Career Center

Accountabilities:

• 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.

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. 

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