Assistant Director, Mental Health and Wellbeing

Are you a passionate educator, committed to helping college students achieve holistic wellbeing? The Brook Center is hiring an assistant director, mental health and wellbeing. This critical position advises the Co-Pilots (our mental health and wellbeing peer educators), facilitates mental health, wellbeing, and alcohol and other drug programming and presentations, leads the planning for the Flyers Farmers Market, mentors student leaders, and creates opportunities for students to be holistically well throughout their college experience. Join us!

Minimum Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in related field with 2 years of experience designing, implementing, or assessing mental health and wellbeing education programs through internships, practicum, assistantships, or professional experience OR a Master's degree in related field
- Ability to plan, organize, and run educational programming both independently and through collaboration across departments
- High attention to detail
- Strong written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

While not everyone may possess all of the preferred qualifications, the ideal candidate will bring many of the following:

- Masters degree in College Student Personnel, Counseling, Psychology, Social Work, Health Promotion, Public Health, exercise science, or related field
- 2 or more years of post-master professional experience designing, implementing, and assessing mental health education, health education, or prevention programs in a higher education setting
- A thorough understanding of student development, health promotion, behavior change, and population-based theories and models
- Ability to thrive in a team-based, educational environment that values high expectations, integrity, and leadership, while possessing positive attitude and enthusiasm
- Demonstrated ability to respond to students in crisis and refer to appropriate resources
- Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, and run educational programming both independently and through collaboration across departments
- Exceptional presentation skills and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to work successfully with a diverse community, recognizing different approaches and barriers to accessing mental health resources exist for various groups, and provide education from a non-judgmental perspective
- Demonstrated experience using health promotion models to provide services and supports to underrepresented and underserved student populations in an effort to work toward a campus community where all members have equitable mental health and wellbeing related outcomes
- Demonstrated experience in collaboration with diverse stakeholders (faculty, staff, students, local organizations)
- Demonstrated familiarity with the Jed Foundation Framework and their recommendations on equity in mental health, public health models, mental health education topics, or motivational interviewing
- Demonstrated ability to inspire others to share a vision, such as a campus community that values the mental health and wellbeing of all community members
- Demonstrated experience with a traditional college age population for 1 or more years
- Demonstrated experience with a peer education program
- Demonstrated experience with learning outcome writing and learning design
- Supervision and/or advising experience
- Ability to handle confidential information, work independently, and work as part of a team
- Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES), Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES), Certified in Public Health (CPH) designation, Certified in Prevention (OCPSA/OCPS/OCPC) or eligible to become certified
- Experience managing a financial budget
- Demonstrated experience in working with content related to sexual violence prevention education and/or LGBTQ+ education
- Respect and appreciation for our Catholic and Marianist values

Special Instructions:

To apply please submit a cover letter addressing each minimum qualification and any applicable preferred qualifications that you meet.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. The University does not provide work visa sponsorship for this position.

Informed by its Catholic and Marianist mission, the University is committed to the dignity of every human being. Informed by this commitment, we seek to increase diversity in all of its forms, achieve fair outcomes, and model inclusion across our campus community. The University is committed to policies of affirmative action designed to increase the employment opportunities of individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in compliance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1973.