Job Category:

Professional/Administrative

Position Title:

Director of Wellness Promotions

Full Time/Part Time:

Full Time

Division:

Dean of the College

Department:

Wellness Institute

Department Statement:

The Shaw Wellness Institute, Colgate’s student wellness center, educates, connects, and inspires students to lead their best well-balanced lives — now and in the future. The department provides services and programs to support students’ well-being, including education focused on alcohol and other drugs, healthy nutrition, mental health, bystander intervention, and life-long learning.
As part of Colgate’s Third-Century Plan, the department works closely with a broader integrated health and wellness team including Counseling and Psychological Services, Student Health Services, and Haven: Sexual Violence Support, to focus collectively on the health and well-being of our approximately 3,200 diverse, talented, intellectually-sophisticated, undergraduate students seeking a demanding, expansive, liberal arts residential education. The director serves as a core member of this team committed to enhance the educational experience of students from all backgrounds by inspiring a mindset and practice of lifelong wellness of mind, body, and spirit.
As a health-promotion practitioner, the director develops, implements, and assesses efforts to educate and empower all students to live well-balanced lives. The department works to ensure that its approaches address needs inclusive of all students, especially those who have historically found wellness programs inaccessible. Special considerations are made to deliver program content that incorporates diversity, equity, and inclusion in its practice.

Accountabilities:

Supporting the academic mission of Colgate University, the Director of Health Promotions, at the Shaw Wellness Institute, is a health and wellness educator and member of the Dean of the College division who actively collaborates with colleagues to develop, implement, and assess programs focused on holistic student wellness. The Director of Health Promotions provides program administration and oversees the Shaw Wellness Institute staff and facilities. The director reports to the Assistant Vice President of Counseling and Psychological Services and supervises a team of professionals, including an Assistant Director, Alcohol and Other Drugs Counselor, and an Administrative Department Coordinator. Indirect oversight is provided to a registered dietician and a student intern program. The director provides leadership to the team and advances professional development to engage in the latest health promotion research and best practices.

As the team’s primary preventionist, the director works in close collaboration with an integrated health and wellness leadership team to provide direction, support, and leadership for campus‐wide efforts in developing a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to improving student success by forming cross‐functional teams for wellness areas, including mental health, nutrition, physical fitness, and sexual health. Areas of responsibility include:

• Develop a health promotion strategy including contemporary health and wellness programming with both unique and collaborative programs and promotion efforts. Align strategy within University guidelines, needs assessment, and solid theoretical foundations. Lead effective articulation of messages and marketing campaigns to internal audiences about healthy lifestyles, programs and services to different target audiences and through a variety of channels to reach diverse audiences, including social media.
• Implement plans to address health issues at all levels of the socio-ecological model (intrapersonal, interpersonal, institutional, community and public policy) and develop measurable goals and objectives to measure effectiveness.
• Ensure the implementation of all alcohol-related compliance requirements, including the biennial review of alcohol and other drug programs for the U.S. Department of Education.
• Oversee effective collaboration with students, faculty, and staff to develop new projects and campaigns with the specific goal of reducing high risk alcohol and other drug use and the negative implications of such use on all students.
• Administration of on-line prevention modules for new students related to alcohol and other drugs use and sexual violence and ensure student compliance with courses and coordination with Athletics and Student Involvement on NY state sexual violence prevention education requirements.
• Apply knowledge of current and emerging health issues, prevention strategies, health behavior change theories and ecological framework, and evidence‐informed practice in college-age populations.
• Represent and promote Colgate through local/regional/national presentations on wellness programming.
• Provide active leadership on wellness-related committees that support strategic objectives and when asked to serve on various committees, fully participate, attend meetings, and keep supervisor updated about involvement and progress.
• Write reports, provide research and complete projects as assigned. Ensure that the Shaw Wellness Institute’s website, campus newsletter and other communication channels are maintained.
• Other duties as assigned.

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Health Prevention

Description:

Demonstrated ability to understand and apply knowledge of public health, including alcohol and other drugs, to programs within the context of a small, private, residential, rural liberal arts college. Demonstrated knowledge with current and emerging issues related to health and wellness. Demonstrated knowledge of research and best practices in college health promotion.

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Event Management

Description:

Demonstrated expertise in event planning and implementation sufficient to ensure events meet University goals, and are held in compliance with University policies and procedures. Expertise in risk management sufficient to avoid material consequences to the University.

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Program Management

Description:

Demonstrated expertise program design, implementation, and assessment consistent with broader organizational guidelines and within the context of a small, private, residential, rural liberal arts college. Expertise with data and systems sufficient to identify key data tracking needs, identify quantitative trends and develop data-driven solutions. Connects intended program priorities, outcomes, and goals to divisional and institutional priorities, outcomes and goals.

