Assistant Director for Mental Health Promotion

Job Title

Assistant Director for Mental Health Promotion & Education

Student Health Services

Regular

Salary

50,000

55,000

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

40

Yes

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 Director for Student Wellness and will work collaboratively with the Assistant Director for Sexual Assault Prevention, the Assistant Director for Harm Reduction, and the Assistant Director for Peer Education and Engagement 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 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.

• 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 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 a 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., Miami Hope, 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 establishing baseline data and trends in student mental health, and using this data as part of evaluating programmatic success. This also includes establishing timelines for assessment, defining measurable objectives, creating data collection instruments (qualitative and quantitative), and synthesizing data into reports.
• Coordinate and implement mental health promotion programs ranging in size from small group workshops to large campus‑wide events. Examples include: suicide prevention, stress management, stigma reduction, help‑seeking, body positivity, campus‑wide forums, large‑scale trainings, mental health screening days, etc.
• Serve on and/or chair…