Department:
Student Wellbeing Location: Belknap Campus
Time Type: Full time
Worker Type: Regular
Job Req ID: R109633
Minimum Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in a related field and four (4) years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Grade 6 (Salaried)
Position Description:
The Division of Student Affairs at the University of Louisville is seeking to hire a Unit Specialist III. The Unit Specialist supports the success and achievement of student well-being initiatives within the Division of Student Affairs in three spheres: coordination of student health and wellness communication; convening and facilitating collaborative meetings, relationships, and initiatives; and providing administrative and operational support to the Assistant Vice President. This position develops and implements effective communication and student engagement strategies for health initiatives, campus services, wellness and well-being resources. The Unit Specialist also convenes stakeholder groups and leads collaboration with key stakeholders and organizations to facilitate the implementation, support, and development of strategies for the #BeWellUofL initiative, the JED Campus initiative, the Expressive Activity initiative, the Student Well-being Leadership group, the Well-being Advisory group, and the HSC/Belknap well-being partnership. This position also provides executive administrative and high-level operational support to the Assistant Vice President including creating reports, drafting correspondence, and representing the Assistant Vice President in meetings as necessary.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Well-being Administration
- Generates ideas and solutions to facilitate collaboration with the AVP to develop campus-wide student well-being initiatives and goals, strategically engaging campus experts and existing wellness programs to facilitate the creation and buy-in of the #BeWellUofL initiative
- Generates ideas and solutions for the collaborative process to develop student engagement strategies for utilization and marketing of student well-being initiatives. With minimal supervision, addresses issues and challenges pertinent to utilization and marketing of student well-being initiatives
- Serves as back-up for Dean of Students front desk operations and to the Campus Recreation and Wellness administrative specialist to monitor the Speech and Distribution of Literature policy requests, updating the request calendar and assisting with request procedures
- Maintains current knowledge of existing student wellness programs, initiatives, and activities
- Maintains accurate documentation, e.g., meeting minutes and outreach efforts for student well-being initiatives
- Convenes a series of recurring meetings and communications for long-standing committees to include JED Campus, the Student Well-being group, and the Expressive Activity Group
- Facilitates the set-up of meeting space including technology and AV provisions, drafts and advances agendas, and attends meetings to record minutes as required
- Serves on divisional and university committees pertaining to health and wellness
- Conducts special studies and research to help inform decisions and makes recommendations to move wellness initiatives and programming forward
Communications Coordination
- Develops and implements communication strategies to promote mental health and wellness campus resources to students, families, faculty, and staff
- Creates engaging social content and campaigns related to mental health and well-being for various platforms, including newsletters, social media, signage, print materials, etc.
- Coordinates a wellness calendar in collaboration with the Manager, Marketing and Communications following the flow of the academic calendar and associated stressors, engagement opportunities, and health-specific university requirements (i.e., immunizations, student health insurance, etc.)
- Serves as web editor, reviewer, and publisher for websites related to health and well-being
- Manages communication projects relevant to health and well-being and collaborates with Campus Recreation and Wellness, Campus Health Services, and the Counseling Center to ensure consistent and accurate messaging
- Tracks and analyzes communication metrics to assess the effectiveness of strategies and make data-driven improvements
- Supports overall communication of Division's student well-being units, ensuring timely communication and effective coordination of pertinent wellness information
Executive Administrative and Operational Support
- Provides executive administrative and operational high-level support to the AVP, maintaining a significant level of confidentiality and professionalism
- Facilitates AVP's calendar - manages continuous updates, schedules meetings and reserves space for small group meetings, committees, and stakeholder groups
- Composes correspondence and prepares email replies; plans, initiates, and completes various administrative and operational tasks In