Director of Student Well-being Initiatives

7 days ago


Notre Dame, United States University of Notre Dame Full time
Job Summary

The University of Notre Dame seeks a highly skilled and experienced professional to serve as the Director of Student Well-being Initiatives. This key leadership position will play a critical role in enhancing student flourishing and embedding well-being into every aspect of student life.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide strategic guidance and leadership in the development and implementation of health promotion and prevention efforts designed to meet the evolving needs of students.
  • Nurture campus and community relationships that support holistic well-being and foster new collaborations that contribute to the development of a culture of flourishing.
  • Serve as an expert in prevention education, harm reduction, and health promotion to campus stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with others to enhance Notre Dame's strengths while promoting a campus culture intentional about student flourishing.
Departmental Leadership
  • Lead a team of professionals in the development and implementation of well-being initiatives.
  • Maintain a vision for the department that aligns with the University's mission and strategic plan.
  • Oversee the department's strategic planning process and management of goals, priorities, and outcomes.
  • Supervise the functional areas of each team member to ensure the delivery of data-driven, culturally competent programs and services for a diverse student body.
  • Foster working relationships with key campus stakeholders, particularly within Student Affairs, Athletics, and the Academy.
  • Manage budgets and fiscal resources; responsible for long and short-range strategic, fiscal, and organizational planning.
  • Provide oversight for grant-writing, administration, and implementation activities.
Health and Wellness Programming
  • Oversee strategies and initiatives for fostering student engagement in health promotion and prevention efforts through outreach, peer educators, and student leader development.
  • Develop and implement evidence-based, data-driven, and culturally informed initiatives focused on values-based living, social connectedness, resilience curricula, alcohol and other drug education, sleep and restoration skills, and stress management.
  • Lead the development of new efforts that advance the existing work of the team, such as wellness coaching and strategic collaborations to promote health equity.
  • Coordinate delivery of health and wellness orientation programs for undergraduate, graduate, and professional students.
  • Facilitate training and programming workshops as needed.
Unit Collaboration and Community Engagement
  • Serve as a member of the Division's Student Health and Wellness Unit leadership team, working closely with leaders of University Health Services, University Counseling Center, and the Center for Student Support and Care.
  • Participate in unit initiatives, such as the People With Hope to Bring Lilly Foundation Initiative, the Division Strategic Planning Advisory Councils, and the Student, Faculty, and Staff Well-being Advisory Committees.
  • Participate in Division, Unit, and Institutional diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
  • Co-Chair the SHW Unit Alcohol and Other Substance Use Task Force and other coalitions foundational to grant initiatives and special projects.
  • Network and collaborate with key stakeholders on and off campus to develop, implement, and maintain comprehensive, highly visible, evidence-informed prevention and educational efforts that achieve measurably high-quality public health outcomes.
  • Contribute content and well-being expertise to first-year co-curricular programs and Well-being and Resilience workshops/courses.
Assessment
  • Supervise the development, implementation, and analysis of student health assessment strategies that provide baseline and follow-up health data for the Unit, Division, and Campus Community.
  • Identify and share student needs and priorities with campus stakeholders, particularly Student Affairs partners.
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions and measure learning outcomes of department initiatives.
  • Track and report trends in student health status and behavior to inform policies and community decisions.
Marketing, Outreach, and Other Duties
  • Oversee the department's health and wellness communication, marketing, and outreach efforts, particularly those designated by the SHW Leadership Team.
  • Assume additional responsibilities as required.
Minimum Qualifications
  • Master's degree or Bachelor's degree (5 years) or advanced certification beyond Bachelor's in public health, health promotion, counseling, health policy, health education, social work, or related field.
  • Five or more years of full-time health promotion work experience in a college or university setting and a mastery of the health promotion needs of college students.
  • Five or more years of full-time supervisory experience of professional staff and a demonstrated record of highly effective leadership skills.
  • Knowledge and application of health promotion, behavior change, population-based theories and models, and experience using environmental management strategies and the socioecological model.
  • Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships with internal and external constituencies.
  • Demonstrated commitment to diversity, social justice, and the development of multicultural competencies.
  • A commitment to the University's Catholic identity and the ability to implement policies, programs, services, and best practices that are consistent with the University's Catholic mission, values, and teachings.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience conducting literature reviews, needs assessments, and program evaluations to strategically guide policy, programmatic, and budget decisions.
  • Proficiency working with large datasets to drive decision-making, such as data collected through the National College Health Assessment, WISHES, or AlcoholEDU.
  • Interest in developing and pursuing new and innovative ideas.
  • Experience leading coalitions or task forces.
  • Experience with grant writing and administration.
  • CHES or MCHES certification.
  • Familiarity with and passion for substance use risk reduction and emotional well-being content.


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