Special Advisor, Health Promoting Campus Initiatives

Working Title: Special Advisor, Health Promoting Campus Initiatives

State Role Title:N/A

Position Type:Administrative & Professional (Non-teaching Faculty)

Position Status: Full-Time

College/Division: Health and Wellbeing

Department: 100303 - AVP, Health and Well-Being

Pay Rate:Pay Range

Specify Range or Amount: $60,000 - $66,000

Is this a JMU only position?No

Is this a grant-funded position?No

Is this a Conflict of Interest designated position?No

Beginning Review Date:08/12/2024

About JMU:

Mission
We are a community committed to preparing students to be educated and enlightened citizens who lead productive and meaningful lives.

Vision
To be the national model for the engaged university: engaged with ideas and the world.

Who We Are
Located in the heart of Virginia's beautiful Shenandoah Valley, the city of Harrisonburg is approximately 120 miles from Washington, D.C. and Richmond, VA. With a population of just over 53,000, Harrisonburg is one of the most diverse communities in the Commonwealth of Virginia. JMU is a selective, public institution with a growing national reputation for offering experiences that lead to an outstanding education and inclusive environment for students, faculty and staff. The student body includes approximately 20,000 undergraduate and 1,900 graduate students, with over 1,000 full-time instructional faculty.

JMU offers thriving programs in the liberal arts, science and technology, and professional disciplines at the undergraduate, master's and doctoral levels. The university is committed to expanding diversity, fostering equity and inclusion, and supporting superlative teaching and scholarship. JMU has achieved national recognition for the high quality of its academic programs, focus on maintaining strong student/faculty interaction, and innovative faculty research.

General Information:

Seeking a Special Advisor, Health Promoting Campus Initiatives to lead James Madison University efforts as a Health Promoting University (HPU). This position will support the systems/settings work of the President's Council for Health and Wellbeing and the Associate Vice President for Health and Well-being. The President's Council for Health and Well-being serves as a diverse forum for input and discussion that influences a path forward to a new vision for health and well-being; provides direction for planning efforts of work teams, identifying best practice; and engenders enthusiasm and dissemination of the vision to all constituents. The guiding principles of our work are set forth in the Okanagan Charter, an internationally adopted charter for aspiring HPUs. 7 (ubc.ca)

The Special Advisor will report directly to the Associate Vice President for Health and Well-Being, with campus wide responsibilities through the President's Council for Health and Well-being. The successful candidate will have demonstrated 1) knowledge of wellbeing practices 2) project management and planning skills, 3) relationship and collaboration skills, 4) assessment, evaluation, and data analysis skills.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Serve as the university's lead expert on Health Promoting Campus work. Includes:

• Staying up to date on the latest evidence based best practice. (Continuous review of relevant literature, textbooks, presentations and learning from other experts in the field.)
• Representing the university at bi-monthly national network meetings.
• Using critical thinking to identify best practice gaps and independent judgement to recommend change at both department and campus wide levels.
• Advise AVP and President's Council for Health and Wellbeing on policies and decisions, embedding health into all aspects of campus culture.

2. A key call to action for Health Promoting Campuses is to: "Embed health into all aspects of campus culture, across the administration, operations and academic mandates." As such this position will:

• Map (link) current university programs, services, and policies, to the JMU definition of wellbeing, JMU wellbeing model and Okanagan Charter Calls to Action. This is an extensive, ongoing process that reaches across all aspects of the university.
• Based on the mapping process, use critical thinking and independent judgement to identify university gaps in programs, services and policies.
• Use knowledge as a content expert to recommend changes to policy at the departmental and university wide levels.
• Advise AVP, Health and Wellbeing, President's Council and University Leadership (AVPs, VPs, Deans, President, etc.) on policy change and decisions related to Health Promoting Campus work.

3. Develop collaborative working relationships with key stakeholders:

• Across campus (including relationships at all levels of the university. Examples: building relationships with FM and dining around sustainability and working with senior level administrators on recommended policy change).
• Within the local community (including serving on the steering committee for the Rockingham/Harrisonburg Healthy Community Collaboration Healthy Community Collaborative | Learn More | Harrisonburg.) This role includes at least bi-monthly meetings).
• Within the US Health Promoting Campus Network U.S. Health Promoting Campuses Network (ushpcn.org). Includes bi-monthly meetings as stated above, as well as yearly summit participation.
• Within the International Health Promoting Campus Network - IHPCN (healthpromotingcampuses.org). Attending meetings, summits, etc. As appropriate (this year the summit is a review/edit of the international charter and will be held in Ireland).
• Utilize relationships to identify shared values, best practice, practice gaps and solutions for positive change.
• Use strong communication skills to develop above relationships and to dissemination JMU's Health Promoting Campus work across campus, locally, nationally and globally.
• Assures work links directly to the University's vision--To be the national model for the engaged university: engaged with ideas and the world

