19 Associate Director for Outreach and Community Engagement Jobs in Chicago, IL
University of Illinois is Hiring an Associate Director for Outreach and Community Engagement Near Chicago, IL
Associate Director for Outreach and Community Engagement
Hiring Department: UIC Counseling Center
Location: Chicago, IL USA
Requisition ID: 1025017
Posting Close Date: September 22, 2024
About the University of Illinois Chicago
UIC is among the nation’s preeminent urban public research universities, a Carnegie RU/VH research institution, and the largest university in Chicago. UIC serves over 34,000 students, comprising one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation and is designated as a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPSI) and a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Through its 16 colleges, UIC produces nationally and internationally recognized multidisciplinary academic programs in concert with civic, corporate and community partners worldwide, including a full complement of health sciences colleges. By emphasizing cutting-edge and transformational research along with a commitment to the success of all students, UIC embodies the dynamic, vibrant and engaged urban university. Recent “Best Colleges” rankings published by U.S. News & World Report, found UIC climbed up in its rankings among top public schools in the nation and among all national universities. UIC has nearly 260,000 alumni, and is one of the largest employers in the city of Chicago.
Description:
- Exists as the primary administrator responsible for the oversight, creation, and implementation of UICCC's outreach and community engagement programs for the campus community.
- Responsible for creating a comprehensive community referral network as well as overseeing outreach efforts within the campus community.
- Serves as a member of the UICCC's leadership team and may provide overall leadership of the Counseling Center and its offices in the absence of the Executive Director.
- A portion of this position is also the provision of direct services including clinical services, crisis counseling, outreach, community engagement and prevention initiatives, and supervision of trainees, crisis counselors, and licensed professional counselors. Duties & Responsibilities
- Stakeholder Engagement, Advocacy, and Capacity Building
- Build connections with campus partners and stakeholders to provide outreach programming that supports student well-being.
- Create and sustain partnerships and networks across campus – including participating organizations, faculty members, instructors, departmental and program administrators, staff members, students, teaching assistants, and members of community organizations – to support collaborative strategies for the promotion of student mental health and emotional well-being.
- Convene invested campus and community stakeholders that promote student mental health and well-being, manage projects and timelines, and provide administrative and technical support necessary to maintain stakeholder engagement and assure progression of work toward stated goals.
- Participate in campus committees as necessary to promote Health Promoting Campus Initiatives that are focused on integration of campus well-being services.
- Maintain current working knowledge of the UIC context (e.g., academic and institutional plans and priorities, faculties, departments, student services, UIC survey data) in order to best align the work with stakeholder groups, departments, and/or university policies.
- Planning and Research
- Utilize campus and national data to develop and implement strategic goals for outreach and community engagement, including developing referral networks.
- Conduct yearly reviews of UICCC’s outreach and community engagement data.
- In collaboration with the UICCC administrative team, facilitate campus-wide mental health and emotional well-being programs, applying principles of community development, collective impact, and environmental management.
- Identify trends and needs of participating organizations, campus stakeholders, seek feedback from diverse groups, and collaboratively develop strategies to best address their needs and develop their capacities.
- Research and stay current on health promotion theory, setting-based and socioecological approaches, issues impacting student mental health and well-being, relevant trends in post-secondary education, and at UIC specifically, best practices, government legislation, and non-government organization guidelines (e.g., World Health Organization’s Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion).
- Communication and Strategic Alignment
- Oversee the development, marketing, implementation, and evaluation of University mental health and emotional well-being outreach efforts. This includes developing outreach programming within the university and developing a referral network with community partners.
- Collaborate with Creative and Digital Services to design and implement strategies to market and promote population level student mental health and well-being, the health promoting campus settings approach, the Socio-ecological Model approach, and the interconnection of health and well-being with student learning, success, and retention.
- In collaboration with the Executive Director, assess the degree of alignment between current initiatives and the university strategic direction and policies. Provide recommendations to link and align efforts throughout the Division, across campus, and assist with the development of evaluation measures.
- Support the use of evidence-based strategies in mental health promotion and disseminate data and reports to inform campus operations and programming.
- In collaboration with Creative and Digital Services, disseminate data and reports to inform campus operations and programming.
- Respond to requests for information, data and presentations, as well as conduct pro-active communication with stakeholders and campus partners.
Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications
- A minimum of a Master’s degree in psychology, social work, counseling, or a related field is required.
- Current full and unrestricted license as a mental health professional (LCPC, LCSW, or Psychologist ONLY) in the state of Illinois.
- A minimum of two years of clinical experience post-licensure.
- At least four years of progressively responsible administrative experience with outpatient mental health service and/or counseling center operations, administration, and/or management.
- Experience, expertise, and interest in providing outreach and community engagement in collegiate mental health.
- Ability to maintain ethical, legal, organizational standards, and commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) in all training, service, and research activities.
- Ability to collaborate with university and community professionals.
- Experience providing clinical supervision to trainees and mental health professionals.
- Knowledge of and ability to use crisis intervention skills.
- Ability to use independent judgment and manage confidential information.
- Ability to teach in workshops, training programs and seminars.
- Excellent communication skills (oral and written) and strong interpersonal skills.
- Ability to organize and manage projects.
- Knowledge of relevant technology.
- Counseling or college health experience in a higher education context strongly preferred.
- Doctoral degree in psychology, social work, counseling, public health, health promotion, or a related field strongly preferred.
- Dual certification and training in public health, health promotion, or a related field strongly preferred.
- Three or more years of clinical experience post-licensure.
- Training and experience providing psychological services to graduate, professional, and undergraduate students, which includes providing services to persons of color, international students, non-traditional students, veterans, students with disabilities and LGBTQA students.
- Applications from qualified individuals with experience providing psychological services with diverse populations, experience conducting counseling/outreach in a language other than English, or individuals who can otherwise add to the rich diversity of our clinical staff are strongly encouraged to apply.
The University of Illinois System is an equal opportunity employer, including but not limited to disability and/or veteran status, and complies with all applicable state and federal employment mandates. Please visit Required Employment Notices and Posters to view our non-discrimination statement and find additional information about required background checks, sexual harassment/misconduct disclosures, and employment eligibility review through E-Verify.
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Job Summary
Full Time
Business Services
$73k-100k (estimate)
08/29/2024
10/28/2024
ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
Savoy, IL
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