Assistant Director Student Health Education

Pay Grade/Pay Range: Minimum: $53,500 - Midpoint: $66,900 (Salaried E8)

Department/Organization: 810104 - Health Promotions & Wellness

Normal Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm

Job Summary:The Assistant Director of Student Health Promotion develops, coordinates, and implements campus-wide health programs. Provides outreach education and programming on assigned health topics for students and the campus community. Manages the ongoing assessment and evaluation of programs in this area. Trains, manages, supervises, and evaluates student staff, interns, and/or peer educators in designated programmatic areas.

Additional Department Summary: Develops, coordinates, implements and evaluates campus wide health education programs that affect health behaviors. Supports academic success using population-based data for assigned programmatic area (e.g. mental health, alcohol, substance use, etc.,). Participates in the Division of Student Life committees related to health and wellbeing. Advocates for policies that support campus and community health both individually, student groups, and the campus community through the department. Assists with advocating changes through the appropriate channels. Collaborates and engages with interdisciplinary partner units within the Division of Student Life’s initiatives and Academic Affairs to advance the health and wellbeing of students. Leads the development and implementation of campus-wide assessments to determine health needs, assets, and priorities of the department and evaluation strategies for each program. Provides direct supervision to at least one professional staff member within the department and works as the main liaison to academic units on campus to coordinate requested experiential learning/applied practicums in the department. Participates in strategic planning for the department. Supports and leads signature health promotion events as assigned. Leads and participate in interdisciplinary initiatives within the Department of Health Promotion and Wellness, the Division of Student Life, and externally across the campus community. Completes required training that is related to laws and regulations, that creates a more hospitable and respectful workplace, and safer work environment. Holding staff accountable for completion of required training. Has personal accountability for financial reporting and responsibility for establishing, enforcing, and following internal processes and controls as outlined in UA policies and procedures.

Skills and Knowledge: Effective written and verbal communication skills. Effective and collaborative skills in team building, leading and evaluation. Strong and effective skills working with and leading teams, peer, and interdisciplinary staff teams. Demonstrates commitment to the advancement of evidence informed health promotion initiatives in the college population. Understanding of institutional values in health promoting activities and communication.

Preferred Qualifications: Three (3) or more years of progressive responsibility in health promotion or related field in a higher education setting. Experience with social media venues. Experience supervising student staff, graduate students, or other professionals. Active participation in professional organizations in a leadership capacity.

Background Investigation Statement: Prior to hiring, the final candidate(s) must successfully pass a pre-employment background investigation and information obtained from social media and other internet sources. A prior conviction reported as a result of the background investigation DOES NOT automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration for this position. A candidate with a prior conviction or negative behavioral red flags will receive an individualized review of the prior conviction or negative behavioral red flags before a hiring decision is made.

Equal Employment Opportunity: The University of Alabama is an Equal Employment/Equal Educational Opportunity Institution. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment or volunteer status without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age, genetic or family medical history information, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, and will not be discriminated against because of their protected status. Applicants and employees of this institution are protected under Federal law from discrimination on several bases.