"Wellbeing Advisor"

Position Summary

The Student Wellbeing Office at Rice University supports student development and success by providing case management, outreach, and programming within the campus community. The Student Wellbeing Office is a good first point of contact for students who want to discuss solutions to their wellbeing and mental health concerns or need resource coordination between on- and off-campus services. The office also provides psychoeducation across a variety of wellbeing topics and performs outreach to both undergraduate and graduate students at Rice.

The Student Wellbeing Office is seeking a full-time Wellbeing Advisor. This position will provide in-person outreach programming in the areas of mental health awareness, psychoeducation, and skills training, as well as individual case management for Rice students and consultations on mental health and administrative issues for faculty, staff, students, and student family members. This position will include a key function of outreach, focusing on events in the evenings when students are most active outside the classroom. On this culturally diverse campus, it is important for the candidate to be experienced and/or trained in multicultural practice, creative outreach strategies, and to demonstrate a high level of enthusiasm.

Workplace Requirements

This position is exclusively on-site, requiring all duties to be performed in person at Rice University. The Wellbeing Advisor is responsible for setting a flexible schedule to address community needs, which includes standard working days, evenings, and weekends on campus. Per Rice policy 440, work arrangements may be subject to change.

*Exempt (salaried) positions under FLSA are not eligible for overtime.*

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in public health, counseling, social work, or another related field
• 1+ years of experience providing wellbeing education, community-level social services, or wellbeing case management

Skills

• Knowledge of wellbeing case management or wellbeing education/community-level social services for a culturally diverse young adult population
• Outreach expertise
• Multicultural competence
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and judgment
• Strong problem-solving abilities
• Ability to work flexible hours

Preferences

• Master's degree in public health, counseling, social work, or another related field
• Eligible for a Texas license in professional counseling or social work (LPC, LCSW, or LMSW)
• Experience:
  • Outreach or prevention specialist
  • Facilitating psychoeducational groups
  • High school or college-level counseling/case management

Essential Functions

• Assists in creating and delivering mental health outreach programming/community-level social services for Rice students, faculty, staff, and their families as needed, based on the current needs of the University
• Attends college events, student government events, and meetings; hosts outreach events in residential colleges, graduate housing, and academic departments in the evening
• Provides case management and wellbeing advising for students whose behavior, academic progress, or mental or physical impairment indicates a need for assistance; identifies students' problems and arranges for needed services both on and off campus
• Provides basic wellbeing advice, guidance, case management, and information for students in distress
• Maintains case history and programming records and prepares reports when necessary
• May be assigned or required to perform additional duties to benefit the department or the University
• Performs all other duties as assigned

Additional Functions

• Participates in after-hours student group meetings and campus events
• Designs marketing strategies, graphic materials, and assists in maintaining social media
• Advises student organizations and student leaders as needed
• Identifies students' problems and arranges for needed services both on and off campus
• Advises students concerning academic performance and success opportunities
• Provides student crisis management as needed

About Rice

Boasting a 300-acre tree-lined campus in Houston, Texas, Rice University is ranked among the nation's top 20 universities by U.S. News & World Report. Rice has a 6-to-1 undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio, and a residential college system, which supports students intellectually, emotionally and culturally through social events, intramural sports, student plays, lectures series, courses and student government. Developing close-knit, diverse college communities is a strong campus tradition, which is why Rice is highly ranked for best quality of life and best value among private universities.

Rice is also a wonderful place to work. Rice faculty, staff and students share values that are essential to our success as a healthy community. Those values guide our decisions and behaviors and shape Rice's culture. They come through in the way we treat each other and the welcome we extend to our visitors. These values can be recalled simply by our name -- RICE -- Responsibility, Integrity, Community and Excellence.

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Rice Mission and Values

Rice University is committed to ensuring Equal Employment Opportunity and welcoming the fullness of diversity into our candidate pools. Rice considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, genetic information, disability, or protected veteran status. Rice also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. If an applicant requires a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, please contact Rice University's Disability Resource Center at 713-348-5841 or adarice@rice.edu for support.

If you have any additional questions, please email us at jobs@rice.edu. Thank you for your interest in employment with Rice University.