Health Promotion, Outreach and Education (HPOE Director)

UCSF•San Francisco, CA

7d•$148,860 - $170,362•Onsite

About The Position

Reporting to the Executive Director of Student Health and Student Mental Health and Wellbeing (SMHW)), the Health Promotion, Outreach and Education (HPOE Director) provides direct oversight of all health promotion activities that address priority student health issues and trends to support the mission of the university. Establishes a campus-wide agenda to advance the health of students and promote student development, retention and success. With authority, innovates and advises on all aspects of campus health education and promotion efforts and long-range goals for development of wellness and health promotion services. Develops, implements and monitors strategic plan/goals/objectives and creates and provides data and reports to key campus stakeholders. Provides expert consultation on areas of health promotion and prevention to campus constituents. Based on broad knowledge and experience, combines professional concepts and evolving campus objectives that have campus-wide and community impact to foster a health promoting campus environment. The HPOE Director is an experienced public health professional who provides leadership, overall direction, planning and management of the Health Promotion, Outreach and Education unit including a team of health education and promotion professionals in various areas of wellness. In this capacity, the HPOE Director provides strategic direction in the design, development, administration, implementation, assessment, coordination, and continuous improvement of health-related programs, services, health education materials, communications, and social media; and health promotion policy, advocacy, campaigns, and initiatives that foster health, well-being, and harm reduction among the diverse population of 3,100 graduate and professional health sciences students at UCSF. The HPOE Director works in collaboration with and serves as a liaison to internal and external campus partners to provide strategic direction of Health Promotion, Outreach and Education activities in relation to assessed campus needs, system wide programs and national trends. May include Student Health Advisory Committee, staff and faculty within UCSF professional schools and Graduate Division, UC Wellness and Health Promotion Directors, University of California Office of the President (UCOP) committees including the Student Mental Health Oversight Committee, and national groups such as Health Promoting Campus Network. Identifies strong campus partners to design long term vision of wellness initiatives. Conducts analyses to determine approaches, trends, and "best practices" to address the unique issues of UCSF students with particular focus on prevention and early intervention. Department Overview (please write a brief description of your department/unit that you would like to be included in the job posting/advertisement) Student Mental Health and Wellbeing (SMHW) is committed to providing high quality, culturally responsive, holistic mental health care and wellbeing services to assist learners in achieving academic and professional success as well as lifelong health. SMHW offers mental health counseling and psychiatry services, health education and promotion, [MR1] health insurance support services, and local oversight of the UC Student Health Insurance Plan. The HPOE team works collaboratively with the UCSF campus community to co-create evidence-based programming that uplifts a holistic view of health and empowers students in promoting their personal and collective wellbeing.

Requirements

Advanced degree in related area or equivalent combination of education and work experience / training.
Strong knowledge of medical field, health promotion and / or education programs.
Knows delivery mediums as well as campus HR-related practices and procedures relating to supervision and management of assigned staff members.
Strong knowledge of budget / fiscal-related matters.
Strong presentation, written and verbal communication skills.
Strong skills in decision-making, analysis, critical thinking, project management and organizational leadership.
Ability to work in a highly collaborative manner with all levels of the campus community.
Ability to establish priorities, goals and objectives, timelines and delegate assignments, manage resources (HR and fiscal), to achieve goals and implement programs.
Highly developed ability to achieve consensus in a diverse environment.
Six (6) or more years’ experience of developing, managing, implementing, and evaluating health and wellness services programs or related work experience.
Five (5) or more years of supervisory / management experience.
Experience with traditional and state-of-the art strategies of health promotion, education, behavior change, environmental management and evaluation.
Interpersonal skills to interact and communicate effectively and professionally with administration, staff, visitors and volunteers, using tact, diplomacy, and good judgment during all interactions in the performance of a wide variety of programs.
Customer service skills to represent information and programs to faculty, staff, students, and the public.
Experience with health promoting environments and/or Okanagan Charter.
Demonstrated knowledge of and commitment to advancing Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity principles.
Possess a working understanding of a public health approach to mental health, including suicide prevention and wellness promotion.
Attuned to current needs and shifts in higher education and mental health, including suicide prevention, and help develop and support timely and responsive initiatives.

