University of Washington Bothell Student Jobs: Student Jobs (Fellows): Student Affairs: Health & Wellness Resource Center
Location
Health and Wellness Resource Center
Open Date
Mar 21, 2024
Deadline
Apr 21, 2024 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time
Description
Position Overview:
The Health and Wellness Resource Center (HaWRC) is hiring students to join our peer health educator team in Fall 2024. This position is open to both Cascadia and UW Bothell students.
Health Educators Reaching Out (HEROs) fill a vital leadership role as peer health educators for the UW Bothell and Cascadia College campus. The HEROs are trained Certified Peer Educators who conduct health promotion and prevention activities that address sexual health, interpersonal violence, emotional wellbeing, and other priority health needs of the campus.
We will be hiring up to 6 students to serve as HEROs for the full academic year, September 2024 – June 2025. These students will work as a team, while also rotating throughout the year to specialize in the topic areas of mental health, sexual health, healthy relationships, and basic needs.
HEROs will contribute to social change work in support of the HaWRC’s vision to advance health equity for the campus community, so all students are supported in their holistic wellbeing and to persist through college. Through their work, HEROs will develop professional skills around leadership, facilitation, program planning, assessment, communication, and more.
Supervisor: Assistant Director of Health and Wellness Resource Center
Department: Health and Wellness Resource Center (HaWRC)
Hours: 12/hours per week during the academic year
Compensation: $19.97/hour
Duration: September 2024 – June 2025
Duties & Responsibilities:
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- Become knowledgeable about campus departments to help students navigate resources
- Act as a health influencer and advocate to spark student engagement in the campus community’s wellbeing
- Consult and coordinate with HaWRC staff and other content experts to develop evidence-based wellness programming for diverse student audiences
- Coordinate and conduct tabling, outreach, workshops, campaigns, and presentations about priority wellness topics
- Assist with social media and other marketing and communication strategies
- Coordinate and collaborate with campus and community partners
- Research current trends and best practices in college wellness
- Support needs assessment and evaluation efforts, including collecting and entering data, to identify priority wellness needs and determine success of programming
- Provide general administrative support for the HERO program
- Provide mentorship and support to other HEROs and volunteers
- Assist in planning and attend weekly HERO team meetings
- Attend group and one-on-one meetings with HaWRC staff
Time Commitment & Availability:
Being a part of the HERO team is a time commitment of a full academic year for an average of 12 hours/week. HEROs must be available to attend a paid training in the fall up to 30 hours per week, likely from September 4 – 20 prior to the start of fall quarter. Once classes begin, students will work an average of 12 hours per week, varying depending on schedules and time of year.
Qualifications
Requirements:
- Minimum Academic Success (must have a 2.5 Cumulative GPA during the time of application and while employed)
- Must be enrolled and maintain enrollment with a minimum of 6 credits per quarter throughout the 2024-2025 academic year
- Be in good standing with your college and not violate any standards of student conduct code.
- Completion of required Title IX and other required training for student staff.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Currently enrolled Cascadia College or UW Bothell student
- Expected graduation date no earlier than June 2025
- Demonstrate an understanding of the bio-social-ecological factors that influence health, health equity, and social justice at the individual and population levels
- Demonstrated coursework, experience, and/or commitment to public health, health education, health promotion, health equity, and/or social justice
- Strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to network and collaborate with others
- Ability to actively listen and empathize with others
- Ability to work independently and as a member of a team with a positive attitude
- Excellent verbal, written and visual communication skills used to inform and connect a variety of audiences
- Values a commitment to inclusiveness, demonstrates respect and commitment to diversity, and understands and supports the vision of the HaWRC.
- Must be reliable, responsible, flexible, organized, and willing to take initiative
- Candidates from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply
Application Instructions
- Complete this online application through Interfolio, and upload a current resume
- Application is due Sunday, April 21 by 8:59pm PST
- Supplemental questions:
- We strongly recommend drafting and editing your answers outside of Interfolio before submitting your responses
- When prompted, briefly answer the following open-ended supplemental questions (250 character limit per question):
- Why are you interested in the HERO position?
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.
Diversity is a core value of University of WA Bothell. We believe the power of diversity enriches all of us by exposing us to a range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions. To learn more, read our Diversity Statement.