Manager, Student Mental Health & Wellbeing
Full Time Administration
The Manager, Student Mental Health & Wellbeing is responsible for providing strategic leadership, direction, and management of the student supports for mental and emotional wellbeing. The Manager is responsible for overseeing a multidisciplinary team that provides a variety of support and services including health promotion and outreach, self-help services, individual and group psychotherapy, peer support services, case management services, and crisis interventions. The Manager will provide clinical supervision of these services to ensure ethical, safe, reliable and effective services. The Manager is responsible for managing and mitigating institutional risk by developing, updating, and contributing to policies, procedures and guidelines that are informed by best practice and rigorous program evaluation. The Manager will also work with the larger university and community to promote policies, practices, relationships, and knowledge that enhance student wellbeing.
The successful candidate will have a minimum qualification is a Masters degree in Social Work or Counselling Psychology. Proof of valid registration, at an independent practice level, with an appropriate regulatory body, associated with the individual's professional discipline, which authorizes the practice/supervision of psychotherapy in the Province of Ontario is mandatory.
A comprehensive group benefits and pension plan is offered, as well as a tuition subsidy for eligible dependents.
Please submit your letter of application and resume in one document, via email to careers@nipissingu.ca by 4:30pm on Monday, October 21, 2024.
Nipissing University is committed to employment equity and strongly encourages applications, which may include self-identification in a cover letter from Indigenous peoples, women, persons with disabilities, persons who identify as 2SLGBTQI+ and racialized minorities.
Nipissing University must gather information from applicants to determine eligibility to work in Canada. Please include a statement in your application to identify whether you are a Canadian Citizen, Permanent Resident or are otherwise legally eligible to work in Canada.
Nipissing University will provide accommodation to ensure barrier-free employment in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. You can request accommodation at any stage of the hiring process. If you require an accommodation please contact Human Resources at access@nipissingu.ca.
Hiring is subject to final budgetary approval. The search committee would like to thank all applicants for their interest in Nipissing University. Please note that only those candidates invited for an interview will be contacted.
