Student Wellness Coordinator Senior - Military veterans preferred

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Lifting, pushing or pulling objects up to 25lbs; sitting for long periods of time; performing repetitive motion tasks; effectively communicating with individuals from diverse backgrounds.

Monday-Friday; 8:00 am- 5:00 pm (40 hrs./week) with limited nights and weekends.

Prevention, Outreach, and Wellness Education Resources (POWER) is seeking a Prevention Specialist – Hazing, Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD), and Gambling. Leveraging best practices in prevention, this position will lead the development and implementation of comprehensive hazing prevention efforts while also supporting substance misuse prevention and education and gambling awareness programs to enhance student well-being.

This role will focus on designing and delivering evidence-informed initiatives aimed at fostering a safer and healthier campus community, with a particular emphasis on hazing prevention, alcohol and drug education, gambling awareness, and harm reduction. The Prevention Specialist will engage the campus community through trainings, presentations, awareness campaigns, and events, while also coordinating with campus partners to ensure compliance with institutional policies, state and federal regulations, and the Stop Campus Hazing Act.

Key responsibilities include leading hazing prevention initiatives, ensuring bystander intervention strategies are integrated across prevention efforts, supporting compliance and reporting requirements, and developing tailored and individual support to meet student needs. The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of evidence-based prevention and restorative practices with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively. Strong initiative, excellent communication, and outstanding public speaking skills are also essential for this role.

Student Success will, from the time of early college outreach to graduation and beyond, support students in living a life of meaning and purpose. From a student-centered framework, our practice will be grounded in peer-reviewed literature, national best practices, and data-informed decision making. Collaborating with the campus and community, Student Success will work through a holistic lens to support a community of learners in achieving success.

We value the well-being of each of our employees and are dedicated to creating a healthy place for everyone to work, learn and live. In the interest of maintaining a safe and healthy environment for our students, employees, patients and visitors, the University of Kentucky is a Tobacco & Drug Free campus.

The University follows both the federal and state Constitutions as well as all applicable federal and state laws on nondiscrimination. The University provides equal opportunities for qualified persons in all aspects of institutional operations and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnic origin, religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, uniformed service, political belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, marital status, genetic information or social or economic status.

Any candidate offered a position may be required to pass pre-employment screenings as mandated by University of Kentucky Human Resources. These screenings may include a national background check and/or drug screen.