STUDENT WELLNESS MANAGER

The IIE Tertiary; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

IIE Rosebank International is seeking an experienced online Student Wellness Manager to oversee psychosocial wellbeing for distance learning students. The role includes counselling, life skills development, and promoting wellbeing across campuses.

You will manage the Student Council, coordinate community engagement, and design social awareness campaigns, with regular reporting. Evening and weekend availability is a plus, and SACSSP/HPCSA registration is required.

Qualifications

• Qualified in Social Work or Counselling Psychology (NQF Level 8).
• NQF Level 9 qualifications are advantageous.
• Registered Social Worker with SACSSP or Counsellor/Psychologist with HPCSA.

Responsibilities

• Oversee counselling services for distance learning students.
• Coordinate community engagement projects and CE committee activities.
• Lead Student Council management including election planning and training.
• Design and implement Social Awareness and Education campaigns.
• Prepare fortnightly and semester reports and maintain online tracking.

Skills

Counselling

Youth work

Digital file handling

Education

NQF Level 8: Social work or counselling psychology

NQF Level 9: Social work or counselling psychology (Advantageous)

Tools

SACSSP/HPCSA registration

Job description

Join Our Team at IIE Rosebank International

The Independent Institute of Education, Rosebank International, is part of the ADvTECH Group, Africa's leading private education provider. From our humble beginning in 1909, Rosebank International has grown to a student population of more than 45,000 students nationwide.

As we continue to expand and innovate, we invite passionate professionals to become part of our dynamic team. If you are driven by the desire to make a meaningful difference in students' lives and wish to contribute to an institution that values academic excellence, connection, and student success, we would love to hear from you. Join us on our journey of shaping futures!

Job Purpose:

The online Student Wellness Manager is accountable for overseeing the overall psychosocial wellbeing of distance learning students through providing counselling services, social education and awareness programmes and life skills development.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Counselling

• Implementation of on-site primary counselling services, trauma containment & crisis management
• Marketing & Promotion of the service to students
• Maintaining of case files and counselling statistics within SACSSP/HPCSA standards

Community Engagement (CE)

• Create a campus specific planner for CE projects and manage the implementation thereof for each site
• Ensure the active functioning of the CE committee of the Student Council
• Monitor, evaluate and analyse projects to inform future planning & measure impact of projects

Management of the Student Council

• Plan and implement the SC election process
• Provide enough training, team building and development opportunities for the SC
• Ensure the active participation and engagement of SC members in campus life through the various committees, portfolios, meetings and other related activities as per the SC process

Social Awareness & Education

• Design and Plan effective Social Awareness & Education Campaigns aimed at addressing campus specific needs
• Manage the effective implementation of such programmes
• Evaluation and analysis of Programmes to inform future planning

Reporting

• Fortnightly Reporting on all KPAs
• Consolidated Semester Reporting
• Completion of all online tracking systems
• Update graduate database

Requirements:

• NQF Level 8 Qualification in Social work or counselling psychology
• NQF Level 9 Qualification in Social work or counselling psychology (Advantegeous)
• Registration as a Social Worker with the SACSSP or a registered Counsellor or Psychologist with the HPCSA
• 1 – 2 years of face-to-face counselling experience, post-qualification
• 2-3 years’ experience working with the youth.
• Comfortable using technology for uploading and accessing client files.
• Availability on evenings and weekends is considered a plus.

Rosebank College is an equal opportunities employer; however, EE and South African candidates will be preferred.