Wellness Peer Educator - Massachusetts College Of Liberal Arts

Job Description:

The new Wellness Peer Educator program seeks students passionate about public health education, social justice, and advancing health equity on campus. Peer Educators will work with the Health Promotion Specialist to provide students with resources, education, and events. Topics covered include mental health and emotional well-being, alcohol and other drug use, harm reduction, sexual violence prevention, healthy relationships, and safer sex.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Brainstorm public health/wellness initiatives for the MCLA community.

• Design health education curriculum for the summer and Fall 2024 semester.

• Facilitate events and programming.

• Create a roadmap for the structure of the new peer educator program.

• Connect students to information and resources.

Requirements:

• Open to first years, sophomores, and juniors.

• Can commit to the program for summer 2024 and the 2024-2025 school year.

• Passionate about health & wellness education, program planning & facilitation.

• Understand how systemic oppression impacts access to physical and mental health treatment; commitment to improving barriers to health & wellness.

• Skills preferred include leadership, public speaking, event planning, curriculum building, workshop facilitation, social media, art & graphic design, and research.

• Students of all majors/minors are encouraged to apply!

Additional Information:

This position is open only to students currently enrolled at MCLA.

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts strongly encourages employees to be up to date with their COVID-19 vaccinations. The Centers for Disease Control recommendation is that everyone aged 6 and up should get 1 updated Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, regardless of whether they've received any original COVID-19 vaccines.

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants and employees with disabilities. Should you need to request a reasonable accommodation for the application process, please email Barbara Chaput, Chief Human Resources Officer.

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts is deeply committed to fostering a community of excellence, equity, diversity, and inclusion. We provide equal access to educational, co-curricular and employment opportunities for all applicants, students, and employees regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, marital or parental status, veteran status, or membership in any other legally protected class. Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts does not discriminate on the basis of sex in any educational program or activity that they operate, which extends to admission and employment.

Inquiries about Title IX, Equal Opportunity, or ADA/504 and other non-discrimination policies may be directed to MCLA's Title IX Coordinator and Equal Opportunity Officer, to the Assistant Secretary of the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, or both.

Justin MacDowell

Title IX Coordinator and Equal Opportunity Officer

375 Church Street, North Adams, MA 01247

Phone: (413) 662-5571

justin.macdowell@mcla.edu

U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights

33 Arch Street, 9th Floor Boston, MA 02119-1424

Telephone: (617) 289-0111; FAX: (617) 289-0150; TDD (877) 521-2172

OCR.Boston@ed.gov

Application Instructions:

Applicants must electronically submit an application by clicking on the APPLY NOW button below.

Applicants should also complete this Wellness Peer Educator Application to be considered for the position.

For additional information on this position, please contact the hiring manager, Madeleine Adolph, at madeleine.adolph@mcla.edu.