Wellness & Outreach Coordinator
Position Type: Professional Tech Full time
College: Red Rocks Community College
Division: Student Affairs
Department: RRCC Student Health
Campus: RRCC Lakewood Campus
Location: Lakewood
Salary Range: $60,417 - $66,459
Who We Are:
Red Rocks Community College exemplifies extraordinary. We are dedicated to our Vision and Mission, which promote student achievement, staff empowerment, and community engagement. We live our values: Learning, Collaboration, Community, Belonging, and Empowerment.
RRCC seeks applicants who understand and have first-hand experience working with diverse populations, which may include but are not limited to, historically marginalized populations such as people of color, LGBTQ+ community members, veterans, first generation graduates, and people with disabilities.
Job Summary:
This position supports the overall well-being of the RRCC student body through the provision of high-quality educational outreach, suicide prevention, and care coordination services. The position assumes a leadership role in planning, developing, marketing, and implementing campus-wide outreach services in conjunction with direct service delivery and care coordination as part of the Student Health Clinic. This staff member utilizes evidence-based programming and assesses the measurable impact of such wellness programs and training with an overarching goal of providing students with informed decision-making skills that enhance their personal wellness and academic performance. This position also provides oversight and coordination of well-being programming (including the Healthy Minds Resource Center) as well as hires, trains, and supervises students and interns. The Coordinator meets regularly with the Director of Student Health and Counseling to develop, implement, and evaluate programming to ensure it addresses current campus needs and is aligned with departmental and college goals.
Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Ability to work from campus (primarily our Lakewood campus with occasional hours at the Arvada campus).
- Demonstrated skills and experience with behavioral health care and crisis response.
- Ability to develop, implement, monitor, and evaluate program goals and initiatives.
- Ability to work collaboratively with various internal campus teams and external community partners.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills both orally and writing.
- Demonstrated experience working with diverse student populations.
Required Qualifications
- A bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in social work, counseling, psychology, or similar areas.
- Three (3) years of experience working in education or terminology, and medical privacy guidelines and ability closely related area with knowledge of systems.
- Experience with wellness programming, mental health to communicate difficult/sensitive information.
Preferred Qualifications
- A master's degree preferred, experience working in diverse communities and supporting the success of individuals from racial, ethnic, and gender backgrounds that are underrepresented.
- Licensed or licensed eligible to practice in the state of Colorado.
- Experience working as part of a case management support team and working with grants.
Physical & Cognitive Demands
The following are some of the physical and cognitive demands commonly associated with this position.
- Occasionally moves, positions, and transports files and office materials weighing up to 10 lbs.
- This is largely a sedentary role. This position operates in an office environment and constantly uses a computer, and routinely uses standard office equipment including phones, copiers, etc.
- The person in this position constantly communicates with internal and external constituents and students. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
- Cognitive demands include comparing, copying, computing, compiling, analyzing, coordinating, synthesizing, negotiating, communicating, instructing, and interpersonal skills.
Starting Salary
Starting salary range for this position is $60,417 - $66,459 annually, commensurate with education and experience. This is a full-time, FLSA-exempt position. This position has been exempted from the State Classified System.
To Apply
All applicants must submit:
- Resume
- Detailed letter of interest (cover letter) addressing the job announcement.
Candidates will be evaluated based on their qualifications as related to the duties and responsibilities of the position. Candidates may redact any personally identifiable information on their materials including but are not limited to age, date of birth, and dates of attendance and date of graduation for educational institutions. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
If you have questions regarding this position, please contact us at HR@rrcc.edu.
Benefits
At RRCC, we value and uphold a commitment to a workplace that focuses on employees. In addition to rewarding and meaningful work, we offer a comprehensive selection of benefits to support our employees, including:
- Strong, flexible retirement benefits including Colorado PERA's Defined Benefit Plan or Defined Contribution Plan. RRCC contributes 21.61% of your salary on your behalf. Supplemental retirement plans including 401(k), 403(b) and 457 plans are also available.
- Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and flexible savings benefits.
- Employee assistance services such as counseling, professional coaching, financial planning, and more, are available to you and members of your household at no cost through the Colorado State Employee Assistance Program (C-SEAP).
- Generous paid time off benefits including up to 15 hours of annual leave and 10 hours sick leave per month, 10 paid holidays per year, and up to 18 hours for academic and volunteer activities.
- Tuition assistance for employees and their eligible dependents at any community college within the Colorado Community College System or CCCOnline.
- State employees are eligible to participate in BenefitHub which offers discounts for retailers and services and other benefits resources.
- Employees may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. Additional information about this program can be found on the Colorado Division of Human Resources website.
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