Program Associate, Employee Wellness Benefit (Part Time)

About the role

Salt Lake Community College believes that people are at the center of our work and the communities we serve. As our organization moves forward with an ambitious strategic plan and continues its significant growth, we created People and Workplace Culture to play a critical role in moving our mission forward. The Wellness Program assists with the mission fulfillment by empowering SLCC's employees to live healthy, prosperous, and otherwise thriving lives through the implementation of quality, evidence-based health education programs. As a team member of this award-winning holistic employee wellness program, the Employee Wellness Program Associate will work with other members of a multi-disciplinary team to develop, promote and evaluate group and individual wellbeing programming that aim to enhance the wellbeing of program participants as well as SLCC employees at large. Salt Lake Community College is Utah’s largest open-access college in the state. We proudly educate 45,000+ students pursuing degrees in 100+ programs across 8 areas of study, and Utah’s fastest growing industries and four-year baccalaureate programs consistently welcome SLCC graduates. Every SLCC employee has a hand in transforming students’ lives to strengthen its surrounding communities. SLCC employees work at 8 locations across the valley and capital city of Salt Lake with easy access to the beautiful Wasatch Mountains, world-class outdoor recreation, sporting events, museums, history, and arts and entertainment. Salt Lake Community College seeks and values contributions from each community member and welcomes new perspectives. A respectful work environment is its top priority; academic excellence and lasting transformation occurs when we can collaborate freely. As an emerging Hispanic Serving Institution, SLCC leads the state with the highest enrollment of students from the Latinx/a/o community. SLCC is committed to serving students and being a model for inclusive and transformative education.

Responsibilities

• Ability and desire to work well within a multi-disciplinary collaborative team to implement existing and create new wellbeing programs.
• Serve as a resource for SLCC employees in groups or for individuals in confidential consultations.
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills and the ability to conduct and participate effectively in small groups, speak effectively before groups, and/or teach classes for large and small groups.
• Implement existing SLCC EWB programming aimed at encouraging stress management, physical activity, healthy eating, mental and emotional wellness, and preventative health practices. Including national and state programming (e.g. National Diabetes Prevention Program, and Walk with Ease.
• Deliver health presentations based on the EWB programming schedule.
• Develop, organize, market, implement, and evaluate programs and events that further the EWB mission.
• Assist with all aspects of program delivery such as registering participants, reserving facilities, and preparing handouts/materials.
• Participate in booths at Health Fairs, Commencement and various campus events to market & promote EW programming.
• Evaluate programs, analyze outcomes, and summarize results.
• Serve as an employee wellness resource person to SLCC employees.
• Assist with entering data and maintaining records, attending Wellness Team and PWC meetings.
• Stay up to date on changing health data, research and best practices.
• Knowledge of behavior change theory.
• Deliver & facilitate Health Education Programming.
• Ability to handle confidential material.
• Familiarity with database and word processing programs.