Violence Prevention Specialist

Position Title:

Violence Prevention Specialist Job Group:

Professional & Scientific Required

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree and 3 years of related experience

Job Description:

Summary of

Duties and Responsibilities:

Are you passionate about creating a holistic student experience that supports mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing? Are you interested in an opportunity where you get to engage with students and help them reach their full potential—academically and beyond?

If so, Student Wellness with the Division of Student Affairs at Iowa State University is currently seeking applicants for a Violence Prevention Specialist. This individual plays a key role in advancing student health and wellbeing through strategic communication, data-informed storytelling, and health promotion initiatives. This position will be hired as a Wellness Program Specialist II.This position will focus on violence prevention education and outreach.

This position includes work in areas such as sexual violence, stalking, and hazing.

What You’ll Do:

Develop, implement, and evaluate violence prevention and health promotion programs, initiatives, and educational campaigns

Plan, facilitate, and assess trainings, workshops, presentations, and outreach efforts focused on violence prevention, consent education, bystander intervention, and student wellbeing

Coordinate and support campus-wide prevention initiatives, awareness campaigns, events, and programs that foster a safe and healthy campus community

Build and maintain collaborative partnerships with campus departments, student groups, community organizations, and external stakeholders to advance prevention efforts

Support the implementation, assessment, and continuous improvement of university violence prevention strategies, programs, and strategic priorities

Recruit, train, supervise, and support peer educators and student leaders engaged in prevention education and outreach activities

Develop and disseminate educational materials, resources, digital content, and marketing strategies to increase awareness, engagement, and access to support services

Collect, analyze, and report program data and assessment outcomes to measure effectiveness, demonstrate impact, and inform continuous improvement

Serve on university and community committees, work groups, and collaborative initiatives that support prevention, safety, and wellbeing goals

Occasional weekend/evening hours will be involved in this role.

Preferred Qualifications:

Specialized training or coursework in violence prevention, sexual assault prevention, healthy relationships, etc.

Certification in bystander intervention, violence prevention, trauma-informed practices, or similar prevention-focused approaches.

Experience facilitating workshops, presentations and health promotion training.

Experience coordinating, facilitating, and training teams; preferably focused on prevention education and outreach efforts.

Experience using tools such as Smartsheet and/or Qualtrics.

Department

Description:

Student Wellness at Iowa State University provides leadership in university strategy for health promotion and provides support programs aimed at creating a campus culture of wellbeing so that all students can thrive. Student Wellness plans, implements, and evaluates health education and prevention strategies that focus on health and wellness issues that directly affect student success, higher learning, and personal development such as: violence prevention, suicide, mental health, substance use, and more.

To learn more, please visit Student Wellness .This posting will be open until filled. However, to receive full consideration, applications need to be submitted before October 23rd, 2026.Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the…