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Assistant Director , Center for Health Education and Wellness - UTK
2025-07-01 The University of Tennessee Knoxville,TN
Description:
Required Qualifications
Work Location
Application Instructions
For best consideration applicants should submit their complete applications before July 13, 2025.
About The College/Department/Division The Division of Student Life is comprised of an outstanding group of professionals who create student-centered opportunities that contribute to a transformative Volunteer Experience. These opportunities allow students to grow their skills and knowledge outside of the classroom. From health and wellness to service and engagement, we provide opportunities where students exemplify the Volunteer Spirit, inspiring others to learn, lead, and serve.
Our departments provide essential services that support student success and future growth, fostering engagement, leadership, and wellness while enhancing belonging. Together, they create transformative experiences that help students achieve both academic and personal goals.
Additional Information on all postings provided by UTK
About Us
About Us
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has shaped leaders, changemakers, and innovative thinkers since its founding in 1794. The university is home to more than 38,000 students and 10,000 statewide employees-the Volunteers-who uphold the university's tradition of lighting the way for others through leadership and service.
UT Knoxville offers over 900 programs of study across 14 degree-granting colleges and schools. As Tennessee's flagship land-grant university, its footprint spans the entire state. The university holds the highest Carnegie classification for research activity and has deep partnerships with industry leaders and the US Department of Energy's largest multidisciplinary laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
The Knoxville campus serves and recruits for UT Knoxville, including the Institute of Agriculture and the Space Institute, as well as the UT Institute of Public Service.
UT Knoxville considers its employees its number one asset. With values that focus on work-life balance, compensation, and innovation leadership, all Vols are supported to advance professionally. Employees have access to career development and coaching, continued education, and an extensive list of development and training possibilities. The Volunteer employee experience implements structures and practices that attract and retain a diverse community and that support a culture where everyone matters and belongs.
The university holds a strong commitment to its land-grant mission of learning and engagement, with a tradition of service and leadership that carries that Volunteer spirit throughout the state and around the world. It has been ranked nationally as "Best Employer for New Graduates," "One of America's Best Large Employers," and "Best Workplace for Women," and has been designated as "Best Place for Working Parents" by Forbes Magazine.
Apply today and join the Tennessee Volunteer community!
Job Description
Reporting to the Director of the Center, the primary purpose of the position is to assist in the leadership of health promotion practices that contribute to a supportive environment for success and positive health behaviors. This position is responsible for the development and application of population-level initiatives including prevention activities and health assessments; engagement and cultivation of partnerships to address the health needs of the campus community; and application and evaluation of theoretical frameworks and evidence-informed strategies that address individual and community health.
Job Description
The Center for Health Education and Wellness within the Division of Student Life invites applications for the position of Assistant Director. This position will assist with the leadership of the department and will oversee the areas of alcohol and other drug prevention, relationship and sexual violence prevention, and the collegiate recovery program.
Responsibilities
- Oversee and participate in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of theory-based and evidence-informed health promotion strategies, policies, programs, and services.
- Develop strategic plans, goals, and measurable objectives for health promotion programs and services.
- Hire, train, manage, supervise, and evaluate coordinators, student staff, and interns.
- Develop, implement, analyze assessments that 1) provide baseline and follow-up data, 2) identify departmental needs and priorities, 3) evaluate effectiveness of interventions, and 4) track trends in health status and behavior.
- Collaborate with key stakeholders on and off campus to develop a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to health for the university community.
- Participate in university, division, and unit committees and initiatives. Participate in professional organizations.
Required Qualifications
- Education: Master's Degree in Public Health, Health Promotion, Educational Leadership, Higher Education, or a related field
- Experience: 3 years of professional work experience with at least 2 years in health promotion. Supervisory experience.
- Knowledge, Skills, Abilities: Knowledge of student development theories and models; Knowledge of health promotion, behavior change, and population-based theories and models; Knowledge of evidence-informed health promotion programs/initiatives; Quantitative and qualitative research skills; Skills in a variety of educational methods including presentations, trainings, small group, and individual; Written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills; Supervisory skills; Ability to work in a multicultural environment.
- Experience: Experience in a higher education setting
- Knowledge, Skills, Abilities: Experience in a higher education setting.
Work Location
- This position is on-site at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville Campus.
- UT market range: MR11
- Anticipated hiring range: commensurate with education and experience
- Find more information on the UT Market Range structure here
- Find more information on UT Benefits here
Application Instructions
For best consideration applicants should submit their complete applications before July 13, 2025.
About The College/Department/Division The Division of Student Life is comprised of an outstanding group of professionals who create student-centered opportunities that contribute to a transformative Volunteer Experience. These opportunities allow students to grow their skills and knowledge outside of the classroom. From health and wellness to service and engagement, we provide opportunities where students exemplify the Volunteer Spirit, inspiring others to learn, lead, and serve.
Our departments provide essential services that support student success and future growth, fostering engagement, leadership, and wellness while enhancing belonging. Together, they create transformative experiences that help students achieve both academic and personal goals.
Additional Information on all postings provided by UTK
About Us
About Us
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has shaped leaders, changemakers, and innovative thinkers since its founding in 1794. The university is home to more than 38,000 students and 10,000 statewide employees-the Volunteers-who uphold the university's tradition of lighting the way for others through leadership and service.
UT Knoxville offers over 900 programs of study across 14 degree-granting colleges and schools. As Tennessee's flagship land-grant university, its footprint spans the entire state. The university holds the highest Carnegie classification for research activity and has deep partnerships with industry leaders and the US Department of Energy's largest multidisciplinary laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
The Knoxville campus serves and recruits for UT Knoxville, including the Institute of Agriculture and the Space Institute, as well as the UT Institute of Public Service.
UT Knoxville considers its employees its number one asset. With values that focus on work-life balance, compensation, and innovation leadership, all Vols are supported to advance professionally. Employees have access to career development and coaching, continued education, and an extensive list of development and training possibilities. The Volunteer employee experience implements structures and practices that attract and retain a diverse community and that support a culture where everyone matters and belongs.
The university holds a strong commitment to its land-grant mission of learning and engagement, with a tradition of service and leadership that carries that Volunteer spirit throughout the state and around the world. It has been ranked nationally as "Best Employer for New Graduates," "One of America's Best Large Employers," and "Best Workplace for Women," and has been designated as "Best Place for Working Parents" by Forbes Magazine.
Apply today and join the Tennessee Volunteer community!