Director of Health Promotion and Prevention Services (HPPS)

Position Summary: Reporting to the Executive Director of UHS, the Director of Health Promotion and Prevention Services (HPPS) oversees a multidisciplinary team of health professionals focused on developing programs, policies, environments, and resources that support healthy learning communities and outcomes. The Director adopts and champions an approach that addresses all interrelated levels of our campus ecology: these include individual, interpersonal, community, and environmental influences on health. In collaboration with other UHS personnel and University partners, the Director plays a key role in assessing, identifying, and proposing plans to address campus health trends and priorities: plans to strengthen protective health factors and amplify campus strengths, and reduce personal, campus, and community health risk factors.

Area Leadership
* Provides overall area leadership and management of program goals and outcomes
* Supervises and mentors a team of 8 staff members
* Hires, trains, manages, and evaluates all area staff; is continually assessing and determining area staffing needs
* Oversees the area's strategic planning process, plans, goals, priorities, and establishes measurable objectives?in alignment with the mission, vision, strategic direction, and priorities of UHS and its key partners
* Implements campus-wide programs and services that are informed by the best available scientific evidence and/or empirical research
* Utilizes knowledge of health communications theory and practice to inform the direction, methodology, and techniques applied to enhance the effectiveness of community outreach and education programming
* Oversees strategies for fostering student engagement in health promotion and prevention efforts
* Utilizes appropriate assessment techniques to evaluate health promotion and prevention programming
* Plans, administers, and manages the area's operating budgets

Organization-wide leadership
* Uses formal and informal organizational structures within UHS to integrate prevention services with medical and mental health services
* Is knowledgeable in the area of strategic p*anning
* Provides expertise, in collaboration with other UHS areas, to develop, implement, and learn from staff engagement and student satisfaction assessments
* Provides central coordination of all UHS area alcohol-related programs
* Identifies outside funding opportunities for innovative programs and oversees preparation of related proposals for grants and contracts awards
* Disseminates and presents health trends and data to key campus stakeholders
* Advises senior leadership on health promotion and public health-related communications and communications strategies

Campus-wide leadership
* Collaborates with key stakeholders on and off campus to develop, implement, and maintain comprehensive highly-visible, evidence-informed prevention efforts that achieve high-quality, and measureable public health outcomes
* Implements innovative environmental strategies to promote good health and academic success that will prepare students to be informed consumers and advocates of health care systems, and citizens invested in community health
* Provides consultation, direction, and leadership for campus prevention initiatives that focus on the most significant risk factors for University students, including, alcohol and other drug use, mental health problems, stress management, and power-based personal violence, and mental illness
* Coordinates, implements, analyzes, and reports on periodic population-based assessments of health status, needs, and assets of students (e.g., National College Health Assessment)
* In partnership with other University offices (e.g., Office of the Vice-Provost for Institutional Research), conduct environmental assessments of campus community health needs and resources

Essential Qualifications: Core Competencies, Attributes and Key Skill Areas

* Is seen as a collaborative team player, an astute problem solver, and contributes to creative solutions with a style that promotes good will.
* Is widely trusted, seen as a direct, truthful colleague and is adept at creating win-win situations with a diverse group of students, employees, and partners
* Is excellent individual supervisor and knows how to cultivate and drive high functioning teams through frequent formal and informal communications
* Possesses exceptional written, digital, and oral communication skills; is an effective presenter and public speaker, and is knowledgeable about the field of health communications
* Demonstrates a strong commitment to cultural diversity and inclusiveness; highly attuned to the influence of cultural backgrounds, identity configurations, and gender on health behaviors
* Demonstrates confidence working and making decisions independently; while taking into account and staying attuned to aligning with employees and key stakeholders

Essential Qualifications/Requirements

* A master's or doctorate required in public health, health promotion, health policy, or a closely related field
* 5 to 8 years of progressively responsible, relevant experience
* A minimum of 4 years of full-time supervisory experience of professional staff
* Advanced certification in the candidate's field, or specialty (such as Certified Health Education Specialist-CHES; Masters Certified Health Education Specialist-MCHES)
or Certified in Public Health-CPH; or certification eligible)
* Evidence of expertise in current and emerging college-age health issues, environmental/prevention strategies, and evidence-based practices that have a high likelihood of achieving measurable improvements in health status and behaviors, and/or indices of academic and educational success
* Experience working in a college or university setting; thrives in an energetic, diverse work environment; and skilled at effective interactions with college-age populations, international students, parents, faculty, and college administrators
* Evidence of extensive knowledge and implementation of campus prevention initiatives in areas, such as high-risk drinking, power-based personal violence, and an area of mental health.
* Demonstrated proficiency in public health research, including community needs assessments, survey design, environmental scans, and other qualitative and quantitative methods
* Demonstrated expertise in health communications, social marketing, and social media
* Excellent technology and computer skills
* Actively participates in professional organizations

The final candidate will be required to successfully complete a background check.

Preferred Qualifications: * Doctoral degree in related healthcare fields (strongly preferred), such as public health, health policy, health communications, population health, medicine, law, sociology, psychology, (e.g., Ph.D, MD, equvalent doctoral level)
* Advanced certification in more than one field, or specialty area
* 7 to 10 years of progressively responsible, relevant experience
* Proven record of expertise in health communications
* Demonstrated experience in writing and success in securing grant-related funding
* Evidence of research and professional contributions (such as presentations at professional and academic conferences, publications, and other forms of scholarship)
* Experience working in a university health or a comparable healthcare system
* Knowledge of quality improvement principles, methodologies, and total work systems (e.g., Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Lean Six Sigma, Baldrige)
* Knowledge of New Jersey statutes and federal regulations pertaining to health care organizations and higher education
* Actively participates in professional organizations in a leadership capacity
* Facility with website content development and website analytics
* Familiarity with relevant accreditation standards

Education Required: Master's Degree

Application Deadline: Open Until Filled or See Position Summary.