Wellbeing Manager

**Job Title**: Wellbeing Manager

**Reports to**: Director of Student Services

**Department**: Student Services

**Pay Grade**: 9

**Pay Scale**:$77,600 to $97,800

**Status**: Permanent

**Full Time**: Full-time

**Location**:Burnaby campus with some travel required to other campuses including Aerospace Campus, Annacis Island Campus, BCIT Marine Campus, Downtown campus

**Company Overview**

The Student Association at BCIT is a leading non-profit student-led organization committed to enhancing student life through advocacy and providing student-centered, responsive and pro-active services. Considered one of the leading student associations in the province, we live our mission and are student-focused in all that we do. Students lead our organization and govern the affairs of the BCITSA. Our Board of Directors is composed of 12 elected Student Executives and Student Councilors from each of the different Schools at BCIT.

BCITSA is committed to fostering a safe, inclusive, and equitable workplace culture that supports and promotes equity, respect, and accountability among employees and BCIT students. We strive to cultivate a community that recognizes equity and diversity as fundamental to achieving inclusive excellence in all our programs and services. The following values encompass how BCITSA upholds our vision and mission, and guide how we provide our services:

- We recognize the talent and unique perspectives, including seen and unseen qualities, our employees bring to our culture.
- We expect our workplace culture to be one that is inclusive, respectful, fair, and safe for the diverse people within our organization to be their most authentic selves.
- We advocate for flexibility, adaptability, and creative solutions to best meet the needs of our employees.
- We foster a workplace where clear communication, transparency, and accountability are prioritized.

**Why Work With Us**:

- Robust extended health, dental and life policies with a 50% co-pay in year one and full employer payment after completion of year one
- An Employee and Family Assistance program for you and your dependents
- Matching Pension Plan contributions of 6% after one year of service
- Free access to BCIT Flexible Learning Courses
- Generous vacation and leave options: 3 weeks to start plus paid time off during December closure
- 12 paid statutory holidays a year
- Free coffee and tea, and discounts at BCITSA food and retail locations
- Free access to BCIT fitness facility
- Flexible, fun team environment
- Everyone works towards enhancing student life

**Summary**

The Wellbeing Manager is responsible for the overall success of the Wellbeing Department. They guide a high-impact team that delivers food security initiatives, provides one-on-one resource support, and organizes events focused on proactively addressing student wellbeing across BCIT campuses. Working from an inclusive lens, the Wellbeing Manager drives BCITSA’s equity, diversity and inclusion values and incorporates these values into their work, their team’s work and professional relationships. This position is also responsible for driving usage of the Student Health Insurance Plan.

**What You Will Do**:

- **STUDENT WELLBEING**_
- Provide leadership to the Student Wellbeing team through effective program management and financial management
- Work with the Director of Student Services to create an annual operating plan, and provide regular updates on the progress towards goals and milestones
- Work with the Director of Student Services to manage the department budget and monitor expenses and fundraising revenues
- Develop, implement and evaluate strategic student-focused wellbeing programs including but not limited to peer support programs, speaker series, workshops
- Evaluate the effectiveness of programs and services through data driven analysis
- Ensure the Wellbeing team integrates and maintains a trauma-informed approach in all aspects of their work
- Collaborate with the Marketing and Events departments to engage students with services
- Champion student mental health resources at BCIT and participate in the development of related policies and procedures
- Manage the Wellbeing case management process together with the team, ensuring timely and organized service delivery, as well as the maintenance of thorough and accurate case notes
- **FOOD SECURITY**_
- Oversee and guide the BCITSA Food Support Hub and Food Pantry programs and ensures operational efficiencies and effectiveness
- Ensure Standard Operating Procedures are up-to-date and effectively followed
- Ensure staff and volunteers have required training and certifications
- Generate financial and in-kind donations for the BCITSA Food Pantry and lead customer service and stewardship for donor and fundraising projects
- Support the team in the management of the student volunteer program
- **PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT**_
- Working in conjunction with the Director of Student Services, develop relationships with potenti