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About the Role

The Student Life & Wellness Specialist is a full-time, visible resource to graduate and professional students, providing non-clinical support, health referrals, and crisis intervention. This role creates and implements proactive wellbeing programming and plays a lead role in student life programming, including orientation, study breaks, and DEI events.

Responsibilities

• Hold weekly office hours and utilize other strategies to establish visible presence among students.
• Assess wellness training and programming needs and opportunities. Design and implement appropriate proactive programs and materials.
• Work with students who live on campus to establish healthy roommate relationships.
• Support and collaborate with University resources to ensure appropriate training and education for the campus community around topics including, but not limited to, sexual misconduct, positive relationships, and bystander intervention.
• Assist in training and advising faculty, staff, and students on identifying, managing and responding to students of concern.
• Create and implement student programming including orientation, study breaks, community building, socials, DEI, volunteer events, PhD Visit Days and the Recognition Ceremony in collaboration with the Associate Director of Technical Programs and Student Life.
• Develop promotional materials of student resources and events. Maintain updates to the Student Wellness website.
• Support students in need, including those who have recently gone through a crisis, returned from leave, are experiencing challenges accessing services, or come to the attention of the campus through a faculty or staff member.
• Meet individually with students as needed to support their progress and provide referrals to services. Follow-up and track cases to ensure adequate support.
• Support for personal (non-academic) student issues living on campus not related to housing policies.
• Be a resource to students in crisis studying in NYC, but not living on the Tech Campus, through their program administrators or faculty and in coordination with Ithaca-based Student Advocacy and Support team.
• Recruit and train campus partners (program specific staff and appropriate support resources) to assist with supporting student wellness including health and fitness.
• Identify and develop informal or formal relationships as appropriate with direct service providers including the on campus CAPs counselor.
• Participate in projects or other duties as assigned.
• Completion of any university required compliance trainings.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in psychology, counseling, human development, social work, education, or related field and 2-3 years of related experience in a complex higher education setting.
• Experience in and/or demonstrated commitment to supporting access, inclusion, and wellbeing.
• Experience working directly with people from various socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Knowledge of FERPA, HIPAA, Title IX, Cleary Act and other emergent issues pertaining to student support, including work with international students.
• Ability to work independently and autonomously without direct supervision and possess the ability to make sound judgment calls when necessary and relay information appropriately and consistently.
• Ability to advise students from various backgrounds, make referrals, set boundaries, and equip students with skills and strategies to engage in self-advocacy.
• Proven ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships with colleagues, both within the organization and in the wider community, and at every level of an institution’s hierarchy.
• Knowledge and experience with mental and physical health and wellness resources in NYC.
• Experience working with inclusion, belonging, and wellbeing programs.
• Master’s degree in psychology, counseling, human development, social work, education, or related field and/or additional relevant work experience.
• Advanced certification or license in mental health, social work or related field.

Skills

• Communicates effectively
• Interpersonal savvy
• Instills trust
• Being resilient

Location

• New York City
• Roosevelt Island

Work Type

• Full-time
• Hybrid

Experience Level

• 2-3 years of related experience

Education Level

• Bachelor’s degree
• Master’s degree

Salary/Compensations

• $74,100 to $83,000
• $72,209.00 - $94,904.00

Benefits

• Benefits-eligible position
• Competitive compensation
• Generous time-off

About the Company

• Cornell Tech is Cornell University’s state-of-the-art campus in New York City that develops leaders and technologies for the AI era through foundational and applied research, graduate education, and new ventures.
• Located on Roosevelt Island, the growing campus was founded in partnership with the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and in close collaboration with the NYC Economic Development Corporation after Cornell won a worldwide competition initiated by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s administration to create an applied sciences campus in New York City.
• More than 1,000 Cornell students are now educated annually on the campus, including 700 in Cornell Tech programs.
• Since opening in 2012, nearly 120 new companies have spun out from startup programs at Cornell Tech, and 95 percent of them are based in New York City.
• Cornell Tech continues to have a transformative economic impact on the region’s tech sector.

Equal Opportunity

• Cornell welcomes students, faculty, and staff with diverse backgrounds from across the globe to pursue world-class education and career opportunities, to further the founding principle of “... any person ... any study.” No person shall be denied employment on the basis of any legally protected status or be subjected to prohibited discrimination involving, but not limited to, such factors as race, ethnic or national origin, citizenship and immigration status, color, sex, pregnancy or pregnancy-related conditions, age, creed, religion, actual or perceived disability (including persons associated with such a person), arrest and/or conviction record, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression and/or identity, an individual’s genetic information, domestic violence victim status, familial status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
• Cornell University embraces diversity in its workforce and seeks job candidates who will contribute to a climate that supports students, faculty, and staff of all identities and backgrounds.
• We hire based on merit, and encourage people from historically underrepresented and/or marginalized identities to apply.
• Consistent with federal law, Cornell engages in affirmative action in employment for qualified protected veterans as defined in the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and qualified individuals with disabilities under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.
• We also recognize a lawful preference in employment practices for Native Americans living on or near Indian reservations in accordance with applicable law.