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Boasting a 300-acre tree-lined campus in Houston, Texas, Rice University is ranked among the nation's top 20 universities by U.S. News and World Report. Rice has a 6-to-1 undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio, and a residential college system, which supports students intellectually, emotionally, and culturally through social events, intramural sports, student plays, lecture series, courses, and student government. Developing close-knit, diverse college communities is a strong campus tradition, which is why Rice is highly ranked for best quality of life and best value among private universities.

Rice is also a wonderful place to work. Rice faculty, staff, and students share values that are essential to our success as a healthy community. Those values guide our decisions and behaviors and shape Rice's culture. They come through in the way we treat each other and the welcome we extend to our visitors. These values can be recalled simply by our name - RICE - Responsibility, Integrity, Community, and Excellence.

Position Summary:

The Student Wellbeing Office at Rice University supports student development and success by providing a good first point of contact for students who want to talk to someone about solutions to their wellbeing and mental health concerns.

The Student Wellbeing Office is seeking a full-time Wellbeing Advisor. This position will provide in-person outreach programming and individual case management for Rice students on campus, and consultations on mental health and administrative issues for faculty, staff, students and student family members.

Workplace Requirements

This position is exclusively on-site, necessitating all duties to be performed in-person at Rice University.The wellbeing advisor is responsible for setting a flexible schedule to address community needs, which includes working days, in the evenings and on some weekends on campus. Per Rice policy 440 , work arrangements may be subject to change.

Hiring Range: $46,000 - $48,000 annually contingent upon qualifications and experience

Exempt (salaried) positions under FLSA are not eligible for overtime.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in counseling, social work, public health, or another related field
• 1 years experience in working as a behavioral health educator, high school counselor, counselor at family services agency, or another closely related field

Skills:

• Knowledge of case management and education/community-level social services to a culturally diverse young adult population
• Experience with outreach to communities, college campuses, or groups
• Multicultural competence
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and judgment
• Excellent problem-solving abilities
• Ability to work flexible hours

Preferences:

• Master's Degree in counseling, social work, public health, or another related field
• Eligible for Texas license in professional counseling or social work. LPC, LCSW, or LMSW
• Experience
  • One or more years of experience providing wellbeing case management or wellbeing education / community level social services to a culturally diverse young adult population (includes experience gained in internships and /or other related pre-master's experience)
  • Outreach or prevention specialist
  • Facilitated psychoeducational groups
  • Experience as a high school or college level counselor / case manager

Essential Functions:

• Provides case management and wellbeing advising for students whose behavior, academic progress, or mental or physical impairment indicate a need for assistance, identifies students problems and arr nges for needed services, both on and off campus
• Creates and delivers mental health outreach programming / community level social services for Rice students, faculty, staff, students and their families as needed, based on the current needs of the University
• Maintains case history and programming records, and prepare reports when necessary
• Attends college events, student government events and meetings, hosts outreach events in the residential colleges, in graduate housing, and academic departments
• Employee may be assigned or required to perform additional duties to the benefit of the department or University

Additional Functions

• Participates in after-hours student meetings and campus events
• Designs marketing strategies and graphic materials
• Advises student organizations and student leaders
• Identifies students' problems and arranges for needed services, both on and off campus
• Provides student crisis management, as needed

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