Mental Health Educator

University of British Columbia•Vancouver, BC

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Working from a strengths-based, inclusive, and health equity perspective, the health educator will develop and implement campus-wide programming to promote mental health and wellbeing, as well as a sense of connection, community and belonging across the UBC student population. They will provide programming to support students’ mental wellbeing and attaining their learning and academic goals. Promotes mental wellbeing for students through the development and delivery of wellness education and outreach. Assesses and evaluates mental wellbeing promotion and outreach programs and services.

Requirements

Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline.
Minimum of three to four years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives in conflict with one’s own
Demonstrates a commitment to enhancing one’s own awareness, knowledge, and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusion

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in psychology, Social Work, Public Health, Nursing, Education, or related fields.
Minimum of five years of experience in Public Health, Counselling, Social Work, Education, Nursing roles.
Experience developing health promotion programs, presentations, courses and training
Experience monitoring and evaluating health promotion programs
Proficient with survey tools such as Qualtrics and LMS Canvas
Proficient with MS applications including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and MS Teams
University or college employment experience, especially in Student Affairs, is an asset.
Experience with community engagement and understanding of collaborative leadership and collective impact frameworks.
Experience supervising staff and volunteers.
Commitment to serving the needs of a broadly diverse student population.
Demonstrated ability to provide outreach and programming that are responsive and sensitive to the needs of specific student populations including Indigenous students, international students, graduate students, racialized students, students with disabilities and 2SLGBTQIA+ students.
Demonstrated understanding of health equity and experience in conducting health equity impact assessments
Demonstrated knowledge of student development theory and experience in program development, consultation and outreach.
Experience in program and process evaluation.
Strong interest in and commitment to effective problem solving and continuous improvement of programs and services.
Possession of personal attributes that facilitate teamwork and the development of effective working relationships with a wide range of students, faculty, and staff.
Knowledge of the unique issues facing university students and university life.
Knowledge of treatment of a wide range of concerns that post-secondary and professional program students may experience including stress, depression, anxiety, substance use, relationship difficulties, eating/body image issues, career/life planning, transition issues and sexual violence.

Responsibilities

Develop, facilitate, and evaluate mental health and wellbeing outreach and education (75%)
Collaborates with Student Health and Wellbeing leaders to develop a comprehensive mental health literacy program.
Works across Student Health and Wellbeing to develop and deliver a mental health and wellbeing outreach and education program, including orientations, outreach programs, workshops, and online resources that help students normalize stress, understand how to manage stress and maintain mental health and wellbeing, and how to make informed health decisions and seek support when needed
Assesses community and individual health and wellbeing needs, including mental health.
Review and analyze population health, including mental health data.
Creates health, mental health, and wellbeing promotion programs tailored to diverse cultural needs. for all students as well as mental health programming to meet the unique needs of specific student populations.
May supervise and lead student staff and volunteers, in mental health and wellbeing community outreach and education
Collaborates with staff, faculty and student groups to design and deliver mental health and wellbeing outreach and education programs eg. Academic Essentials: Live Well to Learn Well, and Mental Health Basics
Develops and delivers presentations and training on how to support students' mental wellbeing for faculty and staff, including how to refer students to the most appropriate resources.
Responds to requests for presentations and training and communicates with campus partners in a professional and timely manner
Coordinates the booking of presentations and training
Establishes goals and key metrics for the mental health outreach and education program
Monitors and evaluates the mental health outreach and education program
Prepares reports, publications and other documents as required, and may be asked to sit on and participate in committees and working groups across campus.
Works closely with communications professionals to develop content for and promote wellbeing programming for students in various channels such as web, social media and print.
Responsible for ensuring student wellbeing web resources are up to date and accurate.
Aligns programs with institutional priorities and the National Standard for Mental Health and Well-Being for Post Secondary Students
Reviews programs annually and adjusts learning objectives, content, activities, and evaluation in response to students needs
Reviews and updates courses on learning management system (Canvas) and monitors registration regularly
Apply for internal and external grants
Participate and attend department and team meetings
Respond to communication in a professional and timely manner
Keep calendar up to date and manage time independently
Follow unit administrative and financial procedures
Keeps files organized and stored safely and securely, implementing unit’s filing system