About Bellarmine University:

Bellarmine University is a dynamic, growing university with a strong liberal arts focus in the Catholic higher education tradition and a bold vision for the future. Bellarmine has undergraduate and graduate enrollment of approximately 3,200 students and continues to add new academic programs while maintaining small class sizes and personal attention to students. Bellarmine is listed in the Princeton Review's Best 387 Colleges and is recognized as a top U.S. university in rankings published by U.S. News & World Report and Forbes. In a survey by The Princeton Review, students praised Bellarmine as a place that is "welcoming to every single person and makes an effort to include everyone." Bellarmine students, faculty and staff engage in more than 25,000 cumulative hours of service each year, in Louisville and around the nation and world.

SmartAsset ranked Louisville among the top 25 U.S. cities for best work-life balance, while workplace insights platform kununu.com named Louisville one of the top five U.S. cities for happy employees. Glassdoor recently recognized Louisville as one of the top 15 cities for jobs, based on hiring opportunity, cost of living and job satisfaction. ZipRecruiter calls Louisville a top 10 city for job seekers, thanks in part to its central location and low unemployment. Louisville is within a day's drive of two-thirds of the U.S. population.

Deeply embedded in the heart of Louisville, Bellarmine is an engaged partner expanding learning opportunities, enhancing career networks and economic growth, and advancing equity and quality of life for its neighboring communities. By connecting the campus, the community, and the curriculum through engaged scholarship and action, we enhance social and civic engagement, including faculty, staff, and student-led, asset-based initiatives.

Bellarmine is committed to core values of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Bellarmine will demonstrate a fully realized and lived commitment to equity and inclusion, empowering all members of its increasingly diverse community and supporting them to achieve their full potential.

Bellarmine is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer and encourages applicants with diverse backgrounds to apply.

Job Description:

The Bellarmine University Division of Student Affairs has an immediate opening for an Assistant/Associate Director for Campus Wellness who will enrich the student experience by implementing programs that foster student wellness. The position also serves the wellness needs of faculty and staff members. The position leverages campus resources and impacts the mind, body, and spirit of Bellarmine community members. This highly collaborative position works closely with programming in several functional areas on campus, including but not limited to Academic Departments, Human Resources, Health Services, Counseling Services, Residence Life, Student Activities, and The Office of Identity and Inclusion.

Responsibilities include:

• Oversees the planning, implementation, and evaluation of theory-based and evidence-informed health promotion practices, programs, and services.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders, including on- and off-campus faculty, student organizations, and campus departments, to develop a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to health for students and staff/faculty.
• Oversee all components of the Peer Wellness Education program, including recruitment, hiring, training, supervising, and evaluating student-staff, as well as empowering students to develop outreach programs/events and present on various health and wellness topics.
• Design and implement a comprehensive wellness promotion communication plan, including marketing, social media, and campus communication.
• Partner with academic faculty members to develop projects, programs, and interventions that contribute to the empirical evidence of wellness initiatives at Bellarmine University.
• Participate in leading the campus wellness committee and develop health promotion strategies, policies, programs, and services based on campus needs and priorities.
• Serve as advisor for various Registered Student Organizations (RSO) for student organizations relevant to student health and wellness.
• Conduct need assessments to acquire relevant data about wellness issues, including attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions about wellness behaviors and the influence of environmental factors that contribute to risky practices.
• Manage department and grant-funded budgets and seek other funding sources for wellness initiatives.
• May have the opportunity to instruct credited academic courses on wellness and student success.

Requirements:

• A master's degree in College Student Personnel, Public Health, Health/Wellness Promotion, or a related field is required.
• 2 to 5 years of full-time experience in health promotion or a related field is required.
• Experience in higher education, academic faculty collaboration, assessment, and campus programming is highly desirable.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, the ability to work with diverse constituencies, knowledge of principles of student development, and a strong student-centered philosophy.
• Experience managing and motivating staff, faculty, and students is essential, as is a personal demeanor that inspires excellence and collaboration.

Additional Information:

Bellarmine University is committed to core values of diversity, equity and inclusion and embraces diversity in our workforce among members of faculty, staff and administration. We remain committed to affirmative actions, policies, procedures and attitudes necessary to continue to build and retain a diverse and equitable workforce. We will demonstrate a fully realized and lived commitment to equity and inclusion, empowering all members of our increasingly diverse community and supporting them to achieve their full potential. As part of Bellarmine's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, we will seek to ensure that all aspects of employment, including recruitment, selection, job assignment, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotion, layoff and termination processes remain free of discrimination based upon race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected class.

Application Instructions:

Please submit a cover letter, resume, and contact information for three professional references.

URL: www.bellarmine.edu/studentaffairs/recreationcenter/