Director, Wellness and Student Support

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All Job Postings will close at 12:01a.m. CST (1:01a.m. EST) on the specified Closing Date (if designated). If you close the browser or exit your application prior to submitting, the application progress will be saved as a draft. You will be able to access and complete the application through "My Draft Applications" located on your Candidate Home page. Job Posting Title: Director, Wellness and Student Support Position Type: Professional / Unclassified Department: LSUAM AA - SA - H&WB - Student Health Center (Keena Smith (00295748)) Work Location: 0150 Student Health Center (C&l Infirmary) Pay Grade: Professional Job Description: Louisiana State University invites applications for the position of Director of Wellness and Student Support. Located in the Student Health Center (SHC) and reporting to the Executive Director, the Director is responsible for providing strategic leadership for the unit: ensuring the design, delivery, and assessment of effective wellness coaching, health promotion, nutrition counseling, and interpersonal violence advocacy and support. They lead efforts to enact education and outreach that promotes resilience, reduces learning barriers, and supports student retention and success for a campus of approximately 37,000 students. The Director supervises five full-time staff: an Associate Director (Lighthouse), an Assistant Director (Health Promotion), a Wellness Coordinator, a Dietician, and an Office Coordinator. The Director serves as a key member of the SHC Senior Leadership Team and the Division of Student Affairs Strategy Council. They play a pivotal role in the SHC collaborative care model and will advance the divisional priorities of commitment to quality, communicating a sense of home, and designing with everyone in mind. GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THIS POSITION: Provides leadership and develops strategy for the successful enactment of SHC's wellness and student support initiatives. Supervises staff who deliver education focused on prevention and health promotion and who provide student support through coaching and advocacy for victims of interpersonal violence. Provides direct student support through coaching and case management. Manages and makes key decisions about resources, including oversight of a budget of approximately $1 million, to ensure alignment with SHC and institutional objectives and to maximize efficiency and effectiveness. OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEADERSHIP: Champion and Expand Coaching Initiatives Coaching is a recommended strategy within collegiate health models to enhance students' ability to navigate challenges and build skills that support overall wellness. The Director will have the opportunity to serve as a champion for coaching as a key strategy to improve student wellbeing and success at LSU and beyond. Coaching services at LSU have been historically misunderstood and underutilized. As a result, engaging with campus partners to help them understand the outcomes of coaching and become champions of these services, thereby directing more students to utilize coaching, is a top priority. Ultimately, within the first year, the Director will be challenged to develop a plan to build out the model of coaching to expand to more, including the use of virtual platforms and possibly more staff, with additional resources. Expand Prevention and Health Promotion Efforts There are two critical areas for innovation and growth: (1) creating an intentional and focused approach for educational initiatives to prevent harm and mitigate the impact of high-risk behaviors and (2) developing a better strategy for improving communication focused on health-related messaging. By connecting Wellness and Health Promotion with the Lighthouse Program, that provides interpersonal violence prevention, support, and advocacy, the Director will unite staff with a shared goal of designing, implementing, and assessing prevention and health promotion efforts tailored to student needs. This also requires us to engage with campus partners invested in our work to create synergy around addressing shared concerns such as high-risk drinking, effective intervention in difficult situations, and ending interpersonal violence. ATTRIBUTES OF THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE: Able to identify and advance departmental goals while fostering meaningful staff engagement and buy-in. Proactively elevates and scales programs effectively leveraging available resources and navigating constraints. Shows determination and strategic vision needed to build out effective models of practice, with a commitment to advancing and scaling coaching to maximize impact. Engages as a leader beyond the department and the SHC, playing an active role in the Division of Student Affairs and broader campus-wide initiatives. Demonstrates strong relationship-building and partnerships skills, utilizing thoughtful and effective approaches to engage stakeholders, cultivate collaboration, and achieve shared outcomes with those whom you have no po