4. Serve as project manager for Health Promoting Campus initiatives.

• Plan and facilitate bi-annual full President's Council meetings.
• Plan and facilitate President's Council monthly steering committee meetings.
• Serve as co-chair of Okanagan Charter Working group with weekly initiative work, monthly co-chair meetings and monthly full working group meetings.
• Assist President's Council co-chairs (currently AVP, Health and Wellbeing and Dean, Libraries) with meeting preparation and special initiative work (an example of initiative work can be found here The JED Foundation - JMU.
• Identify resources to initiatives, including identifying and applying for potential grant funding.
• Attend university, community and national meetings on behalf of the President's Council Co-chairs.
• Serve as advisor to all working groups within the President's Council (currently JED, communications, Okanagan Charter and Balanced Dukes faculty/staff working groups).

5. Work across campus to identify, design, facilitate, data implement data collection specifically related to Well-being and Health Promoting Campus Work.

• This is a large campus-wide effort which requires working closely with campus partners including CARS, PAIR and SA IT.
• Coordinating campus-wide data collection around student flourishing, withdrawal rates and faculty/staff wellbeing.
• Working with IT experts using Medicat, CMR and other systems to create a data lake for health/wellbeing data. Once collected this data will be used to measure the success of health promoting campus work and identify gaps for improvement.
• Partner with community entities to explore data collection (to include 911 and Emergency Department visit data).
• Continuously advocate for data collection related to health/wellbeing.

6. Work with campus experts in CARS and PAIR to analysis data related to Health Promoting Campus work.

• Use data to update President's Council co-chairs and University Leaders on Health Promoting Campus efforts.
• Create data reports, graphics and presentations to disseminate findings across campus and beyond.
• Design, coordinate, and implement focus groups related to specific President's Council Initiatives and other efforts as appropriate.

7. Health Promoting Campuses acknowledge the importance of our surroundings and physical space to our wellbeing. JMU is implementing multiple types of wellbeing spaces which are innovative and currently being researched for effectiveness in IHEs. Examples include The Living Room Spaces for Students - JMU; Spaces for Students - JMU and our newly installed Sensory Room in EnGeo. These spaces are quickly gaining attention and a request for further spaces is increasing. This position would:

• Coordinate the set-up of these spaces (including working content experts on design, ordering and physically putting items into place).
• Provide oversight of the spaces. (Includes identifying primary keepers of the spaces. Routine maintenance. Scheduling needs)

Qualifications:

Required:

• Master's degree in Public Health, Health Promotion, Psychology or a related field and four (4) years of related experience.

OR

• Bachelor's degree in Public Health, Health Promotion, Psychology or a related field and six (6) years of related experience is required.

Note: Work experience may NOT substitute for education requirements.

Preferred:

• Knowledge of wellbeing practices
• Project management and planning skills
• Relationship and collaboration skills
• Assessment, evaluation, and data analysis skills.

Additional Posting Information:

JMU's Dual Career and Community Resources Program is available for candidates that will be relocating to the area. For more information, please visit https://bit.ly/2OTF1NG.

Conditions of Employment:

Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a criminal background check.

E-Verify Notice: After accepting employment, new hires are required to complete an I-9 form and present documentation of their identity and eligibility to work in the United States. James Madison University uses the E-Verify system to confirm identity and work authorization.

EEO Statement:

James Madison University is committed to creating and supporting a diverse and inclusive work and educational community that is free of all forms of discrimination. This institution does not tolerate discrimination or harassment on the basis of age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, parental status, political affiliation, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or veteran status.

We promote access, inclusion and diversity for all students, faculty, staff, constituents and programs, believing that these qualities are foundational components of an outstanding education in keeping with our mission. The university is interested in candidates whose experience and qualifications support an ongoing commitment to this core quality.

Anyone having questions concerning discrimination should contact the Office for Equal Opportunity: (540) 568-6991.

Reasonable Accommodation:

If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance searching or applying for jobs please contact us at (540) 568-3597 or jobs@jmu.edu. You may also visit the JMU Human Resource Office, located at 752 Ott Street, Harrisonburg, VA 22807 and we will be happy to assist you.