Job Description

Position Title: Program Director of Wellness and Health Promotion.

Department: The Wellness Center.

Classification: Exempt.

FTE: 1.0.

Work Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., with evening and weekend hours required for events; travel up to 2% of the work schedule, which includes local (Twin Cities metro area) and national travel; overnight trips average 2 trips per year

Work Location: On Campus.

Salary Range: $68,000 - $77,000.

Position Overview:
To employ a public health framework and person-centered approach to coordinate Wellness Center activities and outreach at St. Olaf. This position will work with and within the nine areas of wellness to develop educational programs that focus on increasing help-seeking behaviors, debunking health myths and empowering students to live more balanced and healthy lives. The nine areas of wellness include emotional, physical, sexual, financial, substance, intellectual, spiritual, social, and environmental.

Essential Job Duties:

• Advising and Supervision – 50% of time.
  • Advise and mentor individual students and student organizations regarding the nine areas of wellness.
  • Make culturally appropriate and inclusive referrals to resources.
  • Recruit, hire, train, and manage student employees for the Wellness Center.
  • Provide informal advising and support for the mental wellbeing and adjacent student organizations.
  • Provide support and oversight of monthly wellness programming.
  • Meet regularly with student staff to provide guidance and mentorship.
  • Plan agenda and facilitate weekly staff meeting.
  • Create and facilitate a performance review process for student employees.
  • Plan and facilitate student employee training and ongoing professional development.
    
    
• Educational Programming and Training – 30% of time.
  • Develop, coordinate, and facilitate age and culturally appropriate health promotion programming.
  • Facilitate training for student leaders and paraprofessional staff.
  • Educational and training topics include but are not limited to: alcohol and other drug use education, tobacco use prevention, human health, sexual health, violence prevention, nutrition, eating disorders/body image, mental health and stress management, resilience, self-care skills, and coping strategies.
  • Review all educational posters and printed materials related to the nine areas of wellness for campus community.
  • Develop wellness programming in collaboration with Student Activities for New Student Orientation.
  • Work with Residence Life to disseminate wellness educational information in residential spaces.
  • Coordinate Bystander Intervention training opportunities for the campus community.
  • Maintain Wellness Center website and social media presence.
  • Coordinate and facilitate the Mental Health First Aid training program on campus.
    
    
• Strategic Planning and Assessment – 10% of time.
  • Conduct assessment to understand the needs, risks, and trends related to student health and well-being.
  • Assist with student research as requested.
  • Determine long-term development of Wellness Center programming and ensure its yearly operations are in line with the College mission.
  • Create, administer, and interpret assessment and evaluation for Wellness Center programs and services to determine necessary program modifications.
  • Coordinate implementation of the biennial review of AOD education and prevention programs for the Department of Education.
    
    
• Administration – 10% of time.
  • Serve on Student Life and College-wide committees.
  • Manage program budgets, expenditures and assess future program costs.
  • Identify, recommend, and implement program modifications to accommodate campus needs and budget variations.
  • Identify and raise external resources to support wellness initiatives (e.g. grants, gifts).
  • Oversee day-to-day operations for Wellness Center.
  • Coordinate academic credit for Kinesiology courses that require Wellness Center events. Perform other duties as assigned.
    

Supervision Received and Exercised:

• Reports to the Director of Health Services. This position supervises both staff and student workers.
  

Required Qualifications:

• Education:
  • Bachelor’s Degree in a related field; maintain a valid driver’s license and meet St. Olaf College driver authorization criteria with a satisfactory driving record
    
    
• Experience: 3+ years of experience in college wellness programming working with adolescents or college population; programming, advising, or counseling experience in an educational environment; training and experience with individual counseling; budget management.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Education: Master’s Degree in a related field.
  
  
• Experience: 5+ years of experience training and supervising student work; strategic planning experience.
  
