Manager, Student Counselling and Wellness Supports - Ottawa, Canada - Algonquin College

Algonquin College

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Ottawa, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Department:
Student Support Services (Health and Wellness) (Jeffrey Agate)

Position Type:
Full-Time Administrative

Salary Range:
$102,287.00-$136,382.00-Annual

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
36.25

Anticipated Start Date:
June 24, 2024

Length of Contract:
N/A

Posting Information

Posting Closing Date:
May 4, 2024

Please note:
jobs are posted until 11:59 pm on the job closing date.

Job Description:

Reporting to the Associate Director of Student Support Services, the incumbent is responsible for the oversight of the Counselling Services, Student Health and Wellness Zone and Welcome Centre portfolios.

This includes responsibility for coordinating the delivery of tragic event support to students.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Manages staffing and operations of the Counselling Services at multiple campus campuses to ensure professional delivery of counselling supports to the student population;
Manages staffing and operations of the Student Health and Wellness Zone at multiple campus campuses to ensure to ensure the effective delivery of health and wellness programming in promotion of positive student mental health, substance use harm reduction, sexual violence prevention and general health;
Manages staffing and operations of the Student Support Services Welcome Centre to ensure that the service provides the effective first point of contact and administrative support for the Centre for Accessible Learning, Counselling Services, and the Student Health and Wellness Zone;
Ensures that departmental budgets are used effectively by optimal utilization of human, fiscal, and physical resources. Helps to meet departmental resourcing needs through the development of revenuegenerating services, projects, and products. Plans departmental priorities. Ensures smooth operation and continuity of services and programs through effective succession planning;
Liaison with Students' Association, Departmental Chairs, administration and faculty to assess needs, identify solutions that are relevant to current student population. Maintains membership on a variety of College committees such as the Mental Health Steering Committee;
Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

Master's degree in Counselling, Education, Social Work or a closely related field or equivalent;
Registered in good standing or eligible for registration with a college approved to provide the psychotherapy as per the Psychotherapy Act of Ontario
Position requires solid counselling skills and the ability to supervise clinical counselling, experience with conflict resolution at all levels (studentstudent, staffstudent, etc.,) a mix of managerial and administrative skill, and leadership skills with the ability to work in a consultative and collegial manner. Job also requires familiarity with legal issues surrounding student life, student conflict, privacy of information and counsellor liabilities, as well as knowledge of psychometrics.
The incumbent must also be computer literate.
Incumbent must be familiar with all potential agencies for client referral (e.g. psychiatric, health related, etc.).
Exposure to and familiarity with multicultural issues within an academic setting.
A combination of seven years of experience primarily in counselling and in management;
A minimum of three years of line management showing a high level of leadership
Vacancy is for position P0008
The position is paid at Payband 12