Associate Director of Wellness and Community Support

Description

The Associate Director, Wellness and Community Support is responsible for fostering a culture prioritizing BPI students' and alumni's health and well-being. In this role, the Associate Director will conduct outreach and education, and provide support and wellness advising to students. The Associate Director will work closely with the NYC Programs, Reentry, and Microcollege teams to address student and alumni needs, provide advice and support, and ensure students have access to the appropriate resources internally and externally. This role will supervise a housing coordinator and housing specialist.

 

Essential Objectives (by Responsibility)

Please note that reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

Wellness Program Leadership & Partnerships (70%)

• The Associate Director will collaborate with and support the Director of NYC Programs with planning, managing, and executing alumni wellness support, including educational classes on healthy living, relationships, childhood experiences
• Ensure all wellness programming and supports are inclusive and welcoming
• Manage all alumni and student wellness concerns through advising and professional referrals, when needed, and ensure ongoing support, provide follow-up suggestions and resources, and foster student self-advocacy to help students better manage and thrive in their academic, personal, and fiscal responsibilities
• Create and update student wellness notes
• Leverage the NYC communities of reentry, social service, mental health and substance abuse support and housing providers to create comprehensive wrap-around support inclusive of and beyond the scope of BPI’s alumni services
• Meet individually with alumni and students, as needed, to provide support and referrals to resources and services
• Facilitate and lead workshops for alumni on health and wellness, including workshops for individuals recently released from prison
• Perform other job-related duties and responsibilities as may be assigned from time to time

 

Management & Supervisory Responsibility (20%)

• This position oversees the management and supervision of the:
  • Housing Coordinator
• Ensure that all direct reporting staff have all the necessary skills to do their assigned and defined functions at the highest level of professionalism and competence at all times
• Maintain high performance by continually providing proactive, constructive, and positive feedback and support to direct reports during the process of ongoing goal achievement
• Effectively address identified non-performance immediately upon noticing it or within 24 hours
• Continually monitor, measure, and reinforce behaviors that create a work environment that makes it easy for people to effectively manage and motivate themselves on an ongoing basis
• Conduct quarterly performance check-ins culminating in annual performance reviews according to organizational policies and procedures
• Participate and contribute to salary administration, conduct interviews, and make recommendations for new hires and consultants

 

Administration (10%)

• Measure data and collect data on wellness programs and projects and identify ways to further strengthen alumni wellness
• Attend and lead all relevant meetings as they pertain to the overall organizational purpose of the function on an as-needed basis
• Generate and submit all relevant reports to appropriate parties as needed
• Develop, implement, manage, monitor, and maintain all necessary and relevant functional area policies and procedures on an as-needed and ongoing basis
• Ensure ongoing effective interdepartmental communications at all times
• Stay within all organizational and departmental policies and procedures at all times
• Liaise with Bard College staff when relevant

 

Travel Expectations

• Occasional travel is expected within NYC
• Occasional travel is expected outside of NYS with prior notification

 

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to th