Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Promotion Specialist

University of Wisconsin Madison • Madison, WI

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

UHS Prevention is recruiting a Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Promotion Specialist to join our team. This position will work closely with registered student organizations, student leaders, and campus partners to advance mental health promotion and prevention strategies across UW-Madison. This role will provide support and build capacity by delivering, evaluating, and improving suicide prevention and mental health promotion training and resources for students and staff at UW-Madison. It will also involve advising, supporting, and mentoring registered student organizations with missions and work related to mental health and suicide prevention, cultivating interest among these organizations in adopting health-promoting policies, systems, and environments, and maintaining expertise on evidence-based strategies for peer support, peer education, student advocacy, student engagement, and student development. The specialist will collaborate with campus partners to deploy and evaluate health promotion strategies and programs for students and may supervise student employees. This position reports to the Assistant Director for Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention.

Requirements

• Minimum of one year of professional experience advising, mentoring, coaching or supervising students in higher education or related educational setting
• Experience delivering presentations and/or facilitating groups
• Professional, academic, or volunteer experience that includes any of the following subject areas: mental health, suicide prevention, population health, public health, student development, and/or peer support.
• Bachelor's degree, required

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree, preferred
• Degree in public health, education, health sciences, social work, psychology, counseling, teaching and learning, or a related field.
• Experience applying population-level prevention strategies and evidence‑based frameworks.
• Experience working in a higher education setting, navigating campus policies, structures, and operations
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships with diverse stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience with program planning and evaluation
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

• Delivering, evaluating, and improving suicide prevention and mental health promotion training and resources for students and staff at UW-Madison
• Advising, supporting, and mentoring registered student organizations with missions and work related to mental health and suicide prevention
• Cultivating interest among registered student organizations in adopting health-promoting policies, systems, and environments
• Maintaining expertise on evidence-based strategies for peer support, peer education, student advocacy, student engagement, and student development
• Collaborating with campus partners to deploy and evaluate health promotion strategies and programs for students
• Coordinating and aligning with UHS prevention, data, and communications teams
• May supervise student employees
• Advise registered student organizations and support UHS prevention dual registration program
• Gathers and evaluates population-level health data and engages with stakeholders to discern needs and interests and build capacity for population-level health improvement
• Applies evidence-based theories, frameworks, and assessments according to current health research and practice
• Develops, implements, organizes, and evaluates population-health initiatives based on sound data, theory, and evidence
• Provides consultation, training, and capacity-building resources for stakeholders to advance a health-promoting setting with respect to policies, learning and working environments, physical spaces, services and support, student development, and/or opportunities for social connectedness

Benefits

• generous paid time off
• competitively priced health/dental/vision/life insurance
• tax-advantaged savings accounts
• participation in the nationally recognized Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) pension fund

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level