Health Promotion Specialist

2 weeks ago

Evanston, United States Northwestern University Full time

The Health Promotion Specialist delivers high quality, evidence-based and -informed health promotion programs and services to students. This position is primarily student-facing, and will work with individual students and student groups.
- Note: Occasional night and weekend work will be required._

**Pay**: The pay range for the Health Promotion Specialist position is $55,000-59,000 depending on experience, skills, and internal equity.

**Principal Accountabilities**:

- Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS) 50%_
- Program Administration
- Service Delivery
- Brief Motivational Interventions and Consultation 25%_
- Provide brief motivational interventions on a range of health and wellness-related topics, including, but not limited to sleep, stress reduction, alcohol and tobacco cessation, and exercise.
- Provide alcohol and other drug misuse consultation.
- Provide wellness coaching.
- Prevention Programming 25%_
- Facilitate educational programs for student groups on a variety of wellness topics, including but not limited to mental health promotion, stress reduction, and alcohol and other drug misuse prevention.
- Assist in administration of group educational programs.

**Minimum Qualifications**:

- Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree; OR appropriate combination of education and experience.
- Training/experience in motivational interviewing.
- Experience and/or training in alcohol and other drug misuse prevention or intervention with college students or young adults.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office suite.

**Minimum Competencies**:

- Ability to manage multiple tasks.
- Ability to handle confidential information sensitively and with integrity.
- Awareness of personal boundaries and ability to provide self-care.
- Demonstrated commitment to diversity and social justice

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Masters Degree in public health, social work, counseling or a related field
- A minimum of one year of experience in providing BASICS or Brief Motivational Interventions (BMI) preferred.

**Preferred Competencies**:

- Understanding of college student development.
- Understanding of harm reduction in substance use prevention.

Northwestern strongly recommends COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters for people who can obtain them as a critical tool for minimizing severe illness. More information can be found on the COVID-19 and Campus Updates webpage.
- The Northwestern campus sits on the traditional homelands of the people of the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa as well as the Menominee, Miami and Ho-Chunk nations. We acknowledge and honor the original people of the land upon which Northwestern University stands, and the Native people who remain on this land today._

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