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Health Promotion Program Assistant
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Job ID 4062
Job Type On-Campus Jobs-Academic Year
Employer Health Services
Date Posted Mar 13, 2024
Category General Office
Job Description

Health Promotion Assistants (HPAs) are Macalester students with a passion for promoting comprehensive well-being on campus. HPAs collaborate with the professional staff of the Health Promotion department to identify health and well-being needs and create theory-informed, evidence-based initiatives to address them. This team will approach this work through the lenses of equity and intersectionality, specifically working to center folks who have been historically decentered in these conversations, including folks of all gender identities, expressions, and sexual orientations, BIPOC students, international students, and students with disabilities. In addition, HPAs work to promote a culture of well-being at Macalester through education, programming, and sharing of resources. HPAs will also have opportunities to gain professional knowledge and skills that will continue to serve them beyond their time as a Macalester student. 

 

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Establish and maintain regular communication with the professional staff of Health Promotion, fellow HPAs, and campus partners 

  • Work in collaboration with the professional staff of Health Promotion to create, implement, and evaluate initiatives based on campus needs

  • Co-facilitate classroom presentations in the first year courses with the professional staff of Health Promotion

  • Co-facilitate requestable campus programs with fellow HPAs

  • Develop, implement, and evaluate health-related resource materials

  • Collaborate with campus partners to strengthen and enrich resources for health and improve access at Macalester

  • Opportunity to foster connections with other Hamre Center departments by acting as liaisons to the medical, counseling, and operations staff 

  • Opportunity to foster connection with the Title IX office by acting as a liaison

  • Opportunities for professional development, such as attending webinars, participating in trainings, serving on search committees and/or campus committee assignments

  • Other duties as assigned

Pay: $15.57 per hour. Students may work as many hours as allowed within their financial aid award.

Job Requirements

Required Qualifications:  

  • Comfort working independently and in groups

  • Proactive, self-starting nature

  • Awareness of personal areas of growth and leadership abilities

  • Ability to listen and ask questions in empathetic manner

  • Excitement around collaborating with professional Health Promotion staff

 

Commitments: Expected time commitment is 5-9 hours per week. Each person’s hours per week will vary based upon their aid award. Each team member will be required to participate in the following:

  • Weekly meetings of the HPA group, Tuesdays from 11:30am-12:45pm

  • Two to four office hours each week, in which you will fulfill requests for supplies and work on additional HPA projects 

  • Pre-Fall Semester Training, 10am-4pm on August 20th - August 23rd, 2024

  • Working occasional weekends, especially during September

  • Engage in a mid-semester check in with a member of the professional staff 

  • Engage in an end-of-semester performance review with a member of the professional staff to collaborate, set goals, and work toward continuous improvement 

Available Openings 7
Hours 5.0 to 9.0 hours per week
Hourly Rate $15.57/hour
Time Frame Academic Year 2024-2025
Contact Name Tiger Simpson
Contact Email tsimpso1@macalester.edu
Work Location N/A
Phone N/A


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