GA for Campus Wellness - Student Life & Wellbeing - Graduate Assistant

Job Title

GA for Campus Wellness - Student Life & Wellbeing - Graduate Assistant

Department

SLWB Business Office

Essential Functions

The Campus Wellness Graduate Assistant will enhance campus-wide wellness initiatives by providing expertise in the development, coordination, implementation, and evaluation of projects related to mental health and wellbeing. The position is split between two initiatives on UNO’s campus: Wellness Coaching and the JED Campus.

 

In relation to Wellness Coaching initiatives, the Graduate Assistant will receive a certification as an ACE Health Coach and co-lead efforts for the Peer Mentor program as well assist in supervising peer mentors.

 

For the JED Campus initiative, the Graduate Assistant will work collaboratively and creatively with a multidisciplinary team to provide administrative support for implementing the JED Campus for student mental health and wellbeing.

 

This individual will work closely with Campus Recreation and Wellness, and Durango’s Advancement and Support Hub (DASH) staff and students. They will collaborate and network with a variety of campus and community partners to help with programming and recognition of resources on campus that align with the eight dimensions of wellness. In performing this work, the Graduate Assistant will demonstrate a commitment to empathy and holistic wellness by respecting and uplifting various backgrounds and experiences and practicing cultural and situational awareness and sensitivity through actions, interactions, and communications with students, staff, faculty, community, and stakeholders.

This is a calendar year position with appointment dates from 7/1/26 to 6/30/27.


30% Work on JED Campus Initiative

• 5% – Creates and oversees communication content, using personal judgement and situational awareness, while adhering to UNO’s brand guidelines. This content includes, but is not limited to, multi-component campaigns to address key outcomes pertaining to student mental health and wellbeing, website content (verbal and visual, including visual representations of data), PowerPoint slide decks, newsletters, social media messages/images, posters, and written reports.
• 10% – Plans, manages, coordinates, and seeks to improve administrative functions for JED structures to help ensure timely, effective, and efficient operations including but not limited to scheduling and attending meetings, creating agendas, maintaining meeting notes, and synthesizing information across meetings, documents, and/or sources.
• 10% – Works closely with the JED project manager and others to plan, organize, and run events (community input forums) that advance the JED initiative and related strategic planning as well as processes and reports any related data.
• 5% – Collaborates with JED project manager and Task Force, MarComm, and other University and community stakeholders to develop, coordinate, implement, and evaluate a robust portfolio of evidence-based and evidence-informed projects related to the JED Campus initiative for student mental health and well-being.

40% Work on Wellness Coaching Initiative

• 30% – Works closely with the Assistant Director that oversees Wellness Coaching to oversee the Peer Mentor Wellness Coaches. This includes recruiting, hiring , onboarding, and supervising Peer Mentors. Planning and running monthly training sessions for them.
• 5% – Manage the request process for coaches, which includes matching mentees with mentors and tracking requests/sessions, with the potential to organize and track small group sessions.
• 5% – Work with the peer mentors and Campus Rec Marketing to promote and do outreach efforts on behalf of the Wellness Coaching program.

30% Other Wellness and Departmental Initiatives

• Assisting with Food Pantry needs, serving on the Wellness Committee, helping to lead Campus Rec’s Body Positivity/Self Love weeks each semester; an active participant in DASH and Campus Rec departmental events and meetings.

Work Schedule

Primarily M-F, 8am-5pm

Additional Duties

Required Qualifications

Seeking graduate degree at UNO.

 

Exceptional oral, written, and visual communication skills, with the ability to employ tact and diplomacy in sensitive situations.

 

Demonstrates a commitment to diversity, inclusion, belonging, and cultural and situational awareness and sensitivity through actions, interactions, and communications with others.

 

Highly organized with strong project coordination skills, including ability to work independently, resourcefulness, attention to detail, and time management.

 

Strong proficiency in key computer applications (Word, PowerPoint, Canva) and basic proficiency or willingness to learn others (Excel, Vyond, Venngage).

 

Demonstrated ability to collaborate and contribute as a positive team player.

 

Demonstrated strategic thinking and creativity.

 

Preferred Qualifications

Seeking master’s degree in health education, health promotion, communications, marketing, public relations, public health, social work, education, sociology, psychology, or related area.

 

Experience working with diverse populations and/or developing culturally inclusive communications and working with and/or advocating on behalf of marginalized people.

 

Experience working in a higher education environment or with college-aged individuals.

 

Articulated knowledge of issues affecting contemporary college students’ mental health and wellbeing.

 

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Regularly sits; may stand, walk. See, hear, speak and use of hands.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Regularly works indoors. Noise level is low to moderate.

The University of Nebraska does not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, and/or political affiliation in its programs, activities, or employment. UNO is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor and an E-Verify employer.

Salary

$1708.16/month (plus tuition remission)