STUDENT WELLNESS MANAGER

The IIE Tertiary; Pretoria; Remote; ZAR 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

IIE Rosebank International is seeking an Online Student Wellness Manager to oversee the psychosocial wellbeing of distance learning students through counselling services, social education and life skills development.

Duties include on-site primary counselling, trauma containment & crisis management, CE projects for campus sites, management of the Student Council, social awareness campaigns and regular reporting; requires SACSSP/HPCSA registration and 1–2 years post-qualification counselling

Qualifications

• NQF Level 8 in Social Work or Counselling Psychology is required.
• Registration as a Social Worker with SACSSP or as a Counsellor/Psychologist with HPCSA is required.
• 1–2 years of face-to-face counselling post-qualification experience.
• 2–3 years’ experience working with youth.
• Comfortable using technology to upload/access client files.

Responsibilities

• Provide counselling and psychosocial support to distance learning students.
• Develop and deliver social education and life-skills programmes; promote wellbeing.
• Coordinate Community Engagement projects and manage CE committees.
• Oversee the Student Council; plan elections and provide development opportunities.
• Design, implement and evaluate Social Awareness campaigns; report outcomes.

Skills

Counselling

Tech literacy

Education

NQF Level 8 Qualification in Social work or counselling psychology

NQF Level 9 Qualification in Social work or counselling psychology

Tools

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.