Job Title

Assistant Director for Mental Health Promotion

Department

Student Health Services

Worker Type

Regular

Pay Type

Salary

Position Salary Minimum

50,000

Position Salary Maximum

50,000

Salary will be commensurate with the level of the position, education, and experience.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Benefit Eligible

Yes

Screening Date

2024-09-18

Job Description Summary

The Assistant Director for Mental Health Promotion & Education is charged with enhancing, promoting, and developing resources, skills, programs, and opportunities related to mental health and emotional well-being for all Miami (Oxford) students. This position reports to the Associate Director for Student Wellness and will work collaboratively with the Assistant Director for Sexual Assault Prevention and the Assistant Director for Harm Reduction within the Office of Student Wellness (OSW). Education topics include emotional wellness skill building, anxiety, depression, suicide prevention, disordered eating behaviors, self-care, stress management, distress tolerance, resiliency, developing a growth mindset, and any other topics that arise as a need. All education should come from a perspective that is research-based, culturally inclusive, and applicable to college students. In addition to being highly collaborative and creative, the ideal candidate will also have depth of knowledge regarding the health and mental health behaviors and trends of college students, understand and be able to implement best practices of public health, mental health promotion, and health communications, and have a proven track record of developing and evaluating programs and initiatives.

Job Description

Job Responsibilities:

Create, implement, and assess comprehensive, evidence-based educational programming on mental health education that has a high likelihood of achieving measurable improvements in health behaviors and/or student success. Education will be targeted to all students, with specific programs designed for specialty populations based on needs assessments (specific student organizations, student groups with shared identities, etc), and will be grounded in Miami's Stepped Care Model as a theoretical framework

Increase student awareness and knowledge of behaviors, skills, and opportunities to inspire their emotional development and ability/willingness to effectively care for themselves and others

Cultivate an inclusive campus environment focused on the reduction of stigma around mental health and help-seeking behaviors 

In partnership with OSW and Student Counseling Service (SCS) staff, coordinate the peer delivery of Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) suicide prevention training events

Advise and/or consult with student organizations related to mental health (e.g. MiamiHope, Active Minds, etc.)

Strategically collaborate with departments across campus, especially faculty, SCS, Student Health Services, the Dean of Students Office, Miller Center for Student Disability Services, and Residence Life

Utilize findings from institutional surveys to improve programming and target education toward topics that are most relevant for Miami students

Oversee assessment efforts pertaining to mental health programming and prevention efforts. This includes developing a methodology for e