Nice To Haves

Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES®)
License in California
Demonstrated experience within health promoting campuses/higher education environments.
Decision-making skills to independently and effectively analyze situations and provide reasoned recommendations and fair and equitable decision-making.
Collaboration skills to develop short- and long-range planning and program goals, to analyze and evaluate programmatic needs and recommend changes for effective operation.
Knowledge of current evidence-informed strategies and theories to change health behaviors and reduce risks.
Knowledge of social and macro environmental and policy influences on health behavior.

Responsibilities

Responsible for achieving broadly stated goals through subordinate team members as defined below. Wellness and Health Promotion Management and Administration -Provides leadership, overall direction, planning and management of the Health Promotion, Outreach and Education services including a team of health education and promotion professionals in various areas of wellness, including: Mental Health and Wellbeing; Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion + Anti-Bias/Anti-Racism (JEDI/ABAR); Sexual Health; Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug; Physical Health, and others -Develops and implements programmatic and service enhancements as required by changing environments, including regulatory changes, technological advances, and effective service and delivery strategies - Directs the design, implementation and evaluation of a broad range of health promotion and educational programs, which include orientations, workshops, seminars and conferences - Manages staff according to established campus HR policies and procedures - Develops and monitors operational and budget processes, staff FTE, finance, human resources and space planning - Manages the coordination of activities of a department with responsibility for results in terms of costs, methods, and employees
Responsible for achieving broadly stated goals through subordinate team members as defined below. Campus Wellness and Health Promotion Leadership -Consults with other campus departments. - Provides strategic leadership in the design, formulation and implementation of health promotion and education programs. -Responsible for managing the health promotion and educational programs of the campus - Develops campus-wide promotional and educational programs and policy-level approaches to reduce preventable health threats to students' academic and developmental success - Leads and supports systems level and environmental strategies that influence the health and wellbeing of person, place and planet -Works in collaboration with and serves as a liaison to internal and external campus partners to provide strategic direction of Wellness and Health Promotion activities in relation to assessed campus needs, system wide programs and national trends - Represents the department in a leadership role on various standing and ad-hoc committees and task forces, making presentations and recommendations to establish standards and practice guidelines across campus on issues of student development and wellness
Responsible for achieving broadly stated goals through subordinate team members as defined below. Health Promoting Campus Environment - Serves as campus subject matter expert on national trends and best practices within holistic student wellbeing sythesizing topics across areas of wellbeing including social, emotional, physical, intellectual, occupational, spiritual, financial, and environmental wellness - Provides leadership for health promotion programs and operations, policy, advocacy and campus / community collaboration efforts to foster health promoting campus environment through actions such as adopting Okangan Charter, liasing with US Health Promoting Campus Network -Forge strategic alliances with academic departments and faculty, developing academic and research partnerships and projects that advance departmental wellness and health promotion goals - Exercises leadership to identify, develop and maintain relationships with a variety of departments and individuals to develop partnerships and projects that advance the learning and development goals of Student Health and Counseling Services and Student Academic Affairs -Manages related outreach programs between the campus and community -Embeds health into all aspects of campus culture, across the administration, operations and academic mandates - Leverages UCSF’s unique positions and roles in research, teaching and service to community to influence local, national, and global health and wellbeing strategy - Defines, develops strategies, and creates metrics tailored to unique needs of diverse student population at UCSF for what it means to be a health promoting campus
Responsible for achieving broadly stated goals through subordinate team members as defined below. Strategic Planning and Execution - Identifies industry "best practices" and develops programs that meet or exceed industry standards -Develops long and short-term program goals - Works across the organization to ensure needs are appropriately identified and met, through the design and development of programs that meet the diverse and changing health-related needs of the campus - Establishes and recommends changes to policies which affect the department -Critically reviews professional literature in a variety of disciplines that inform practice in student development, including education, psychology, sociology, anthropology, and public health, and assess its applicability and utility for effective programming
PROVISION OF DIRECT SERVICE Provide crisis intervention assessment and intervention to students. Be available to work on infrequent crisis response on weekends and/or evenings as necessary. Provide psychological consultation and coordinate care with primary care clinicians as needed using an integrated care model. Manage cases including maintaining up-to-date case records and reports. Performs diagnosis and psychotherapy on a full range of cases that are not pre-screened. Gathers, analyzes, prepares, summarizes and monitors the status and progress of individual cases and projects and may participate in the training of lower-level professionals and paraprofessionals.