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Operations Management

Description:

Expertise in managing financial, technical, facilities, and human resources across assigned areas. Ability to develop budgets with strategic alignment to the goals of the division and act as a responsible steward of assigned University funds and facilities. Expertise in developing and delivering effective communications about the function with a broad range of campus partners. Knowledge of data and systems sufficient to identify meet operational needs. Demonstrated ability to develop and apply policies, protocols, and workflows to support operational performance of department and functions within University guidelines.

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Managerial Skills

Description:

Demonstrated knowledge of Colgate managerial processes and requirements, to include:

• Demonstrated ability to fairly and accurately assess employee performance in accordance with university practices.
• Demonstrated understanding of federal and state regulations, as they apply to the university policies and guidelines related to human resource s sufficient to effectively select new employees, recommend pay actions, determine employment status and initiate or approve employee changes in status.

Demonstrated ability to select, develop and retain high performing work teams, to include:

• Demonstrated ability to develop employee skills, performance, and behaviors.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively coach and communicate with employees on issues of pay, performance and development.

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Personal Accountability for Results

Description:

Takes responsibility for decisions, performance, and outcomes; behaves in a responsible manner with a positive attitude; shows self-awareness and openness to feedback.

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Effective Communication

Description:

Demonstrates effective written and oral communication skills; shares information and seeks input from others; adapts communication to diverse audiences; protects private and confidential information.

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Problem Solving and Decision Making

Description:

Analyzes and prioritizes situations to identify and solve problems; generates solutions to improve efficiency and quality; involves others in solving problems and making decisions; factors organizational goals into decisions; makes clear, transparent, and timely decisions.

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Change Management

Description:

Responds positively to changing university initiatives and readily adapts behavior to maintain effective performance; understands the long-term direction of the university and can relate this to departmental area; adapts to new methodologies; identifies and acts on areas where change is appropriate.

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Leadership and Teamwork

Description:

Applies skills and knowledge to provide a climate to achieve departmental and organizational success; balances individual and department goals; helps others perform at their best; builds productive relationships to enhance individual and organizational effectiveness; treats others with respect; resolves conflicts among team members.

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Creativity and Innovation

Description:

Generates, explores, encourages, and implements innovative ways of creating strategic value for the university, division, department, and individual level; critically assesses the effectiveness of new initiatives.

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Diversity and Inclusion

Description:

Demonstrates respect for people and their differences; understands the benefits of a diverse workforce; earns the trust and respect of others; includes and welcomes others; works to understand the perspective of others; promotes opportunities to experience diversity within our community.

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Sustainability

Description:

Understands the impact of decision making and personal behavior in achieving the university’s commitment to a sustainable and carbon-neutral campus; supports and advances the university’s sustainability initiatives; influences others to use sustainable practices.

Professional Experience/ Qualifications:

• A minimum of three years in health promotion, health education, or wellness program management.
• Experience supervising professional, graduate, or student staff.
• Familiarity with contemporary college student issues.
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Experience with assessment and learning outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to network and work cooperatively with faculty and staff colleagues.
• Strong organizational skills, including effective time management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated administrative and leadership experience and capacity to generate results;
• experience with supervising professional staff;
• experience working in or familiarity with selective, residential, liberal arts college environments;
• experience managing a comprehensive wellness program, development and presentation of population-specific health topics related to wellness across the undergraduate experience;
• experience with university-wide program development, implementation and evaluation; and
• familiarity with ACHA’s Standards of Practice for Health Promotion in Higher Education.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Master’s degree in higher education administration or student affairs, public health, health psychology, health education, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.

Certifications:

Certified Health Education Specialist (C.H.E.S.) credentials, preferred.

Other Information:

Colgate University offers a comprehensive compensation and benefit package. The anticipated annual base salary range for this position is $72,000 – $75,000.

Requisition Number:

2023S033Posting

Temporary:

No

Work Schedule:

Weekdays with occasional weekends

Job Open Date:

05/24/2023

Open Until Filled:

Yes

EEO Statement:

It is the policy of Colgate University not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of their race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, pregnancy, national origin, marital status, disability, protected Veterans status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, being or having been victims of domestic violence or stalking, familial status, or any other categories covered by law. Colgate is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Candidates from historically underrepresented groups, women, persons with disabilities, and protected veterans are encouraged to apply.

Clery Act:

CAMPUS CRIME REPORTING AND STATISTICS
The Campus Safety Department will provide upon request a copy of Colgate’s Annual Security and Fire Safety Report. This report includes statistics as reported to the United States Department of Education for the previous three years concerning reported: 1. crimes that occurred on-campus; in certain off-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by Colgate University; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus and 2. fires that occurred in student housing facilities. The report also includes institutional policies concerning campus security and fire safety, such as policies concerning sexual assault, life safety systems, and other related matters. To obtain a copy, contact the Campus Safety Compliance Manager via e-mail at cusafety@colgate.edu. You may also access the report from the Campus Safety web page at: www.colgate.edu/offices/support/campussafety.