Program Coordinator - Mental Health and Wellness

Chabot-Las Positas Community College District; Dublin (CA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A community college district in California seeks a Program Coordinator for Mental Health and Wellness. The role involves coordinating mental health initiatives, supporting student wellbeing, and requires a Bachelor's degree in relevant fields and experience in program coordination. The organization values diversity and aims to create an inclusive learning environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum three years of experience in mental health or wellness program coordination.
• Knowledge of applicable laws and ethical standards in student mental health services.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate college-wide mental health and wellness initiatives and opportunities for students.
• Perform technical and administrative duties within scope of authority.
• Establish effective working relationships with college departments and community agencies.

Skills

Program coordination

Cultural competence

Mental health knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in psychology, counseling, public health, social work, or related field

Job description

Job Title: Program Coordinator - Mental Health and Wellness

Job Summary:
Laso Positas College provides an inclusive, learning-centered, equity-focused environment that offers educational opportunities and support for completion of students’ transfer, degree, and career-technical goals while promoting lifelong learning.

We seek equity-minded applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits diversity brings to an educational community. We look for applicants who value and intentionally promote diversity and consciousness of difference, demonstrate cultural humility and an ongoing desire to improve cultural competence, and are dedicated to addressing issues of social justice.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate college-wide mental health and wellness initiatives, partnerships, and opportunities for students, program events, and outreach.
• Perform a variety of professional, technical, and administrative duties, exercise independent judgment within scope of authority, and assume responsibility for program coordination, implementation, evaluation, tracking, and reporting.
• Establish, maintain, and facilitate effective working relationships with college departments, community agencies, and other partners to support student mental health and wellbeing.

Requirements:

• A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in psychology, counseling, public health, social work, or a related field.
• Three years of increasingly responsible administrative, technical, and/or programmatic experience coordinating mental health, wellness, or student support programs.
• Knowledge of principles and practices of mental health and wellness program coordination in a higher education setting, applicable laws, ethical standards, and documentation practices in student mental health services.

EEO Statement:
It is the policy of this District to provide equal opportunity in all areas of employment practices and to assure that there shall be no discrimination against any person on the basis of sex, ancestry, age, marital status, race, religious creed, mental disability, medical condition, color, national origin, physical disability, family or sexual preference status and other similar factors in compliance with Title IX, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, other federal and state non-discrimination regulations, and its own statements of philosophy of objectives.