  
  
  

Desired Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to establish and maintain a good rapport with college students, faculty and staff, and the general public.
• Ability to prepare and deliver educational programs and develop appropriate educational materials.
• Ability to handle difficult and stressful situations with calm composure.
• Ability to use appropriate discretion and ensure the confidentiality of documents, materials, and other verbal and written communications.
• Ability to manage a budget and work within the constraints of that budget.
• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form.
• Ability to be easily approachable and focused on meeting the needs of others.
• Knowledge of wellness and health issues in higher education.
• Ability to work with student leaders to respond to the expectations as well as concerns of the entire St. Olaf community by planning and marketing programs that will engage interest in a manner that respects public standards.
• Ability to respond to concerns from the broader community.
• Skill in collaboration with and ability to lead and follow in professional and student-led teams.
• Skill in using computer applications including spreadsheet and word processing software.
• Ability to build cultural humility and use that as a guiding principle in your work. Ability and willingness to support, respect and commit to embracing the diverse backgrounds, values and points of view to build a strong and inclusive community including faculty, staff, students and constituents.
  

Prerequisites:

Employment in this position is conditioned upon successful completion of a background check which may include: criminal background checks, reference checks, verification of work history, verification of any required academic credentials, licenses, and/or certifications, a motor vehicle check, verification of DOT certification, a credit check, employment eligibility verification, and/or a pre-employment physical. Whether a background check is deemed successfully completed will be at the sole discretion of St. Olaf College. Please note, St. Olaf College reserves the right to conduct periodic background checks at its sole discretion.

Disclaimer:

• This position may require you to report early, stay late or work different shifts depending on staffing levels. It may also require you to perform all essential job functions whenever needed and during campus emergencies when necessary.
• This job description is for general information purposes. It is not intended to list all duties and responsibilities of the position. This job description is subject to change at any time by St. Olaf College, with or without prior notice.
• Review of applications begins immediately and continues until the hire is complete. We accept only online applications.

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Founded in 1874, St. Olaf College is a residential, coeducational liberal arts college with approximately 3,000 students and 800 faculty and staff. The college is located on a picturesque 300-acre campus in Northfield, Minnesota, a vibrant, historic river town of 20,000 located 45 minutes south of culturally rich and diverse Minneapolis and St. Paul.

The college offers an academically rigorous, nationally ranked liberal arts education that fosters the development of the whole person in mind, body, and spirit and emphasizes learning in an inclusive and globally engaged community. We encourage applications from candidates committed to multicultural understanding and the enrichment of our diverse community.

The college offers a comprehensive benefits package, including a 9% retirement match, contributions to eligible employees' health savings accounts, a significant tuition discount (up to a 90% reduction) at ACM, GLCA, and ELCA colleges and universities for employees' children, and generous paid time off. For a full review of the college's benefits, please see the summary of our benefits here:

To provide a safe and secure educational environment, St. Olaf College verifies the accuracy of all credentials presented by applicants and conducts a criminal background check on every new hire.

A summary of the Flexible Work Policy for staff:

A link to our Community and Belonging page:

A virtual campus tour:

An overview of Northfield:

An overview of the Twin Cities:

For Staff Application Assistance :

[email protected]

507-786-3068

For Faculty Application Assistance :
[email protected]
507-786-3356

Nondiscrimination Policy

St. Olaf College does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, creed, national origin, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, marital status, veteran status, or status with regard to public assistance. St. Olaf College prohibits discrimination and harassment based upon these and any other legally protected status in any education program or activity that it operates, including in admissions and employment.

Inquiries about this nondiscrimination policy may be referred to St. Olaf College's Director of Equal Opportunity, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, or both. St. Olaf's Director of Equal Opportunity (who serves as the College's Title IX, Title VI, and Section 504 Coordinator) is Pamela McDowell, Tomson Hall, [email protected] , (507) 786-3465.

Job Tags

Work at office, Local area, Immediate start, Monday to Friday, Flexible hours, Night shift, Weekend work, Afternoon shift

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