requests across SCN offices and facilitating outreach requests within the Campus Behavioral Health Initiatives portfolio.
Coordinate and maintain SCN network-specific calendars to increase visibility of wellbeing programs and events, strengthen cross-campus coordination, identify partnership opportunities, and streamline campus-wide efforts.
Support the planning, coordination, and implementation of SCN trainings, programs, and events, including contracts, vendor and campus-partner logistics, materials, and operational needs.
Coordinate donor-funded wellbeing initiatives in alignment with funding priorities and help gather outcomes, impact information, and materials for donor reporting.
Coordinate and support evidence-informed campus wellbeing and health promotion initiatives that promote student wellbeing, connection and belonging, resource awareness, help-seeking, and suicide prevention education.
Design programs using defined learning objectives, available data, assessment findings, campus trends, and evidence-informed practices.
Serve as a liaison with Counseling and Psychiatric Services (CAPS), connecting its outreach, educational programming, and clinical expertise with SCN strategy and campus-wide initiatives.
Collaborate with SCN offices and campus partners to collect, co-develop, coordinate, and review training content, presentations, and educational resources.
Work with student organizations and campus partners to expand access to wellbeing resources, funding, educational programming, and prevention and health promotion strategies.
Build relationships with student-led mental health and wellbeing organizations and SCN Peer Guides, gather student feedback, promote student-led initiatives, and connect peer programming with SCN priorities; maintain an active relationship with the Peer Education Coordinator.
Support assessment and evaluation by monitoring outcomes and measures, coordinating data collection, and using findings, feedback, research, and trends to inform decisions and continuous improvement.
Research and summarize emerging practices and national trends in campus wellbeing, mental health promotion and education, public health, psychology, and related fields.
Serve on divisional and institutional committees, task forces, and working groups, and participate in initiatives and events such as Move-In Day and division meetings.
Maintain working knowledge of university policies, procedures, and systems related to travel, procurement, expenses, and time reporting.
Support divisional colleagues and contribute to shared goals and strategic priorities.