Associate Director of Student Wellness & Health Promotion

About Us

Georgia Southern University is the state's largest and most comprehensive center of higher education south of Atlanta. With nearly 150 degree programs at the bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels, Georgia Southern has been designated a Carnegie Doctoral/R2 "high research" university and serves more than 29,500 students from all 50 states, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico as well as 106 nations.

Job Summary

Support the Director's leadership and vision for all essential components of a Wellness Program, including the design, development, promotion, implementation, supervision, and assessment of programs that incorporate public health theory to address and support student wellness needs. These needs include substance use risk reduction and primary prevention of mental health and interpersonal violence. Establish thorough learning outcomes and strategic planning goals; manage budget; and identify educational needs to achieve a campus culture of wellness.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, hire, train, develop, and supervise student assistants, including graduate assistant(s), program assistant(s), and interns, and support in advisement, training of student peer educators
• Review and enforce policies and procedures while maintaining and utilizing risk management best practices
• Serve on University and departmental work teams and committees
• Organize and administer a comprehensive wellness program, including programming and education that utilizes Public Health Theory
• Recommend, develop/enhance and implement goals, objectives, policies and procedures for wellness programming
• Oversee programming and scheduling of wellness initiatives, social norming campaigns, and direct preparation of marketing and educational pieces
• Support in the preparation and management of the annual budget, in addition to grant initiatives
• Prepare and present educational sessions on wellness topics using a health lens
• Collaborate with university areas to create a community that fosters life-long wellness and learning
• Conduct evaluations of the effectiveness of the program and initiate planning studies to assist in determining needs and decision-making

Required Qualifications

Educational Requirements
Master's Degree in Public Health, Health Promotion, Higher Education Administration, Physical Education, Kinesiology or related field

Required Experience
Four (4) or more years of related work experience
Supervisory experience