Director, Wellness Center

Position Title:

Director, Wellness Center

Position Type:

Regular

Hiring Range:

$91,800 - $125,000 commensurate with experience

Pay Frequency:

Annual

POSITION PURPOSE

The Wellness Center plays a central and critical role in promoting student wellness by utilizing a comprehensive approach to address well-being, alcohol and other drug abuse, and interpersonal and sexual violence. The Director provides strategic direction, leadership, coordination, and evaluation of programs to advance holistic health initiatives including the Eight Dimensions of Well-Being. The Director provides supervision and support to the three Assistant Directors and works collaboratively and maintains relationships with departments across campus focused on student health and well-being, including academic departments and faculty. The Director provides strategic insights and strategies drawn from evidence based practices and data analysis.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Staff Supervision and Program Management

• Serve as the direct supervisor for assistant directors to provide guidance, leadership, direction, and support while ensuring quality and accountability.

• Schedule, plan and conduct staff meetings and individual one on ones that are informative, collaborative, and productive.

• Provide ongoing feedback and complete annual performance reviews.

• Has primary oversight for the development and implementation of major Wellness Center programs and the coordination and implementation of the Eight Dimensions for Well-Being.  

• Provides advice and support for center policies and planning, and supports responses to issues and trends, including regular communication with student leaders. 

• Ensures the highest level of customer service is maintained by the front desk staff including regularly monitoring feedback and task completion. Works to identify solutions when gaps are identified.  

• Responds effectively to state and federal policy changes, specifically those related to interpersonal and/or gender based violence. 

• Prepare and submit center operating budget plans and proposals and monitor budget allocations.

• Create a vision for the planning and implementation of center programs and services.

• Develop and implement departmental strategic planning consistent with and complimentary to that of the University.

• Collaborate to build theory informed, evidence-based health promotion strategies, policies and programs.

• Lead and provide direction for outreach, marketing, and communication efforts for Wellness Center programs and events, including regularly distributed Wellness Center newsletters and/or information to be included in Student Health, Counseling, and Well-Being communications.

• Serve as consultant for Assistant Directors in providing care for students.

• Advocates for review of, and revisions to, relevant university policies and procedures to promote the Wellness Center’s mission and serve the needs of students.

• Identify barriers to student well-being and develop initiatives to ensure equitable access and opportunity for all students in the care of their holistic well-being.

Student Health Education

• Provide leadership to the Division of Student Life on strategies and programs for promoting the Wellness Center's work of: substance use education and prevention programs, interpersonal and sexual violence prevention programs, student survivor advocacy, and health promotion.

• Coordinate, implement, and teach Peer Health Education courses in support of the development and expansion of SCU’s peer education programs: PHSC 196: Peer Health Education (2 Units), PHSC 198: Peer Health Educator Practicum (1 Unit), and if necessary PHSC 191: Violence Prevention Educators (2 Units.).

• In collaboration with Wellness Center staff, conduct workshops, training programs and special events related to health education based on identified needs, including the mandatory on-line alcohol and other drug education program and sexual violence prevention program for new undergraduate students in partnership with campus partners.

• Develop and submit wellness related grants with a particular emphasis on alcohol and other drugs, interpersonal and sexual violence awareness and prevention, and collegiate recovery; Support the Assistant Director efforts in the grant writing process.