Job Description
About the job
About JMU:
James Madison University is a publicly funded university with a beautiful campus and a supportive community that is committed to preparing students for the future. The university offers excellent comprehensive benefits which include paid vacation, sick, parental, and community service leave in addition to 19 paid holidays a year; affordable health insurance; retirement through the Virginia Retirement System. We also offer a work-life balance and integration program, Balanced Dukes, that is designed to support the overall wellbeing of our employees and a Tuition Waiver Program that allows employees to have tuition waived for undergraduate and graduate level courses taken at JMU.
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General Information:
At James Madison University, Health Promotion is seeking a Coordinator to support students’ personal well-being through the facilitation of wellness coaching as a holistic, inclusive, and evidence-informed intervention. Using empathetic communication strategies, positive psychology, etc. the Coordinator will engage with students to strengthen their commitment to health promoting behaviors. This position reports to the Assistant Director for Personal Well-Being, supporting engagement, outreach, and the strategic direction of personal well-being initiatives.
- Duties and Responsibilities:
- Facilitate wellness coaching for personal well-being through multiple platforms (one-on-one, virtually, group format, etc.) using evidence-informed communication strategies to engage, strengthen commitment and increase motivation to change
- Work with the Assistant Director to manage fiscal resources and collaborate on budget proposals related to personal well-being initiatives
- Recruit, hire, orient and supervise relevant staff
- Assist in resource development of personal well-being tools to aid and guide students both in coaching sessions and to build connections with additional support services on campus
- Assist in consultation with and training of campus partners regarding personal well-being initiatives
- Coordinate campus-wide dissemination of information about personal well-being services universally and to targeted populations of students as well as campus partners
- Maintain an active role in departmental, division, and university committees as appropriate
- Support implementation and administration of a comprehensive evaluation plan to assess the impact of personal well-being initiatives
- Participate in fidelity measures to develop and ensure adherence to an evidence-based coaching model
- Support the administrative functions of wellness coaching services including scheduling, tracking, and documenting participation
- Qualifications:Required Qualifications
- Demonstrated previous relevant experience
- Experience in program development, implementation, and evaluation
- Ability to effectively collaborate with partners to develop shared outcomes
- Experience serving diverse populations, with a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Additional Considerations
- Experience facilitating well-being coaching, advising, or mentoring
- Professional experience in a higher education setting
- Knowledge of current and emerging college student health and well-being needs and trends
- Supervision experience
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