Program Manager for Prevention, Health & Wellness

Job Description

The division of Prevention Health and Wellness (PHW) has an outstanding opportunity for Program Manager for Prevention, Health & Wellness to join their team.

Reporting to the Associate Director of Prevention Health and Wellness (PHW), the Program Manager (PM) is a full-time professional staff position that directly oversees and provides coordination of the day-to-day supervision and advising of student leaders, events, and programs focused on student-centered health and wellness education and prevention.

The Program Manager supervises and develops student peer health educators; ensures that educational content reflects current evidence-informed practices; builds collaborative relationships with campus and community partners; and assesses program reach, quality, and impact.

The Program Manager should be a high energy, positive role model who is committed to student affairs, leadership education and the specific needs of our key populations (e.g. undergraduate, graduate, residential, commuters & transfer students).

The position involves high student contact, and occasionally requires evening and weekend hours to support programs and events.

• Oversee the planning, implementation, and ongoing development of the peer health educator program in alignment with departmental priorities and identified student needs.
• Develop annual program goals, work plans, educational calendars, and implementation timelines.
• Coordinate peer health educator initiatives related to health education, prevention, mental health promotion, healthy relationships, sexual health, basic needs, substance-use prevention, stress management, and other emerging wellness topics.
• Apply current evidence-informed, equity-centered, accessible, and culturally responsive practices to program design and delivery.
• Monitor program quality, identify operational needs and risks, and make recommendations to department leadership.
• Stay current with professional literature, emerging practices, and relevant guidance in college health education, prevention, and peer education.
• Coordinate programs and activities logistics which include preparation of contracts, purchasing, room reservations, registration processes, facilities requests, and other related documents as necessary.
• Coordinate with other departments as appropriate.
• Assist with the development and management of program and department budgets.
• This may include purchasing, budget reconciliation, and fiscal oversight of one or more budgets.

• Recruit, train, supervise, and evaluate paid student peer health educators and other assigned student program staff.
• Develop and facilitate initial and ongoing training in health communication, facilitation, outreach, ethical practice, boundaries, inclusion, accessibility, and professional development.
• Assign and prioritize student work, monitor progress, and support a sustainable and developmentally appropriate workload.
• Guide student employees in developing workshops, campaigns, presentations, social media content, handouts, and other educational materials.
• Review student-created materials for accuracy, accessibility, cultural responsiveness, consistency, and alignment with current best practices.
• Coordinate with academic departments or sponsoring organizations regarding the performance of interns, field-placement students, or service members, when applicable.

• Develop, coordinate, and deliver workshops, campaigns, events, and educational programming for students and the campus community.
• Build and maintain collaborative relationships with campus departments, faculty, staff, student organizations, and appropriate community partners.
• Coordinate partner participation in educational programs, workshops, trainings, and campus events that align with departmental priorities.
• Develop inclusive communication and outreach strategies that increase awareness of health and wellness programming and normalize help-seeking behaviors.
• Provide consultation to campus partners regarding health education…