Coordinator of Black​/African-American Student Mental Health and Wellness

Position Details

Position Information

Department Counseling Center (MSA) Position Title Specialist 2-Counselor Job Title Coordinator of Black/African-American Student Mental Health and Wellness Appointment Type Professional Faculty

Job Location Corvallis Benefits Eligible Full-Time, benefits eligible Remote or Hybrid option? Yes

Job Summary

Counseling & Psychological Services is seeking one Coordinator of Black/African-American Student Mental Health and Wellness. This is a full-time (1.00 FTE), 12-month, professional faculty position.

Oregon State University's (OSU) Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) is strongly committed to affirming diversity in a broad sense, to treating all with dignity and respect, and to opposing discrimination, prejudice, and oppression. Given OSU's land grant mission to expand access to high-impact educational opportunities for historically marginalized students, it is critical that we value the experiences and needs of students and staff with marginalized identities, and that we provide comprehensive, holistic support that is specifically designed to meet those needs.

We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer, and strongly encourage applications from members of historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, women, individuals with disabilities, veterans, LGBTQ+ community members, and others who demonstrate the ability to help us achieve our vision of a diverse, inclusive, and just community.

The primary purpose of this position is to support the success of Black/African-American students (including Black students that identify within the African diaspora) at OSU through the provision of clinical services, consultation, outreach, programming, and advocacy. The Coordinator of Black/African-American Student Mental Health & Wellness is a 12-month full-time position that reports to a member of the CAPS senior leadership team (which includes the Executive Director, Senior Director of Clinical Services, Director of Training, and Director of Mental Health Promotion).

This work must be informed by a thorough and nuanced understanding of the unique lived experiences of Black/African-American students, particularly in white-dominated institutional spaces. Understanding the impact of racial stress, racial trauma, anti-Blackness, Black identity development, white supremacy culture, monoracism/multiraciality, and systemic racism will be critical to success in this position.

As a member of the CAPS team the Coordinator of Black/African-American Student Mental Health and Wellness also provides clinical services to the OSU student population at large, and may also provide training to CAPS' doctoral interns and practicum trainees.

CAPS is committed to providing a range of culturally responsive services to help students succeed. These services are designed to help students understand themselves better, create and maintain satisfying relationships, improve their academic performance, foster resilience, and make healthy and satisfying career and life choices. We do this by providing consultation, single session interventions, psychoeducation, web-based support, crisis support during business hours, group counseling, and brief individual and relationship counseling when indicated.

Additionally, if long-term care is needed we will make referrals to health care providers in the community.

Why OSU?

Working for Oregon State University is so much more than a job!

Oregon State University is a dynamic community of dreamers, doers, problem-solvers and change-makers. We don't wait for challenges to present themselves - we seek them out and take them on. We welcome students, faculty and staff from every background and perspective into a community where everyone feels seen and heard. We have deep-rooted mindfulness for the natural world and all who depend on it, and together, we apply knowledge, tools and skills to build a better future for all.

FACTS:

* Top 1.4% university in the world

* More research funding than all public universities in Oregon combined

* 1 of 3 land, sea, space and sun grant universities in the U.S.

* 2 campuses, 11 colleges, 12 experiment stations, and Extension programs in all 36 counties

* 7 cultural resource centers that offer education, celebration and belonging for everyone

* 100+ undergraduate degree programs, 80+ graduate degrees plus hundreds of minor options and certificates

* 35k+ students including more than 2.3k international students and 10k students of color

* 217k+ alumni worldwide

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Locations:

Oregon State has a statewide presence with campuses in Corvallis and Bend, the OSU Portland Center and the Hatfield Marine Science Center on the Pacific Coast in Newport.

Oregon State's beautiful, historic and state-of-the-art main campus is located in one of America's best college towns. Corvallis is located close to the Pacific Ocean, the Cascade mountains and Oregon wine country. Nestled in the heart of…