Assistant Director for Organizational Well-Being

Working Title: Assistant Director for Organizational Well-Being

State Role Title: N/A

Position Type: Administrative & Professional (Non-teaching Faculty)

Position Status: Full-Time

 

College/Division: Health and Wellbeing

Department: 300019 - UREC HEALTH PROMOTION

 

Pay Rate: Pay Range

Specify Range or Amount: $53,000-$55,000

 

Is this a JMU only position? No

Is this a grant-funded position? No

Is this a Conflict of Interest designated position? No

 

Beginning Review Date: 07/13/2024

 

About JMU:

Mission
We are a community committed to preparing students to be educated and enlightened citizens who lead productive and meaningful lives.

Vision
To be the national model for the engaged university: engaged with ideas and the world.

Who We Are
Located in the heart of Virginia’s beautiful Shenandoah Valley, the city of Harrisonburg is approximately 120 miles from Washington, D.C. and Richmond, VA. With a population of just over 53,000, Harrisonburg is one of the most diverse communities in the Commonwealth of Virginia. JMU is a selective, public institution with a growing national reputation for offering experiences that lead to an outstanding education and inclusive environment for students, faculty and staff. The student body includes approximately 20,000 undergraduate and 1,900 graduate students, with over 1,000 full-time instructional faculty.

JMU offers thriving programs in the liberal arts, science and technology, and professional disciplines at the undergraduate, master’s and doctoral levels. The university is committed to expanding diversity, fostering equity and inclusion, and supporting superlative teaching and scholarship. JMU has achieved national recognition for the high quality of its academic programs, focus on maintaining strong student/faculty interaction, and innovative faculty research.

 

General Information:

At James Madison University, Health Promotion is seeking an Assistant Director to oversee the development, implementation, and evaluation of a holistic, inclusive, and evidence-informed organizational well-being model for students. This new position reports to the Director of Health Promotion, and advances campus well-being by building capacity for student groups, clubs, and organizations to thrive. The Assistant Director supports this goal through data-informed policy and practice review, trainings, consultation, advocacy, and strategic campus and community partnerships.

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist the Director of Health Promotion with strategic planning regarding organizational well-being that aligns with divisional and departmental mission, vision, and values
• Use research and collaboration to develop, implement, and evaluate an organizational well-being model for the JMU community
• Support evidence-informed strategies for organizational risk management and ensure compliance with regulations and legal requirements
• Support campus-wide initiatives of a Health Promoting Campus
• Contribute to Student Affairs equity and inclusion value by designing intentional and inclusive practices, policies, and programs to a diverse student population
• Develop, implement, and evaluate comprehensive holistic health promoting initiatives that align with divisional and departmental mission, vision, and values
• Develop and coordinate strategies for engagement, including but not limited to conducting needs assessments, policy and practice review, consultation services, trainings, programming, and creating referral pathways to campus partners
• Develop and coordinate strategies for partner engagement
• Advocate on behalf of students, student groups, and affiliates to improve and advance organizational well-being efforts
• Assist with the comprehensive development, implementation, and administration of an evaluation plan to assess the fidelity and impact of organizational well-being initiatives
• Oversee administrative functions which support organizational well-being efforts including scheduling, tracking, and documenting participants and referrals
• Recruit, hire, orient, and supervise relevant staff
• Manage financial resources of assigned programs, assuring those fiscal operations are consistent with good practice and university/state policy