Job Description
Health Promotion Specialist Job #: 041084
Location Syracuse, NY
Pay Range: $55,614
Hours: Standard University business hours:
8:30am - 5:00pm (academic year)
8:00am - 4:30pm (summer)
Hours may vary based on operational needs.
Job Type: Full-time
Job Description: The Barnes Center at The Arch is Syracuse University's integrated health and wellness center which incorporates health promotion, counseling, health, and recreation. The Health Promotion Specialist is an 11-month position responsible for the hiring, development, and supervision of student peer educators, including student managers. The student team provides educational programs and outreach for the campus community.
The Health Promotion Specialist coordinates ongoing skill and content development opportunities for peer educators and coordinates trainings with campus partners on topics such as diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility; mental wellness, sexual health, sexual and relationship violence prevention, and substance use harm reduction.
This Health Promotion Specialist has operational oversight for coordinating Pet Therapy offerings and maintains the Crowley Family MindSpa (and satellite locations), ensuring spaces for students to practice stress relief, and mindfulness.
The Health Promotion Specialist supports student wellness by working as part of a team that has oversight for student mental wellness programming and partnership with academic units; influencing the environments in which students live and learn.
Qualifications: Job Specific Qualifications: Responsibilities: - Provide support to peer leaders including supervision and coaching, and development of student managers as supervisors. Supervisory responsibilities include oversight of meetings, coordination of 1:1's during the semester, conflict mediation as necessary, payroll support, ensuring shift coverage for programming and outreach facilitated by peer leaders, and fidelity of educational programs.
- Coordinate the initial and ongoing peer leader training process, which includes training prior to the start of each semester to help student staff become well-versed in substance use harm reduction, sexual violence prevention, sexual health promotion, mental health promotion, and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. This includes both logistical support and coordination of internal and guest speakers/trainers throughout the training, as well as coordination of NASPA Certified Peer Educator Training.
- Maintain the Crowley Family Mindspa and satellite campus locations. Responsible for space decor, equipment maintenance, and tracking utilization.
- Responsible for coordinating Pet Therapy offerings and tracking utilization.
- Support Mental Wellness Initiatives.
About Syracuse University: Syracuse University is a private, international research university with distinctive academics, diversely unique offerings, and an undeniable spirit. Located in the geographic heart of New York State, with a global footprint, and over 150 years of history, Syracuse University offers a quintessential college experience.
The scope of Syracuse University is a testament to its strengths: a pioneering history dating back to 1870; a choice of more than 200 majors, 100 minors, and 200 advanced degree programs offered across the University's 13 schools and colleges; over 15,000 undergraduates and over 6,000 graduate students; more than a quarter of a million alumni in 160 countries; and a student population from all 50 U.S. states and 123 countries. For more information, please visit
About the Syracuse area: Syracuse is a medium-sized city situated in the geographic center of New York State approximately 250 miles northwest of New York City. The metro-area population totals approximately 500,000. The area offers a low cost of living and provides many social, cultural, and recreational options, including parks, museums, festivals, professional regional theater, and premier shopping venues. Syracuse and Central New York present a wide range of seasonal recreation and attractions ranging from water skiing and snow skiing, hiking in the Adirondacks, touring the historic sites, visiting wineries along the Finger Lakes, and biking on trails along the Erie Canal.
Application Deadline: Full Consideration By: Open Until Filled: Priority Consideration: To apply, visit Syracuse University is an equal-opportunity, affirmative-action institution. The University prohibits discrimination and harassment based on race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender, national origin, citizenship, ethnicity, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law to the extent prohibited by law. This nondiscrimination policy covers admissions, employment, and access to and treatment in University programs, services, and activities. Syracuse University has a long history of engaging veterans and the military-connected community through its educational programs, community outreach, and employment programs. After World War II, Syracuse University welcomed more than 10,000 returning veterans to our campus, and those veterans literally transformed Syracuse University into the national research institution it is today. The University's contemporary commitment to veterans builds on this historical legacy, and extends to both class-leading initiatives focused on making an SU degree accessible and affordable to the post-9/11 generation of veterans, and also programs designed to position Syracuse University as the employer of choice for military veterans, members of the Guard and Reserve, and military family members.
Syracuse University maintains an inclusive learning environment in which students, faculty, administrators, staff, curriculum, social activities, governance, and all other aspects of campus life reflect a diverse, multi-cultural, and international worldview. The University community recognizes and values the many similarities and differences among individuals and groups. At Syracuse, we are committed to preparing students to understand, live among, appreciate, and work in an inherently diverse country and world made up of people with different ethnic and racial backgrounds, military backgrounds, religious beliefs, socio-economic status, cultural traditions, abilities, sexual orientations and gender identities. To do so, we commit ourselves to promoting a community that celebrates and models the principles of diversity and inclusivity.
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About Syracuse University
Syracuse University is a place where talent, desire, and opportunity thrive. In 12 different schools and colleges that span the liberal arts and professional disciplines, students, faculty, and staff from diverse backgrounds come together to learn, create, and break boundaries.
The University is also a vital part of the community, providing services as well as being a leader in employee benefits, work-life and organizational development, training, student employment, staff relations, and workforce diversity.
Syracuse itself is located at the crossroads of New York State, and offers a lush landscape of seasons. From fun-filled summers in the Finger Lakes to snowy winters that thrill outdoor sports enthusiasts, the area truly has something for everyone.
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