West Lafayette, Indiana
Posted: 02-Aug-24
Location: West Lafayette, Indiana
Type: Full Time
Salary: $49,000/year
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Internal Number: 33079
Job Summary
The Assistant Director of Wellness Education Programs will work collaboratively with Wellness Program colleagues with limited supervision from the Senior Assistant Director, Wellness to develop, implement, and evaluate educational, comprehensive, and progressive student wellness programs and initiatives. Primary focus will be on physical, emotional, environmental, and social well-being. Core programs of oversight include wellness coaching and peer education. The position will be expected to advocate for, enable, and help mediate action to ensure a culture of well-being. The position will be responsible for fiscal planning and management, assessment, staff development, program outreach, and continuously implementing evidence-based improvements to best serve students and the community. Some evening and weekend work required.
Core Competencies:
- Cross-discipline collaboration
- Student supervision
- Coalition building
- Data management and analysis
Who We Are
Here at Purdue RecWell, we aren’t here to just get people in shape. We’re here to shape people. And to shape a community. We’re a team on a mission to build minds as well as bodies. A team who believes in helping people thrive in life. We have no interest in being average and we’re not afraid to fail. We believe in making wellness a priority. And it shows. We believe human capital is our most important asset. And worth the investment. We are committed to inclusion, we believe that diversity inspires creativity and that every Boilermaker should have access to recreation and wellness. Our facility is 434,550 sq. ft., has over 9 fitness spaces, 3 private personal training studios, and a newly renovated 14,000 sq. ft. space filled with brand new strength equipment and turf.
Wellness programs at RecWell is constantly growing. On campus there is support and drive to increase the well-being of students. Under the Vice Provost of Student Life, well-being is made a priority through the Steps to Leaps framework. The new Assistant Director, Wellness Education Programs will join Purdue in its pursuit of holistic well-being and be a part of the changes coming to Boilermaker well-being initiatives.
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Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in health education/promotion, public health, wellness management or related field
- Minimum of two years of experience promoting health and wellness messages and programming to the college-aged population
- Can consider professional internship and/or graduate assistantship experience
- Certified wellness coach or ability to earn certification within one year of hire
Preferred:
- Master’s degree
Skills:
Required:
- Ability to offer leadership, vision, and strategic planning that will contribute to programming a diverse offering of wellness activities that meet the changing needs of the university community
- Demonstrated ability to supervise, manage, and develop a wide variety of student staff positions, such wellness coaches and peer educators
- Ability to develop students' leadership, communication, conflict resolution, organizational, and teamwork skills
- Must show ability to establish long and short term goals consistent with the mission of the university and the division
- Must show ability to build, develop, and cultivate relationships across campus with a variety of constituents
- Self-motivated, energetic, service-minded and adept at solving problems
- Ability to work collaboratively with diverse constituents
- Must possess strong communication (written/oral) as well as interpersonal skills Proficient with computer software (word processing, spreadsheet, electronic communication, etc.)
